Yuki Taniguchi is a Lecturer at The University of Tokyo Hospital. He received his M.D. from the Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo in 2003 and his Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo in 2013. After graduating from medical school, he has worked as an orthopedic surgeon since 2003, during which he was enrolled in the Ph.D. course from 2009 to 2013. Since 2013, he has been serving as an attending spine surgeon at The University of Tokyo Hospital. His current research interests include spine deformity, perioperative complications in spinal surgery, the impact of nutritional status on clinical outcomes, Marfan syndrome, and the biology of intervertebral discs.