Dr. Masahiro Funaba is an Assistant Professor at the Department
of Orthopedics Surgery, Yamaguchi University Graduate
School of Medicine in Yamaguchi, Japan. His skills and expertise include Transcranial
Magnetic Stimulation, Clinical Neurophysiology, Electrophysiology, Orthopedic
Surgery, Spinal Cord, and Spine Surgery.
Dr. Norihiro Nishida is a
Medical Doctor at the Department of Orthopedics Surgery, Yamaguchi
University Graduate School of Medicine in Yamaguchi, Japan. Dr. Norihiro Nishida’s research
areas include Spine, Spinal Cord, Biomechanics, Finite Element Analysis, Anatomy,
Spinal Cord Injury and Spine Research.
Professor Takashi Sakai, MD, is a director of the Division
of Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatism at the Yamaguchi University School of
Medicine Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. He earned his PhD from Osaka
University Graduate School of Medicine in 2001. He is skilled in the following
fields: spine and spinal cord disease; arthritis and joint surgery (hip joint,
knee joint, shoulder joint, elbow joint, etc.); hand surgery and
reconstructive microsurgery; musculoskeletal oncology; osteoporosis; rheumatoid
arthritis; rehabilitation; and specialty services for diagnosis and management.