Koichiro KINUGAWA

Chief of the Cardiovascular Center, University of Toyama Hospital, Japan

Prof Kinugawa completed his Ph.D at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo in 1997, with postdoctoral fellowship stints at the University of California San Francisco and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Centre. Prof Kinugawa began his career as an Assistant professor of Medicine at the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Tokyo, rising to Professor of Medicine and Chief, Department of Therapeutic Strategy for Heart Failure in 2013. In 2015, he accepted the position as Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine II (cardiology and nephrology) at the University of Toyoma, and is currently Chief of the Cardiovascular Center, as well as an Advisor to the Hospital Director.