Dr. Kunimasa Yagi is a professor at the Department of Internal Medicine at Kanazawa Medical University. He completed his Ph.D. studies in cardiovascular events and risks in metabolic disorders, including hypercholesterolemia and diabetes mellitus, at Kanazawa University and was awarded Iacocca Research Fellowship Awards in 2004 and 2005. He recently led a project on the electrocardiographic detection of heart failure risk subjects with type 2 diabetes. He has published over 120 papers in various journals and is a councillor for the Japan Diabetes Society, Japan Endocrinology Society, and Japan Atherosclerosis Society. His teaching disciplines include the physical examination of patients with diabetes, and his interests include heart failure prevention in patients with type 2 diabetes.