Hikaru Matsuda

Hikaru Matsuda, M.D., Ph.D. Hyogo University of Health Sciences Minatojima 1-3-6 Chuou-ku Kobe, Hyogo 650-8530 Japan 81 78-304-3001 81 78-304-2700 (Fax)

Specialty

• Adult Cardiac Surgery
• Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Background

• Osaka University Medical School(M.D. 1966)
• Buffalo Children's Hospital CVS Fellow (1975-76)
• Chairman, Dep. Surgery, Osaka University (1991-2005)
• Visiting Professor, Dept. Cardiovascular Surgery, Hyogo Medical College (2005-
• President, Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery, Oct.2005-Oct. 2007
• Currently, President, Hyogo University of Health Sciences

Interests

• Heart/lung transplantation
• Ventricular Assist Device
• Myocardial protection
• Tissue Engineering/Gene Therapy
• Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery