Tatsuo Kanda received a medical degree in 1991 at Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan, and his PhD in 1999 at Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. He had post-doctor training for 3 years under Prof. Ratna Ray and Prof. Ranjit Ray at Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, USA. In Dec. 2008, Tatsuo Kanda became a Tenure-track Associate Professor at Department of Medicine and Clinical Oncology, Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. In Feb. 2013, Tatsuo Kanda was nominated a permanent Associate Professor at Department of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. In Aug. 2017, Tatsuo Kanda moved to Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine as Associate Professor. In Apr. 2024, Tatsuo Kanda moved to Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Uonuma Institute of Community Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Uonuma Kikan Hospital as Professor. For more than 30 years, he has focused his scientific interests on the topics related to liver diseases including acute liver failure, viral hepatitis and the control of hepatitis A, B, C and E virus infection. With his expertise in antiviral therapies and hepatitis virus research, Tatsuo Kanda also sees a lot of patients in daily clinical practice. Tatsuo Kanda has published more than 300 articles in the the peer-reviewed Journals.