Takahiro Hiraoka

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan Office: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennoudai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575 Japan Tel: +81-29-853-3148, Fax: +81-29-853-3148, E-mail: thiraoka@md.tsukuba.ac.jp EDUCATION: 1993; M.D., Graduated from University of Tsukuba School of Medicine, Ibaraki, Japan 2004; Ph.D., University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan FELLOWSHIP: 1993-1999; Fellow (Resident), Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tsukuba Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE: 1999-2002; Director, Department of Ophthalmology, Ibaraki Seinan Medical Center, Ibaraki, Japan CLINICAL AND HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS: 2002; Lecturer, Department of Ophthalmology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan 2005-Present; Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan AWARDS AND HONORS: 2009; Young Researcher’s Award-Japan Cornea Society 2009-2011; Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) 2011; Young Researcher’s Award-Japan Contact Lens Society 2011; Researcher’s Award-Charitable Trust Fund for Ophthalmic Research in Commemoration of Santen Pharmaceutical's Founder 2012-2014; Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) MEMBERSHIPS: 1993-Present; Japan Ophthalmological Society, Ibaraki Ophthalmologists Association 1995-Present; Japan Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons 2002-Present; The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2003-Present; Japan Retina and Vitreous Society, Japan Society for Ocular Pharmacology 2004-Present; Japan Cornea Society 2005-Present; Japan Contact Lens Society 2007-Present; Japanese Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2011-Present; Japanese Society of Ocular Oncology, The Japanese Society of Ophthalmological Optics BOARD AND COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS: Ibaraki Ophthalmologists Association 2008-Present; Board of Directors Folia Japonica de Ophthalmologica Clinica 2008-Present; Editorial Board Japanese Journal of Visual Science 2013-Present; Editorial Board