Takahiro Hiraoka, M.D., Ph.D. completed his M.D. and Ph.D. at the University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. He was the Director of the Department of Ophthalmology, Ibaraki Seinan Medical Center in Japan from 1999-2002, Lecturer from 2002-2005, Assistant Professor from 2005-2020, and is now Associate Professor of Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. He received the Young Researcher’s Awards in 2009 from Japan Cornea Society and in 2011 from Japan Contact Lens Society, and the Best Scientific Paper Award in 2015 from the Japanese Society of Ophthalmological Optics. He is also a board member of International Academy of Orthokeratology Asia.