Satoru Kakizaki, MD, PhD. Education: 1984-1990 MD, Gunma University School of Medicine; 1999 PhD (Medical), Gunma University School of Medicine. Work experience:1990-1992 Fellow, Department of Internal Medicine, Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan; 1992-1994 Staff Doctor, Department of Internal Medicine, Tone Chuo Hospital, Numata, Gunma, Japan; 1994-1995 Staff Doctor, Department of Gastroenterology, Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan; 1995-1997 Staff Doctor, Department of Gastroenterology, Saiseikai Maebashi Hospital, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan; 1997-2000 Staff Doctor, First department of Internal Medicine, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan; 2000-2002 Visiting Fellow, National Institute of Environmental Health and Sciences, NIH, North Carolina, United States; 2002-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Gunma University, Graduate School of Medicine Maebashi, Gunma, Japan; 2010-Present Dupty Director, Center for Liver Disease, Gunma University Hospital, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.