Mamoru Watanabe is Professor Emeritus Professor of Medicine and former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Calgary. Previously, he served as Head of the Division of Medicine, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education, and Associate Dean Research prior to becoming Dean. His research experiences include basic research in RNA Bacteriophage replication, steroid transport in Pseudomonas testosteroni; clinical research in hypertension, aldosterone secretion in pregnancy; and health services research in physician workforce planning and telehealth delivery of health services to rural, remote and aboriginal communities. He has served on a number of provincial and national boards, advisory councils/committees related to medical research, physician workforce, and information and communications technologies.