Lecturer, Department of General Medicine, Nara Medical University MD: Jichi medical University, 2002 PhD: Nara Medical University, 2013 Resident, Nara Prefectural Hospital, Nara, Japan, 2 years Nara Prefectural Gojo Hospital, 1 year (General Practitioner) Totsukawa Village National Health Insurance Ohara Clinic, 2 years (General Practitioner, Family Physician). Nara Medical University Hospital, 1 year (General Practitioner, Rheumatologist). Soni Village National Health Insurance Clinic, 4 years (General Practitioner, Family physician). Assistant Professor, Nara Medical University, 3 years (General Practitioner, Rheumatologist). Lecturer, Nara Medical University, 9 years (General Practitioner, Rheumatologist). Current and previous research interests: general practice, family medicine, rheumatology, collagen disease. Specialist in general internal medicine, Japanese Society of Internal Medicine. Board Certified Specialist in Family Medicine, Japanese Society of Primary Care Allied Medical Sciences.