Name in Full: Yoshiaki Iwasaki, Sex, Birth Date: Male, December 14, 1961. Birth Place: 2163 Kogushi, Okayama-city, Okayama prefecture, Japan. Present Address: 4-18, Honn-machi #1803, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-0901, Japan. Family Relation: married. Academic Record: Graduated from Okayama University Medical School in March, 1986. Graduated from GraduateSchool of OkayamaUniversitySchool of Medicine, (Internal Medicine 1) in March, 1990. Post Graduate Training and Employment: Passed 80th Examination for Japanese Medical Doctor's License in April, 1986 April 1986 to March 1990: Student of Postgraduate Course of Internal Medicine 1, Okayama University Medical School, Japan. April 1990 to March 1991: Research Student of Internal Medicine 1, Okayama University Medical School, Japan. March 1991 to July 1993: Research Fellow of Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, NY, United States (Professor Soldano Ferrone). August 1993 to March 1999: Research Student of Internal Medicine 1, Okayama University Medical School, Japan. April 1999 to September 2003: Research Associate of the First Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, Japan. October 2003 to December 2007: Research Associate of Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Hospital, Japan. January 2008 to March 2010: Senior Assistant Professor of Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Hospital, Japan. April 2010 to March 2016: Associate Professor of Health Service Center, Okayama University, Japan. April 2016 to the present: Professor of Health Service Center, Okayama University, Japan. April 2017 to the present: Director of Health Service Center, Okayama University, Japan. Degree: Bachelor of Medical Science (MD): From Okayama University, March 1986. Doctor of Medical Science: From Graduate School of Okayama University, March 1990. Membership of Academic Society: The American Gastroenterological Association Institute, The Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver, The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, The Japanese Society of Gastroenterology, The Japan Society of Hepatology, The Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, The Japanese Society of Clinical Immunology, The Japanese Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine, The Japanese Society of Laboratory Medicine, The Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan, The Japanese Association for Molecular Target, Therapy of Cancer, The Japan Association of Molecular Targeted Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Council of Academic Society: The Japan Society of Hepatology, Western Japan Branch The Japanese Society of Gastroenterology The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, Chugoku Branch. Editorial Board Member: World Journal of Hepatology World Journal of Gastroenterology. Award: Research Grant from Japanese Viral Hepatitis Research Foundation, March 1990 Travel Award from Single Topic Conference of the Japan Society of Hepatology, November 2002. License: Board Certified Fellow of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, 12531. Board Certified Gastroenterologist, #22474. Board Certified Hepatologist, #2808. Board Certified Doctor of the Japanese Board of Cancer Therapy, 810037. Board Certified Doctor of the Occupational Medicine, 901652.