SHIMURA Hiroki, MD, PhD Vice Director, Fukushima Medical University (FMU) Professor and Chair, Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, FMU Vice Director, Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, FMU Biography Dr. SHIMURA Hiroki graduated from Yamanashi Medical University School of Medicine in 1986 and earned his PhD in Endocrinology and Metabolism at Yamanashi Medical University Graduate School of Medicine in 1990. After three years of advanced work in Prof. Kohn's lab at NIH (USA), he returned to Japan to engage in education, medical practice, and research in the Third Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Yamanashi, focusing on endocrine and metabolic diseases. In 2013, he became Professor and Chair of FMU's Department of Laboratory Medicine and was co-appointed as Deputy Director of the Thyroid Ultrasound Examination program. He has been Director of the Department of Thyroid Ultrasound Examination since 2018 and Vice Director of the Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey since 2023.