Faculty from Japan

1996	Graduated from Gunma University School of Medicine
1996	Resident in Ophthalmology, Gunma University
1997	Clinical fellow, Saku General Hospital
2002	Assistant Professor, Gunma University
2003	Research Fellow, Johns Hopkins University(Wilmer)
2008	Associate Professor, Gunma University Hospital
2015	Associate Professor, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine
2016	Professor and Chairman, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine

1995	Graduated from Keio University School of Medicine
1995-1997	Resident, Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University Hospital
2001-present	Department of Ophthalmology, NHO Tokyo Medical Center
2003-present	Institute of Sensory Organs, NHO Tokyo Medical Center

Masato Akiyama is an ophthalmologist and serves as a Lecturer in the Department of Ocular Pathology and Imaging Science at the Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University. His research primarily revolves around the genetic underpinnings of various human diseases, encompassing complex diseases, Mendelian disorders, and cancers. In the realm of ophthalmology, Dr. Akiyama is renowned for his contributions to large-scale genetic studies on age-related macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, and primary open-angle glaucoma. Additionally, he possesses a strong expertise in data science, with a particular emphasis on machine learning techniques.

Takayuki Baba, MD is currently the Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology at Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan. After graduating from Tokyo Medical and Dental University in 1997, he finished his residency in Ophthalmology in 1999. He received the JSPS Overseas Research Fellowship and became a research fellow at Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MA in 2007. After finishing the fellowship, he rejoined the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science of Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine. His subspeciality is vitreoretinal surgery especially complicated retinal detachment and proliferative vitreoretinopathy. He has research interests including the surgical treatment of myopic macular complications and the development of treatment modalities for retinitis pigmentosa and other retinal degenerative diseases.

Oct 2014 -Jun 2018	Washington University in St. Louis Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Jul 2018-Jul 2019	Columbia University Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology (Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute)
Dec 2019-present	Keio University School of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology

2005	Graduated from Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
2005	Junior Resident, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital
2007	Senior Resident, Ophthalmology, Osaka University
2008	Clinical Fellow, Sumitomo Hospital, Osaka, Japan
2011	Clinical Assistant Professor, Toyama University, Toyama, Japan
2012	Married and started a fantastic family
2013	Assistant Professor, Toyama University, Toyama, Japan
2015	Clinical Associate Professor, Toyama University, Toyama, Japan

Experience

2023-present:	Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
2020-2023:	Specially Appointed Lecturer, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
2014-2020:	Assistant Professor, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
2012-2014:	Global COE Researcher, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

Education

2008-2012:	Ph.D. from Osaka University Graduate School, Division of Medical Sciences
2003	Osaka University Faculty of Medicine Graduated

Kanae Fukutsu, MD., PhD. completed her medical degree at Asahikawa Medical University in 2014. After completing senior residency and doctoral degree at the Department of Ophthalmology of Hokkaido University, she currently works as a clinical fellow. She also is a member of Japanese Young Ophthalmologists Committee from 2023. Her research interest includes the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy and AI-based analysis of fundus photograph.

Kagoshima University Hospital, Junior resident (April 2018 – March 2020)
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Master of Public Health (March 2020 – May 2023)
Kagoshima University Hospital (April 2020 – December 2021)
Kagoshima City Hospital (January 2022 – March 2022)
Kagoshima University graduate school of medical and dental science, PhD (April 2023 – Current)

Toyama Red Cross Hospital, Junior resident (April 2016 – March 2018)
Toyama University Hospital (April 2018 – March 2020)
Saiseikai Takaoka Hospital (April 2020 – March 2021)
Aichi Medical University Hospital (April 2021 – Current)

Dr. Hashimoto is a Japanese retina specialist. He received an MD and Ph.D. from Toho University and underwent a vitreoretinal fellowship in retina surgery at Toho University Sakura Medical Center. He worked on ocular circulation research with Drs. Randy Kardon and Sohan Hayreh at University of Iowa. He is a lecturer at Toho University and also maintains an ongoing adjunct faculty position with the University of Iowa.

1991	Graduated from Kobe University School of Medicine and obtained M.D.
1996	Obtained Ph.D. at Departments of Ophthalmology, Bio-signal Research Center, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine.
1998	Department of Ophthalmology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis.
2001	Department of Ophthalmology, Tazukekofukai Medical Research Institute, Kitano Hospital.
2004	Assistant Professor, Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine.
2014	Associate Professor, Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine.
2018	Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine.
2022	Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine.

2018-present	Senior Assistant Professor, Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
2014-2017	Assistant Professor, Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
2010-2014	clinical fellow to Chief Doctor, Department of Ophthalmology, Kobe Kaisei Hospital
2009-2010	Assistant Professor, Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
2007-2009	Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology and Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Penn State University School of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
2001-	Graduated from Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine and started his career as a retina specialist

2004:	M.D., Yokohama City University
2006:	Residency, Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University Medical Center
2012:	Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University Medical Center
2015:	Research fellow, Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat Hospital
2016:	Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University Medical Center
2018:	Lecturer, Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University Medical Center
2020 - present:	Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University Medical Center

1999	Graduated from Tokyo University School of Medicine
1999	Resident in Ophthalmology, Tokyo University Hospital
2006	Graduated from Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo
2015	Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, Jichi Medical University
2018	Associate Professor, Ophthalmology, Jichi Medical University
2020	Associate Professor, Ophthalmology, Teikyo University School of Medicine
2023	Professor and Chairman, Ophthalmology, Teikyo University School of Medicine

2004	M.D. Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
2013	Research fellow in Doheny Eye Institute, Los Angeles, USA
2016	Assistant Professor in Department of Ophthalmology, Kyushu University Hospital

Education, Degree:

1992	MD, Nagoya University School of Medicine
1997	Ph.D. Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine

Working Experience:

1992 -1993	Resident, Komaki City Hospital
1997-	Chief Physician, Tokai Central Hospital (Kagamihara, Japan)
1999-	Research Fellow, Wayne State University (USA)
2002-	Assistant Professor, Nagoya University Hospital
2003-	Lecturer, Nagoya University Hospital
2006-	Designated Associate Professor, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
2011-	Associate Professor, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
2021- Present	Professor, Fujita Health University

1992	Graduated from Kanazawa University School of Medicine (M.D.)
1992	Resident, Department of Ophthalmology, Kanazawa University Hospital, Japan
2000	Chief physician, Department of Ophthalmology, Toyama Red-Cross Hospital, Japan
2003	Chief physician, Department of Ophthalmology, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan
2008	Research fellow, Wilmer eye institute, Johns hopkins University, USA
2012	Assistant professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine. Japan
2019	Professor and chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine. Japan

Dr. Hiroki Kaneko graduated from Nagoya University School of Medicine in 2002 and completed his PhD course there in 2008.
All through the experience in his PhD. course in Japan and his post-doctoral experience in Dr Ambati's lab at the University of Kentucky, USA, he has continued clinical and basic medical research on age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and retinal detachment, and has been involved in more than 80 publications and has served as corresponding author on more than 30 papers.
He is currently an associate professor at the Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, where he continues basic medical research on the retina while performing more than 300/y vitrectomy surgeries.
His recent research achievements include the proposal of a new concept in retinal cell death and the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic methods, and he aims to contribute to medicine by collaborating with specialists not only in ophthalmology but also in various other fields.

1996	Graduated from Osaka Medical College
1996	Resident, Osaka Medical College Hospital
1998	Postgraduate student, Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Osaka Medical College
2002	Clinical Fellow, Ophthalmology, Yodogawa Christian Hospital
2005	Postdoctoral Scholar Fellow, Ophthalmology, University of California, San Diego
2007	Deputy Head Physician, Ophthalmology, Yodogawa Christian Hospital
2009	Vice Director, Ophthalmology, Hirakata City Hospital
2011	Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, Osaka Medical College
2014	Lecturer, Ophthalmology, Osaka Medical College
2020	Associate Professor, Ophthalmology, Osaka Medical College
2021	Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University

2001	M.D., Okayama University
2012	Assistant professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Okayama University
2018	Senior assistant professor (Lecturer), Department of Ophthalmology, Okayama University"

1995:	Graduated from the School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University.
1999:	Received doctoral degree from Dept. of Neurochemistry and Neuropharmacology, Osaka University Graduate school of Medicine.
2007:	Assistant Professor. Dept. of Ocular pathology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine.
2009:	Associate Professor. Dept. of Ocular pathology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine.
2010:	Associate Professor. Dept. of Ophthalmology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine.
2016:	Professor. Dept. of Ophthalmology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine.
2019:	Vice-President. Yamaguchi University Hospital.
2020:	Deputy Vice President's Assistant. Yamaguchi University.

Hideki Koizumi is a professor and chairman at University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan. He received his MD degree from Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan in 1998. He was an international retinal fellow at the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital and the Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York from 2006 to 2008. His current interests include diagnosis and treatment of age-related macular degeneration and noninvasive retinal imaging.

1982-1988	Graduation, Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
1988-1992	Residency in Ophthalmology, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
1992-1994	Vitreoretinal Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
1994-1995	Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
1995-1997	Research Fellow, University of Miami, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, USA
1997-2009	Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
1999-2001	Researcher, Division of Genome Analysis, Institute of Genetic Information, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
2009-09/2013	Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
2013~ present	Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan

2001	M.D., Keio University School of Medicine
2003	Research Fellow, Department of Pathology, Keio University School of Medicine
2005	Instructor, Laboratory of Retinal Cell Biology, Keio University School of Medicine
2007	Ph.D., Keio University Graduate School of Medicine
2007	Staff Physician, Department of Ophthalmology, Saiseikai Central Hospital
2008	Lecturer & Clinical Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine
2013	Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Kyorin University School of Medicine
2021-Present	Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Kyorin University School of Medicine

Toshihide Kurihara is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and a Principal Investigator in the Laboratory of Photobiology at Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. He is a clinical vitreoretinal specialist in charge for surgical and medical retina, high myopia, and retinal degeneration clinic in the Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University Hospital. His research interest is hypoxia responses in development, physiology, and pathophysiology of the retina. Currently, he also conducts research focusing on visual restoration utilizing optogenetics technology and molecular mechanism of myopia development and progression.

After graduating Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, he finished residency program at Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University. After finishing a vitreoretinal fellowship at Osaka National Hospital, he became an assistant professor at Ehime University. Then, he joined a research fellowship program at University of Michigan to study the physiology of retinal glial cells under supervision of Donald G. Puro, MD., Ph.D. After coming back to Osaka University as an assistant professor, besides busy clinical work as a vitreoretinal surgeon, he continued basic research on RPE cell physiology, and has published so far several papers in prestigious basic science journals such as The Journal of Physiology, Glia, and IOVS. In addition, he has published over 130 clinical study papers. He has become a professor and chair at Department of Ophthalmology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine since 2018. Currently, his main interests are surgical treatment of various vitreoretinal disorders, including pediatric retinal diseases, and basic research of pharmacological treatment of ocular neovascular diseases.

Sentaro Kusuhara is a senior assistant professor of Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery at Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine. His work focuses specifically on the vitreoretinal disorders, ocular inflammation, and secondary glaucoma in clinical research, and retinal vascular behavior and its roles in neurovascular unit in basic research. He loves nature and enjoys grooming his garden and taking a walk in the nearby park on weekends.

1987	Graduated with a degree in Medicine, Osaka Medical College
1987	Resident, Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka Medical College Hospital
1989	Department of Ophthalmology, National Osaka Hospital
1994	Tane Memorial Eye Hospital
1996	Research Fellow, Duke University Eye Center
1997	Medical Director, Tane Memorial Eye Hospital
2004	Senior Lecturer, Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka Medical College
2007	Vice President, Tane Memorial Eye Hospital
2009	Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Toho University Sakura Medical Center
2023	Professor, Endowed Department of Innovative Visual Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine

Michiko Mandai, M.D., Ph.D., is a director of Research Center, Kobe City Eye Hospital. She is an ophthalmologist and also actively conducting translational researches to develop new therapies. In the past 2 decades, she contributed to the development of iPS cell based regenerative therapies for retinal degeneration, first at RIKEN and now at Kobe City Eye Hospital, from the initial stages involving proof of concept and preclinical studies to the subsequent clinical application for retinal degeneration using iPS cell-derived pigment epithelium (RPE) and the neural retina.

(Educational Background)

1998	Graduated with a degree in Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa Medical University
2006	Completed Doctoral program, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Doctor of Medicine
1998	Resident and intern at Kyoto Second Red Cross Hospital
2003	Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Ophthalmology, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, USA
2009	Medical Director, Kyoto Prefectural Yosanoumi Hospital
2012	Assistant Professor, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
2012	Lecturer, Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Hospital
2020	Associate Professor, Department of Vision Informatics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University. Faculty member of Frontier Research Division for Integrative Biomedical Sciences, Organization for Transdisciplinary Research Initiative (OTRI), Osaka University (to present)

2012:	M.D., Okayama University
2014:	Resident, Department of Ophthalmology, Okayama University
2017:	Clinical fellow, Fukuyama City Hospital
2020-present:	Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Okayama University

2006:	Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Kobe University
2013:	Graduated from the Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University
2015:	Associate Chief, Ophthalmology, Kitano Hospital
2017:	Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Kobe University Hospital
2019:	Visiting scholar, Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University, USA
2021:	Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Kobe University Hospital

Hidetaka Matsumoto received an M.D. in 2001 and a Ph.D. in 2010 from Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan. He worked in the Angiogenesis lab at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary at Harvard Medical School from 2011 to 2014. Dr. Matsumoto is currently an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine. His research area is retinal diseases, specifically age-related macular degeneration and pachychoroid spectrum diseases, and he has published numerous articles in this field. Dr. Matsumoto is a member of the Macula Society.

Instructor, Department of Ophthalmology, Kyorin University (2020-)
Ph.D., Kyorin University School of Medicine (2023)
Vitreoretinal fellowship, Department of Ophthalmology, Kyorin University (2020-2022)
Staff Physician, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital (2017-2020)
Senior Resident, National Tokyo Medical Center (2014-2017)
Junior Resident, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital (2012-2014)
M.D., Kyorin University School of Medicine (2012)

Dr. Yusuke Murakami is a Lecturer of Ophthalmology and a unit leader of inherited retinal diseases at Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan. Dr. Murakami received his MD and PhD in pathology from the Kyushu University. He served a residency and fellowship at the department of Ophthalmology, Kyushu University Hospital. He was also trained as a postdoctoral researcher at Massachusetts Eye and Ear, and honored with the 1st Evangelos S Gragoudas Prize for the best Retina paper.
His primary research interests are the biology of retinal degeneration and the development of therapies for blinding diseases. Currently, he is conducting a research on cell death, immunology, nanomedicine and gene therapy including translational and clinical studies. His research projects have been supported by several funding totaling over $2 million, and he has published more than 90 peer-reviewed papers in high impact journals including PNAS and Progress in Retinal and Eye Research.

My expertise is clinical and translational research of retinal vascular diseases and diabetic retinopathy.

1986	Graduate from Kyushu University, School of medicine, Japan
1996	Research Associate, Doheny Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California USA
1998	Research Fellow, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston Massachusetts USA
2004	Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Kyushu University
2004	Professor and Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Japan
2019‐2022	The president of the Japanese Society of Ophthalmic Diabetology

2023-current	Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan
2017-2023	Associate Professor, Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Visual Sciences, Nihon University School of Medicine
2013-2017	Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan
2007-2013	Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan
2005-2007	Research Scientist, Scott & White Eye Institute and Texas A&M University Health Science Center
2000-2005	Instructor, Department of Ophthalmology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Dr. Nakao graduated from Kagoshima University of Medicine in 1998 and joined Department of Ophthalmology in Kyushu University to start his career as an ophthalmologist. In 2000, he joined Department of Medical Biochemistry, Kyushu University and investigated the mechanism of ocular vascular diseases. After the PhD course, he continued his research at Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary. He received many awards from Japan Eye Bank Association, Bausch & Lomb, Rhoto, Bayer, Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society, Japanese Ophthalmological Society and Japanese Ocular inflammation Society. Dr. Nakao's works are published in top journals such as J Clin Invest, Cell Rep, Blood, Diabetes, IOVS or Ophthalmology Retina. Now he is working for patients with vitreoretinal disease, mainly diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration, as Professor and Chair in Juntendo University.

1994	Graduation of Nihon university school of medicine
2008	Assistant Professor, Nihon university school of medicine
2012	Clinical Associate Professor, Nihon university school of medicine
2016	Associate Professor, Nihon university school of medicine
2017	Clinical Professor, Nihon university school of medicine
2017	Eye Center Chairman of Nihon University Hospital
2020	Professor, Nihon university school of medicine
2022	Vice-Director of Nihon University Hospital

March 2001 :	Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University
April 2001 :	Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Hospital
June 2002 :	Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka National Hospital
March 2010 :	Completed the Ph.D at the Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University
July 2010 :	International Fellow at UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute
April 2012 :	Department of Ophthalmology, Sakai City Hospital
April 2015 :	Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University
April 2019 :	Associate Professor, Advanced visual neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University
May 2021 -on going :	Associate Professor, Advanced Device Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University

Dr. Miho Nozaki graduated from Nagoya City University School of Medicine and furthered her studies at the University of Kentucky, USA, where she worked on basic research in the Laboratory of Ocular Angiogenesis.
Returning to Japan, Dr. Nozaki became an associate professor at Nagoya City University School of Medicine, later becoming a professor at the Nagoya City University East Medical Center in September 2022.
Her main research interests revolve around diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, fundus imaging, and development of new retinal laser techniques.

Kyoko Ohno-Matsui is Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Ophthalmology at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU). She is also the Chief of the Advanced Clinical Center for Myopia. Her research focuses on myopia, especially pathologic myopia. She established an international photographic classification of myopic maculopathy. As a method to visualize the shape of the entire globe in high myopes, she established a new technique '3D MRI of the eye' and proposed a novel classification of staphyloma. She has authored or co-authored 365 manuscripts published in peer-reviewed journals. She has been awarded The J. Donald Gass Medal at the Macula Society in 2022 and The Jose Rizal Medal at Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology in 2023.

Dr. Oishi is an associate professor at Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan. He received his MD degree and PhD degree from Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan in 2001 and 2009, respectively. He worked at University of Bonn from 2015 to 2017 as an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellow. His current interest includes genetics of inherited retinal dystrophy and treatment of macular diseases such as age-related macular degeneration.

Annabelle A. Okada is Professor of Ophthalmology at Kyorin University School of Medicine in Tokyo, Japan, where she is Director of both the Ocular Inflammation Service and the Macular Disease Service. She is a graduate of Harvard College (A.B.) and Harvard Medical School (M.D.), and completed a medical internship at the Massachusetts General Hospital and ophthalmology residency at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. Thereafter, she pursued subspecialty training in uveitis at Tokyo Medical University and in retina at Osaka University. Her research interests include the pathogenesis and treatment of intraocular inflammatory disorders and macular diseases.

1998	MD, Kyoto University Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
2005	PhD, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
2008	Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
2013	International Research Fellow of Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, New York
2014	Senior Lecture of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
2022	Chief Ophthalmologist of Otus Red Cross Hospital
2023	Associate Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine

Dr. Oshima graduated from Osaka University Medical School and completed his residency and fellowship in vitreous-retina at Osaka University Hospital. He obtained his Ph.D. degree on vascular cell biology in Kyoto University. He is currently the founder and director of the Seiyukai Medical Corporation which consists of four vitreoretinal and cataract surgery centers in Osaka, Japan. He has pioneered a 27-gauge system for micro-incision vitrectomy surgery. He has received the Achievement Award from the AAO in 2010, the Honor Award from the ASRS in 2014, the Achievement Award from Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology in 2018, and the Senior Achievement Award from the AAO in 2023. He has been selected as the inductee of the Retina Hall of Fame 2020/2021 class.

Ayumi Ouchi, MD, PhD, graduated from Juntendo University School of Medicine in 2006 (MD) and subsequently completed her residency at Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital. In 2009, she investigated the role of transcription factors and epigenetic regulation in retinal development at the Institute of Medical Science at The University of Tokyo. She earned her PhD from Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine in 2012.
In 2017, Dr. Ouchi joined Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, focusing on molecular mechanisms in retinal angiogenesis. In her current role as an Associate Professor at Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Dr. Ouchi is advancing her clinical and basic research in diabetic retinopathy, with a particular focus on microglial function.

Yoko Ozawa M.D., Ph.D. is Professor of Department of Clinical Regenerative Medicine, Fujita Medical Innovation Center Tokyo & Eye Center, Fujita Health University Haneda Clinic. She is a surgeon and a medical clinician of vitreo-retinal, and macular diseases, and also a translational researcher. Her recent research interests are aging and neuroprotection of the retina, and their association with oxidative stress and inflammation. One of her missions is to provide a neuroprotective therapy for the retinal diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and retinitis pigmentosa. She is also interested in establishing biomarkers based on pathogenesis to evaluate the subtle but clinically relevant changes in early disease phases in order for early treatment.

1986-1991	MD (Tohoku University School of Medicine)
1993-1997	PhD (Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine)
1997-2003	Assistant Professor (Tohoku University Hospital)
1998-2000	Postdoctoral Fellow (University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center)
2003-2012	Clinical Director (NTT East Japan Tohoku Hospital)
2012-present	Professor (Tokyo Medical University Hachioji Medical Center)

1990	Graduated from Keio University
1996	Vitreoretinal fellow at Kyorin University
2001	Fellow at University of Tübingen, Southern Germany
2005	Chief of Ophthalmology, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center
2007	Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Oita University School of Medicine
2009	Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Teikyo University School of Medicine
2013	Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Teikyo University School of Medicine
2016	Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical University School of Medicine

Akihiko Shiraki, MD, is a graduate student at Osaka University in Suita, Japan. He graduated from Nara Medical University in 2013. He undertook his residency at the Department of Ophthalmology at Osaka University Hospital and completed his clinical fellowship at Kinan Hospital and Osaka University. Since 2021, he has been a graduate student in the Department of Ophthalmology at Osaka University.

1991	M.D., Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
1993-1997	Graduate School of Medicine, Kyushu University (Ph.D. course: immunology)
1997-2000	Postdoctoral fellow, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, USA
2010-2015	Professor and Chairman, Dep. of Ophthalmology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
2015-	Professor and Chairman, Dep. of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyushu University

1996	Resident, Mie University Hospital
2001	Medical Staff, Department of Ophthalmology, Mie University Hospital
2003	Research Resident, Department of Biochemistry, Aichi Cancer Center
2005	Teaching Assistant, Department of Ophthalmology, Mie University
2008	Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Ophthalmic Research, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic
2011	Lecturer,Department of Ophthalmology, Mie University
2022	Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Mie University Hospital
2023	Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Yamagata University

2006;	Graduated from Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
2008;	Resident in Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
2014;	Graduated from School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba Assistant Professor in Mito Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology
2017;	Assistant Professor in Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba
2019;	Research fellow in Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York
2020;	Assistant Professor in Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba

1993	M.D. Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University
1998	Mary K. Iacocca Fellow, Vascular Cell Biology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School
2001	Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto University
2003	Ph.D. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
2008	Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Nagasaki University
2014	Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto University
2018	Professor & Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, Kagawa University

2023-	TMDU ophthalmology assistant professor
2022	Wills Eye Hospital international observership
2019-2022	TMDU ophthalmology department resident
2018	Internship at National Institute of Public Health (WHO, WPRO)
2017-2018	Tokyo Medical and Dental University(TMDU) clinical trainee

2016-2017:	Department of Ophthalmology and Micro-Technology, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa, Japan
2017-2019:	Department of Ophthalmology and Laboratory for Visual Science, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
2019-present:	Department of Ophthalmology and Micro-Technology, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa, Japan

2005	Graduate from Kagoshima University
2005	Resident, Kagoshima University Hospital
2007	Senior resident, Department of Ophthalmology, Kagoshima University Hospital
2008	Senior resident, Department of Ophthalmology, JCHO Kyushu Hospital
2014	Ph.D., Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
2015	Research fellow, Doheny Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles
2017	Retinal fellow, Department of Ophthalmology, Kagoshima University Hospital
2019	Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Kagoshima University Hospital
2022	Lecturer, Department of Ophthalmology, Kagoshima University Hospital

March 1996	Graduated from Toyama University School of Medicine (M.D.)
May 1996	Resident in Ophthalmology, Niigata University Hospital
April 2009	Medical director, Nagaoka Central General Hospital
April 2012	Instructor, Ophthalmology, Niigata University School of Medicine
April 2013	Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, Niigata University School of Medicine
April 2021	Lecturer, Ophthalmology, Niigata University School of Medicine

I am a Senior Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator in Ophthalmology at Keio University School of Medicine. I graduated from Shimane University and completed my ophthalmology residency, retinal fellowship, and earned my Ph.D. at Keio university school of medicine. Afterward, I joined Harvard Medical Schooland became a Senior Staff Scientist at Boston Children's Hospital. My achievements include receiving the Young Investigator Awards from The Japan Society of Diabetes Complications (2022), the Japan Ophthalmology Society (2021), and the Keio University School of Medicine Alumni Association (2021), along with the Bert M. Glaser Award for Innovative Research in Retina (2021).

Kazushige Tsunoda (National Institute of Sensory Organs, NHO Tokyo Medical Center)

1991	M.D. and Resident in Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine
1996	Research Fellow, RIKEN, Brain Science Institute
1999	Head Physician in Ophthalmology, Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital
2002	Ph.D., Keio University School of Medicine
2003	Laboratory Head, Laboratory of Visual Physiology, National Institute of Sensory Organs, NHO Tokyo Medical Center
2013	Director, Division of Vision Research, National Institute of Sensory Organs, NHO Tokyo Medical Center

2000	Graduated from Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University
2003	Medical staff, Kyoto University Hospital
2004	Medical staff, Osaka Red Cross Hospital
2010	Kyoto Universuty Graduate School of Medicine
2016	Graduated from Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
2016	Medical staff, Kyoto University Hospital
2020-present	Assistant professor, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine

1992-1998	Nagoya University School of Medicine (M.D.)
1998-2000	Resident in Ekisaikai Hospital (Clinical Medicine), Nagoya, Japan
2000-2001	Resident in Nagoya University Hospital
2001-2004	Clinical and Research Fellowship Program (Retina) at Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine (Ph.D., Medical Science)
2004-2005	Medical staff at Nishio municipal hospital
2005-2007	Research Fellow, Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University (Prof. Peter A Campochiaro)
2007-2020	Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
2021-2022	Associate Professor, Ophthalmology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
2022-	Professor, Ophthalmology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine

Taku Wakabayashi, MD, PhD, is a vitreoretinal and cataract surgeon at Wakabayashi Eye Clinic in Kanazawa, Japan. He is also a Visiting Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Aichi Medical University and a Visiting researcher at the Department of Vascular Physiology at Kanazawa University. He received his MD from Kanazawa University, completed his ophthalmology residency, vitreoretinal fellowship, and PhD in vascular biology at Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, where he later served as an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology. Dr. Wakabayashi also completed his post-doctoral fellowship at Mid Atlantic Retina, Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, USA.
Dr. Wakabayashi has contributed over 130 original papers, editorials, and textbook chapters to the field, with focuses on surgical and medical treatments of vitreoretinal diseases and vascular biology (angiogenesis). He has received awards and recognitions including the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Achievement Award, American Society of Retina Specialist (ASRS) Honor Award, Best Young Investigators Award at the International Vascular Biology Meeting (IVBM), and Japanese Ophthalmological Society Young Investigators Award. He is an active member of the AAO, ASRS, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), Retina Society, and Vit-Buckle Society.

Nihon university hospital: Assistant professor 2023-
Doheny eye Institute UCLA Stein Eye Institute: Research fellow 2022
Nihon University hospital: Assistant Director 2017
Nihon University School of Medicine: Ph.D.(Degree) 2017
National Disaster Medical Center: Resident 2016
Nihon University Itabashi hospital:Resident 2013

Kenji Yamashiro received an M.D. from Kyoto University Medical School in 1995 and a Ph.D. from Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine in 2002 after joining Angiogenesis lab in Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Yamashiro is an author on over 200 scientific publications (impact factor: over 1300) and currently a Professor and Chairman at Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University in Japan. His recent interest is in improving medical and surgical treatment for retinal diseases.

Dr. Yanagi is a Clinician Scientist specializing in retinal diseases. He holds M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Tokyo. With academic positions in Japan and Singapore, he leads international clinical research projects focused on typical age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and polypoidal choroidopathy (PCV), the dominant subtypes of exudative AMD in Asia.
Dr. Yanagi has a significant publication record, having authored approximately 200 peer-reviewed international papers. His work has been recognized through various awards, including the Young Investigator Award from the Japanese Ophthalmological Society (2008), Rohto Award (2010), Nakajima Award from the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (2011), Tano Young Investigator Award from the Japanese Retina and Vitreous Society (2011), and JOS Councilors Nominated Award from the Japanese Ophthalmological Society (2014). Dr. Yanagi also receives continued grant support from the Japanese and Singapore governments, further affirming his research contributions and impact in the field.

1987-1993	Kyushu University, School of Medical Sciences (MD)
1995-1999	Kyushu University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences (PhD)
1999-2002	Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Michigan, MI, USA
2007-2010	Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital
2015-2018	Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Kyushu University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences
2018-	Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology, Kurume University, School of Medicine