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Shigehiko TOKUNAGA

Shigehiko TOKUNAGA, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice President, GM of Cardiovas Center, Director of Cardiovasc Surg, JCHO Kyushu Hospital, JAPAN
1-8-1 Kishinoura, YahataNishi-ku
KitaKyushu-City  806-8501
Japan
+81-93-641-5111
JCHO Kyushu Hospital, KitaKyushu-City, Fukuoka Pref., Japan
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Role: 
Surgeon - Cardiothoracic

Background

General & Cardiac Surgery Residency, Kyushu Univ. & affiliated hospitals, Fukuoka, Japan (1988-1992)
Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Clinical Fellow, Fukuoka Children's Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan (1996-97 & 99-00)
Adult Cardiac Surg Clinical Fellow, Good Samaritan Hosp (Kay Medical group), Los Angeles, CA (1997-1999)
Adult Cardiac Surgery Clinical Fellow, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (2000-2002)
Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiovasc Surg, Kyushu Univ Hosp. Fukuoka, Japan (2002-2005)
Staff Surgeon, Department of Cardiovasc Surg, Kyushu Medical Center. Fukuoka, Japan (2005-06)
Assoc Prof, Cardiovasc Surg, Kyushu Univ Hosp. Fukuoka, Japan (2006-2010), (Keio Univ.Hosp.2007.4-6)
Chairman, Cardiovasc Surg, Kanagawa Cardiovasc & Resp Center, Yokohama, Japan (2010 -2016)
Director, Cardiovasc Surg, JCHO Kyushu Hospital, KitaKyushu-City, Fukuoka Pref., Japan (2016-)
Vice President, GM of Cardiovas Center, Director of Cardiovasc Surg, JCHO Kyushu Hospital, KitaKyushu-City, Fukuoka Pref., Japan (2024-)

Other Interests

Valve Surgery, Valve Repair
Coronary Surgery
Surgery for Thoracic Aorta
Redo Cardiac Surgery
Surgery for Endocarditis
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation
Heart Failure, LVAS, and Heart Transplantation
Endovascular Aortic Repair
Paul McCartney, The Beatles & Rock Music
VW with R.R. Flat-4

Additional Educational Information

Nagasaki University, School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan (1982-1988, MD 1988)
Kyushu University, Post Graduate School, Fukuoka, Japan (1992-1996, PhD 1996)

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Practice Areas

  • Cardiac
  • Minimally Invasive
  • Coronary disease
  • Electrophysiology/arrhythmia
  • Extracorporeal circulation
  • Heart failure
  • Mechanical circulatory assistance
  • Valve disease
  • Aortic valve disease
  • Mitral valve disease
  • Congenital
  • Adult congenital procedures
  • Transplant
  • Heart Transplant
  • Vascular
  • Great vessels
  • Aorta
  • Endovascular