Yuji Uchio

I. Qualifications: 1986 M.D. Shimane Medical University, Japan 1995 Ph.D. Shimane Medical University, Graduate School, Japan 1993 Medical Specialist Japanese Orthopaedic Association, Orthopaedic Surgeon 1995 Sports Medicine Board certified member of Japanese Orthopaedic Association 1998 Research fellow Leeds University, Rheumatology, Rehabilitation Research Unit, UK. 2003 Hand Surgery Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand 2005 Rheumatology Board certified member of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association 2008 Rehabilitation Board certified member of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association 2023 Infection Control Doctor Japanese College of Infection Control Doctors II. Positions held: 2002 Professor and Chairman Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shimane Medical University 2003- Professor and Chairman Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shimane University, School of Medicine 2009-2011 Associate Dean Shimane University, School of Medicine 2013-2015 Associate Dean Shimane University, School of Medicine 2017-2019 Councilor Shimane University 2021-2023 Dean of Medicine Shimane University, School of Medicine III. Research Work: Biology and biomechanics of cartilage, bone, and ligament Entrapment neuropathy Nerve regeneration Knee Hand Sport injury Arthroscopic Surgery Regeneration medicine Prevention of sports injury