Masafumi Fukagawa, MD, PhD received his MD in 1983 from University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Following subspecialty training and PhD program in Tokyo, he was Research Fellow at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, TN (USA) until 1995. From 2000 to 2009, Dr Fukagawa was Associate Professor and Director of the Division of Nephrology and Kidney Center at Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan, where he established a new nephrology program and trained medical students, residents, and fellows from Japan and other Asian countries. Since 2009, he has moved to Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan, as Professor of Medicine and the Director of Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Metabolism. He also serves as Chairman of Department of Medicine and Vice Dean