Takeyuki Misawa, MD, PhD, FACS, FJCS Professor, Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine Secretary General, Japanese Hernia Society 2020 Professor, Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan 2018 Director, Department of Surgery, The Jikei University Kashiwa Hospital 2013 Visiting Professor, Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, Carolinas Medical Center (Charlotte) 2009 Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan 2000 Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan 1994 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, U.S.A. 1988-1992 Degree of Ph.D., The Jikei University Graduate School of Medicine, 1986-1988 Junior Resident, Department of Surgery, The Jikei University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan 1986 Degree of M.D., Graduated from Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan