Daizo Tanaka

Daizo Tanaka, M.D.

Surgeon - Cardiothoracic
Cleveland Clinic

Born in the US, grown up in Japan, US citizen7/2018 – present     Advanced heart and lung failure fellowship, Clinical associate,  Department of Cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio7/2017 – 6/2017      Clinical associate, Department of Cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio4/2017 – 4/2017      MCS and heart transplant fellowship, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia3/2013 – 4/2017      Cardiothoracic surgery fellowship, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia4/2010 – 2/2013       Staff surgeon, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kawakita General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan5/2007 – 3/2010       Cardiovascular Surgery Residency, Sendai Kousei Hospital, Miyagi, Japan.5/2005 – 4/2007       General Surgery Residency, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.5/2003 – 4/2005       Postgraduate Medical Education Program, Asahi General Hospital, Chiba, Japan 

MCS, heart and lung transplant, aortic operations

Tanaka D, Shimada S, Cavarocchi N, Hirose H. What Is the Optimal Blood Pressure on Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation? Impact of Meal Arterial Pressure on Survival. ASAIO. 2018 May; online first.
Tanaka D, Hirose H, Cavarocchi N, Entwistle JW. The Impact of Vascular Complications on Survival of Patients on Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 May;101(5):1729-34.
Tanaka D, Kotch VL, Abbas C, Reeves GR, Entwistle JW. Low-dose Vitamin K Can Improve Warfarin Control in Patients on LVAD Support. VAD Journal. 2015 Nov;1.
Tanaka D, Pitcher HT, Mather PJ, Entwistle JW. Massive Thrombosis of the Transplanted Heart in the Early Postoperative Period. J Card Surg. 2015 Dec 4.
Tanaka D, Pitcher HT, Cavarocchi N, Hirose H. Migrated Avalon Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Cannula: How to Adjust Without Interruption of Flow. J Card Surg. 2015 Nov;30(11):865-8.
Tanaka D, Unai S, Pitcher HT, Hirose H. “To Treat or Not to Treat” Procalcitonin Guided Antibiotic Management for the Post-Operative Open Heart Surgery Patient with Clinical Suspicion of Sepsis. J Surg Res. 2014 Jan;186(2):600-601.
Tanaka D, Pitcher HT, Cavarocchi NC, Diehl JT, Hirose H. Can procalcitonin differentiate infection from systemic inflammatory reaction in patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation? J Heart Lung Transplant. 2014 Nov;33(11):1186-8.
Tanaka D, Unai S, Diehl JT, Hirose H. Surgical removal of a large mobile left ventricular thrombus via left atriotomy. World J Clin Cases. 2014 Feb 16;2(2):32-5.
Tanaka D, Yaginuma G, Abe K, Hamasaki A, Kawarai S. A Case of Blow Out Type Left Ventricular Free Wall Rupture after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with a Diagnosis of Unstable Angina Pectoris. Jpn J Cardiovasc Surg 2009;38:123-125
Unai S, Yamane K, Tanaka D, Entwistle J. Quality of Life and Mid-Term Survival of Patients Bridged with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation to Left Ventricular Assist Device. ASAIO. 2016 Nov;63(3):1
Unai S, Nguyen M, Tanaka D. Clinical Significance of Spontaneous Echo Contrast on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Sep;103(3)
Shaheen A, Tanaka D, Cavarocchi NC, Hirose H. Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Oxygenation (VV ECMO): Indications, Preprocedural Considerations, and Technique. J Card Surg. 2016 Apr;31(4):248-52
Unai S, Tanaka D, Ruggiero N, Hirose H, Cavarocchi NC. Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock: An Algorithm-Based Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Program Can Improve Clinical Outcomes. Artif Organs. 2015 Jul 6.
Kawarai S, Yaginuma G, Abe K, Hamasaki A, Ishikawa K, Tanaka D.  Left ventricular lipoma with pseudoaneurysm-like appearance.  Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010 Jun;58(6):279-82.

2003   Tohoku University School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan

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