Dr. Akiyoshi Kasuga graduated from Chiba University School of Medicine in 2003. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Oncology at Kyorin University School of Medicine. He also serves as a Staff Physician at the Gastroenterology Center, Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research. Previously, he worked as a Staff Physician at Chiba University Hospital and Funabashi Municipal Medical Center in 2006, and International University of Health and Welfare Atami Hospital in 2007. He is a board-certified member of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology, the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, the Japan Society of Hepatology, and a board-certified oncologist of the Japanese Society of Medical Oncology.