Canadian doctor Robert Jackson is credited with bringing the procedure to the Western world. In 1964, Jackson was in Tokyo completing a one year fellowship and serving as a physician for the Canadian Olympic team. While there, he spent time at the clinic of Dr. Watanabe learning the thirty year old procedure that had only been used to investigate arthritis in the elderly. Dr. Jackson returned to Toronto where he continued to practice the technique, eventually becoming "the world's foremost expert on arthroscopy".