He graduated from the University of Tokyo School of Medicine in 1985, and entered the Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Tokyo. From 1990 to 1998 he was an Associate doctor in the Department of Plastic Surgery at the University of Tokyo and during the years of 1994-1995 he was a visiting researcher at the Department of Plastic Surgery in the University of Michigan. Dr. Yoshimura is a member of the board of Japanese Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (JSPRS) and a Corresponding Member of American Society of Plastic Surgery (ASPS). (ASPS member#: 31317).