Dr. Masashi Shimohira, MD, PhD, has been a professor in the Department of Radiology at Aichi Medical University in Japan since 2023. He earned his MD in 2003 and PhD in 2011 from the Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences in Japan. He trained as a research fellow at the Dotter Institute in the United States. Following his fellowship, he served as an assistant professor, lecturer, and associate professor at the Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences before joining Aichi Medical University. Dr. Shimohira is also an associate editor for Interventional Radiology, the official journal of the Japanese Society of Interventional Radiology. His research interests include thoracic imaging and intervention.