Dr. Yamakado graduated from Kanazawa university in 1987. He belonged to Mie University after graduation. He learned basic research at Dotter institute in US from 1999 to 2000. He moved to Hyogo Medical University and became a chairman of Department of Radiology in 2017. He has become a president of JSIR since 2020 and that of APSCVIR since 2022.