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Yoshio Otaki (Ootaki)
Yoshio Otaki (Ootaki), M.D., Ph.D.
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Background
Staff Surgeon, Kobe Children's Hospital (1998-2002)
The Cleveland Clinic, Biomedical Engineering, Project Scientist (2005-2007)
Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Clinical Instructor (2009-2010)
Wake Forest University Baptist Meical Center, Instructor (2010-2012)
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Assistant Professor (2012-2019)
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Associate Professor (2019-2022)
Oregon Health Science University, Associate Professor (2022-present)
Other Interests
Surgical treatment for end-stage heart failure
Mechanical circulatory assist
Congenital heart disease
Cardiac physiology
Additional Educational Information
Rainbow Children's Hospital, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Cleveland Clinic, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Cleveland Clinic, Biomedical Engineering
Kobe University, Graduate School of Medicine (Ph.D. 2001)
Kobe University, School of Medicine (M.D. 1993)
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Practice Areas
- Cardiac
- Congenital