Prof. Akira Kido received his Ph.D. in Medicine from Nara Medical University in 1998. Today, he is a professor and the Chairman of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Nara Medical University. He is the Director of the Japanese Society of Rehabilitation Medicine, the NPO Japan Bone Metastasis Research Society, and the Japanese Society of Acute Rehabilitation Medicine. He is also the Chairman of the Nara Prefectural Medical Association Rehabilitation Medicine Subcommittee and the Finance Committee Chairman of the Japanese Society of Rehabilitation Medicine Kinki Region. He received the Excellence Award at the 84th Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pathologie in 2000 and the Finalist Award at the 6th Combined Meeting of the Orthopaedic RESEARCH societies in 2007. His skills and expertise include oncology, tumors, metastasis, cancer biology, orthopedic surgery, clinical oncology, cancer research, mesenchymal stem cell, cell biology, and chemotherapy.