Dr. Manabu Shirotani received his MD degree from Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan in 1983 and his Ph.D. from the Post Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan in 1991. He worked as a clinical fellow at Cardiology Department, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia between 1992 and 1994. He was a director of Cardiology Department at Shizuoka Prefectural General Hospital from 1997-1999 and then an Associate Professor in Cardiology Department at Nara Hospital, Kinki University School of Medicine since 1999 and appointed as Professor of Medicine and the chief director at the same institution in April 2010.
