Dr. Masahide Hamaguchi is an assistant professor at the Department of Endocrine Metabolism, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. He earned his PhD at the Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan, in 2009. His work experience is as follows: 2018–present, assistant professor; 2017–2018, visiting assistant professor at the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan; 2015–2018, Department of Diabetology, Kameoka Municipal Hospital, Japan; 2014–2015, assistant professor at the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan. He has conducted epidemiological studies in diabetology. He is a board-certified endocrinologist (Japan Endocrine Society) and a board-certified gastroenterologist (Japan Gastroenterology). He has received: the Academic Encouragement Award, the Study Group on Liver, Diabetes, and Metabolism (2014); the Young Scientist Encouragement Award, the Japanese Society of General Health Examination (2015); and the Young Researcher Encouragement Award, the Study Group on Liver, Diabetes, and Metabolism (2015).