Shigehiko Tokunaga, M.D., Ph.D. 3-1-1 Maidashi Higashi-ku Fukuoka 812-8582 Japan 81 92 642 5557 81 92 642 5566 (Fax)

Institutional Affiliation

• The Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyushu University Hospital

Specialty

• Adult Cardiac Surgery
• Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Background

• Nagasaki University, School of Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan (MD 1988)
• General & Cardiac Surgery Residency, Kyushu Univ. & affiliated hospitals, Fukuoka, Japan (1988-1992)
• Post Graduate School, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan (1992-1996, PhD 1996)
• Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Fukuoka Children's Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan (1996-1997 & 1999-2000)
• Adult Cardiac Surg Clinical Fellow, Good Samaritan Hosp (Kay Medical group), Los Angeles, CA (97-99)
• 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 (2005-2006)
• Assist Prof, Cardiovasc Surg, Kyushu Univ Hosp. Fukuoka, Japan (2006- ), (Keio Univ.Hosp.2007.4-6)

Interests

• Aortic and Mitral Valve Surgery, Valve Repair
• Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
• Coronary Surgery
• Surgery for Thoracic Aorta
• Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation
• Robotic Cardiac Surgery
• Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation
• Redo Cardiac Surgery
• Adult Congenital Cardiac Surgery
• The Beatles & VW Beetles

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