Nozomu Matsumoto was born in Japan in 1972. He received his M.D. degree from the School of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, in 1997, and his Ph.D. degree in electrophysiology/neuroscience from Kyushu University, in 2003. Since 2006, he has been a Japanese Board-certified Otolaryngologist in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, at Kyushu University, where he became an Assistant Professor in 2008. His current research interests include otologic surgeries and research on computer-assisted otologic surgery., Dr. Matsumoto is a member of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, the Otological Society of Japan, and the Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Society of Japan.