Dr. Ryuji Sakakibara was born and raised in Japan. He received his medical degree from the Asahikawa Medical College in 1984. Because of interest in clinical neurology, he moved forward to Chiba University where he subsequently worked as an assistant Professor, and a Lecturer in the Department of Neurology. He completed his Ph.D. at the Department of Neurology, Chiba University, in 1992. From 1997 to 1998 he was a research fellow in the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery / Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, supervised by Professor Clare J. Fowler (retired in 2010) in the Department of Uro-Neurology. In 2007 March, he started a new Department of Neurology in Toho University, Sakura Medical Center, Sakura, Japan as an associate Professor, and as the Professor and Chair in 2016. In 2023, he started a new work in Dowakai Chiba Hospital and Neurology Clinic Tsudanuma.

He is a member of many international societies including the World Federation of Neurology/the European Federation of Autonomic Societies (Autonomic Disorders Specialty Group), the Association of British Neurologists, the Movement Disorders Society (MSA, PSP committees), the International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience, the American Autonomic Society, the International Continence Society (Neurourology Promotion committee, journal editorial member), the International Neurourology Society, and the International Consultation on Incontinence (Neurogenic bladder/bowel committee). He also serves as an adhoc reviewer of several journals including Neuroscience Letters, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, Journal of Neurology, European Journal of Neurology, Movement Disorders, Muscle and Nerve, Urology, Journal of Urology, and Clinical Physiology. During his career, Dr. Sakakibara has authored more than 400 articles in peer-reviewed international journals.

SYNOPSIS OF AREA OF INTEREST: Dr. Sakakibara's research interests include neuro-urology, neuro-gastroenterology, autonomic physiology, drug trials and clinical neurology including Parkinson’s disease and multiple system atrophy.

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