1. Name: Takanori Yasu, M.D., Ph.D., FJCC Current Position: Director of Dokkyo Medical University Nikko Medical Center Professor and Chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Nephrology 2. Education: 1986 M.D., Akita University School of Medicine, Japan 1995 Ph.D., Jichi Medical University, Japan 3. Work experience: 1986‒1988 Resident in Internal Medicine, Okinawa Chubu Hospital, Okinawa, JAPAN 1988‒1991 Clinical Fellow in Internal Medicine and Cardiology, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka 1991‒1996 Senior Clinical Fellow in Cardiovascular Division, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University 1996‒1998 Research fellow of the Department of Cardiology and Visiting Bioengineerer of the Department of Bioengineering, University of California at San Diego, USA 2007‒2010 Associate Professor University of The Ryukyus School of Medicine 2012‒now Professor Dokkyo Medical University Nikko Medical Center 4. Current and previous research interests: Cardiovascular medicine, Echocardiography, Exercise, Microcirculation 5. Awards received. 2004 Investigator’s Award in Echocardiography, Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine 2008 Noboru Kimura Memorial Award of Japanese Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation, Japan Society of cardiac rehabilitation