Dr. Shinichiro Uchiyama graduated from Hokkaido University School of Medicine in 1974, worked as a Research Fellow of Thrombosis Research Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, during 1981-1983, and became Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University in 2008. He is currently Professor of International University of Health and Welfare as well as Director, Center for Brain and Cerebral Vessels, Sanno Medical Center, and Professor Emeritus of Tokyo Women’s Medical University from 2014. He was a member of Executive Committee of World Stroke Organization until 2016. He is a Fellow of Stroke Council of American Heart Association and a Fellow of European Stroke Organization. He is a member of Scientific Committee of Asian Pacific Stroke Organization. He organized the Asia Pacific Stroke Conference in 2012 and the International TIA/ACVS Conference in 2013 as their Chair. He is also an Editorial Board member of “Stroke”, “Cerebrovascular Diseases” and “Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases”. He was the Chair of Japan Stroke Society in 2011, and Japanese Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis in 2012. He was involved in many large clinical trials and cohort studies such as International Stroke Trial, PROGRESS, REACH Registry, PRoFESS, TIAregistry.org, NAVIGATE ESUS, and RE-SPECT ESUS.