Dr. Makoto Sugaya is the chief professor of the Department of Dermatology, International University of Health and Welfare. He is a part-time lecturer in dermatology at the University Tokyo and Teikyo University and the director of the Japanese Society of Cutaneous Malignant Tumors. He enrolled his Ph.D. degree from University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. He is the former Associate Professor of the Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, the former director of the Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology, and the former chairman of the Skin Malignant Tumor Treatment Guidelines Revision Committee, Japan Dermatological Association. In addition to this, he has been selected as one of the Best Doctors in Japan since 2010. His research interests include cutaneous lymphoma, atopic dermatitis, chemokine, lymphatics, and Langerhans cells.