Makoto Urushitani, MdD,. Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology Director, Molecular Neuroscience Research Center (MNRC) Shiga University of Medical Science Education M.D., Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University Ph.D., Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine Membership Japanese Society of Neurology (Director, Delegate, ‎Board Certified Fellow); Japanese Society of Internal Medicine (‎Delegate, ‎Board Certified Fellow); Japanese Society for Dementia (‎Board Certified Fellow); Japanese Peripheral Nerve Society (Director); Japanese Society of Neuropathology (Regional delegate); Japanese Society for Neuroscience; Japanese Society for Neuroinfectious Diseases (Delegate); Japanese Society of Neurological Therapeutics (Delegate); Japan Society of Neurovegetative Research; Society for Neuroscience (U.S.); Pan-Asian Consortium for Treatment and Research in ALS (PACTALS).