Eijun Nishihara, MD, PhD, is Associate Director at the Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Excellence in Thyroid Care, Kuma Hospital, Kobe, Japan. He was graduated from the School of Medicine, Nagasaki University in 1994 and obtained PhD in 1999. He was engaged in a research as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, USA and became an Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Nagasaki University in 2002. He has been working in the Department of Internal Medicine, Kuma Hospital since 2004 and became an Executive Director for Medical Support Divisions in 2019.

Dr. Nishihara’s academic interests include multinodular goiters and thyroid dysfunction caused by hereditary disorders. He is an active member of Japan Thyroid Association, Asia & Oceania Thyroid Association and The Endocrine Society (USA). He has been awarded with Young Investigator Award and Shichijo’s Prize from Japan Thyroid Association.