Akira Katakura

1985 Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.), Tokyo Dental College 1991 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) Graduate School of Dental Science, Tokyo Dental College 2003 - 2004 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of California Los Angeles 2011 - 2014 Professor and Chairman Department of Oral Medicine, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokyo Dental College 2015 – Present Professor and Chairman, Department of Oral Pathobiological Science and Surgery, Tokyo Dental College 2015 – Present Professor and Chairman, Department of Oral Medicine and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tokyo Dental College 2016 - 2019 Director, Academic Affairs Division, Tokyo Dental College 2019 - 2022 Director, Tokyo Dental College Suidobashi Hospital 2022 - 2025 Vice-Dean, Tokyo Dental College 2022 – 2025 Director, Tokyo Dental College Chiba dental Center 2025 - Present Dean, Tokyo Dental College