He joined the university after completing his fellowship in Thoracic Surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He is licensed in Japan and America and as of last year, he is a member of the Association for Surgical Education. For his research he has received over $200,000 in funding and has been a reviewer in the following publications: Digestive Diseases and Sciences, Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy, Tumori Journal, International Editorial Board, Annals of the American Thoracic Society, Diseases of the Esophagus, and Cancer Immunology Research.