Yoshio Otaki (Ootaki)

Yoshio Otaki (Ootaki), M.D., Ph.D. Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center 1 336-716-1380 1 336-716-1295 (Fax) http://www.brennerchildrens.org/Faculty/Otaki-Yoshio.htm

Specialty

• Adult Cardiac Surgery
• Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Interests

• Congenital heart disease
• Mechanical circulatory assist
• Surgical treatment for end-stage heart failure
• Cardiac physiology

Positions

• 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 Meical Center, Assistant Professor (2012-present)

Education & Training

• Kobe University, School of Medicine (M.D. 1993)
• Kobe University, Graduate School of Medicine (Ph.D. 2001)
• Cleveland Clinic, Biomedical Engineering
• Cleveland Clinic, Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Rainbow Children's Hospital, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery