Naito was born in
Fukuoka,
Japan and received his
medical degree from the
Kyushu University in 1980. From 1984 to 1986 he served as a visiting assistant professor at the
University of Texas and from 2006 to 2008 he served as the main President of the Japanese Society of Endourology. A year later, he held the same position at the Japanese Urological Association and was an editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Urology at the same time. Currently he works as a
chairman of the Local Organizing Committee and is an active member of the
European Association of Urology and the Urological Association of Asia. ==References==