Biography & Research:
Career:
1986: Graduated from Soai Collage, School of Music
1994: Graduated from Mie University, School of Medicine
1994: Department of Neurology, Yamada Red Cross Hospital
1995: Department of Neurology, Ise Municipal Hospital
1999: Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience
2001: Department of Neurology, Mie University Hospital
2005: Mie St. Cross Hospital
2009: Associate professor, Department of Geriatric Behavioral Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University
2010-present: Department of dementia prevention and therapeutics, Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University
2012-present: The Room of Music Therapy, Mie University Hospital, Director (concurrent)
2013-present: The Dementia Center, Mie University Hospital, Sub-director (concurrent)
Speciality: Clinical Neurology, neuropsychology, dementia, music therapy, non-pharmacological intervention.