Masayuki Takamura is a professor in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University. He earned his B.Sc. from Kanazawa University's Department of Medical Science and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Kanazawa University's Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Division of Internal Medicine. His specialty is heart failure and general internal medicine (including psychosomatic medicine).