Background
Iwamoto was born on April 17, 1950 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan; the son of Yhoshio and Chieko (Ishibashi) Iwamoto.
67 Asahimachi, Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Iwamoto received a Doctor of Medicine degree from Kuvume University in 1978.
Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Iwamoto has been working at Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences since 1978.
Iwamoto was born on April 17, 1950 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan; the son of Yhoshio and Chieko (Ishibashi) Iwamoto.
Iwamoto received a Doctor of Medicine degree from Kuvume University in 1978. Seven years later he earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Kyushu University.
Iwamoto began his career as a president of orthopaedic surgery department at Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences in 1978. Nine years later he took a position of a clinical staff of orthopaedic surgery department at the same university. Then in 1989, Yukihide became an assistant professor and associate professor in 1992 of that department at Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences. In addition, he was a chief of orthopaedic surgery department at Fukuoka Municipal Hospital from 1988 to 1989. Nowadays Iwamoto has been a professor at Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences.
Iwamoto is a member of Japanese Orthopaedic Association.
On November 20, 1982 Yukihide Iwamoto married Yumiko Ohara. They have two children.