‘Mitsuo Ochi’ is current president of Hiroshima University.

He has become the 12th president of Hiroshima University on April 1, 2015, succeeding former President Toshimasa Asahara.

Profile of President Mitsuo Ochi
Birth date: August 6, 1952
Home town: Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture
Area of specialty: knee surgery and ligament reconstruction

March 1977 Graduated from the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine,Hiroshima University

May 1977 Physician, Hiroshima University Hospital (resident)

October 1984 MD (Hiroshima University)

April 1985 Assistant, Hiroshima University Hospital

April 1991 Lecturer, Hiroshima University Hospital

April 1994 Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Hiroshima University

September 1995-March 31, 2002 Professor, School of Medicine, Hiroshima University

April 2001 President, Shimane Cooperative Medical Research Center, Shimane Medical University

April 2002 Professor, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University

April 2004 Deputy Director, Hiroshima University Hospital

January 2006 University of Perugia Visiting Professor

March 2006-March 31, 2007 Cancer Treatment Center Director (Concurrent), Hiroshima University Hospital

April 2007-March 31, 2011 Director, Hiroshima University Hospital

April 2008-April 30, 2011 Executive(Medical Affairs), Hiroshima University

May 2009 Thorndike Visiting Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School

June 2010 University of Ioannina Visiting Professor

May 2011-March 31, 2012 Executive and Vice President(Medical Affairs), Hiroshima University

April 2012 Professor, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University

April 2012 Special Assistant to the President, Hiroshima University

July 2013 University of California, Irvine School of medicine Visiting Professor

September 2013-March 31, 2015 Sports Medical Center Director (Concurrent), Hiroshima University Hospital

March 2014-March 2016 Hasanuddin University, Visiting Professor

April 2015 President, Hiroshima University

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