PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION：

1983-1990 School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical & Dental University

LICENSURE：

1990　Doctor of Medicine, Medical license　

1999 Care Manager (Long-term Care Insurance)

CERTIFICATION：

2004 Certified Specialist, Japanese Academy of Home Care Physicians

MAINLY WORK EXPERIENCE/ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS：

1990-1992 Resident, Misato-Kenwa General Hospital

1992-1994 Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry,

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Hiroo General Hospital

1994-1999 Chief, Department of Home Care Medical Services,Kabara Medical Clinic

1999-2004 Director, Aozora Medical Clinic

2004- 　 Chair, Elderly Protective Services Agency,

Matsudo municipal government　(currently serving)

2007- Clinical professor, Primary Care Medicine,

School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical & Dental University (currently serving)

2009-2012 Director, Aozora Medical Clinic Kochi-ushioe

2012- Director, Department of Home Care Medical Services,

Irahara Primary Care Hospital

2013-2021 Physician, Department of Home Care Coordinators,

National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology

2016- Clinical professor, internal medicine, School of Medicine, Chiba University (currently serving)

2019- 　 Chair, Protective Services Agency for disabled persons, Matsudo municipal government　(currently serving)

2023-President, Hidamari Home Care Clinic (currently serving)

PRESENT RANK(S) AND TITLE(S)：

Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Program in Health Services and Systems Research and Lien Centre for Palliative Care, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School

Faculty, SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute (June 2021-)

SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION(S) AND DATES：

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Community Medicine, 2005 (Degree conferred in 2006)

EDUCATION：

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B., B.S.), Rabindranath Tagore Medical College, University of Rajasthan, India, 2002

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi, India, 2004

Master of Public Health (M.P.H.), School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, USA, 2007

WORK EXPERIENCE：

Senior Resident, Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi, India, June 2005 - July 2006

Research Fellow, Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore, July 2008 - June 2009

Research Fellow, Health Services and Systems Research, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, January 2011- July 2012

Assistant Professor (Research track), Health Services and Systems Research, Lien Centre for Palliative Care, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, August 2012 – July 2015

Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Health Services and Systems Research, Lien Centre for Palliative Care, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, August 2015-

Affiliate, Singhealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, January 2021-May 2021

Faculty, Singhealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, June 2021-July 2022

Deputy Director, Research, Lien Centre for Palliative Care, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, June 1 2022- present

Current Appointments：

Senior Consultant and Head of division, Supportive and Palliative Medicine, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Yishun Health

Deputy Director, Gericare, Yishun health

Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Yong Yoo Ling School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technology University, Singapore

Adjunct Faculty Member, Geriatric Education and Research Institute, Singapore

Committee member, Chapter of Palliative Medicine, Academy of Medicine

Council Member, Singapore Hospice Council

Research Interests：

Palliative Rehabilitation

Swallowing impairment in the elderly and at the end of life

Quality of life measures in the elderly and at the end of life

Empathy and burnout in healthcare professionals

Nursing home palliative Care