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Norihisa Shigemura, M.D., Ph.D.
BACKGROUND
Osaka University Hospital, General Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency (1995-2001)
Prince of Wales Hospital, CUHK, Thoracic Surgery, Clinical Fellow (2005- )
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Cardiothoracic Transplant, Clinical Fellow (2007- )
Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Thoracic Surgery, Assistant Professor (2008- )
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Cardiothoracic Transplant, Clinical Instructor (2009- )
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Cardiothoracic Transplant, Assistant Professor (2010- )
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Cardiothoracic Transplant, Associate Professor, Director of Integrated Lung Transplant Research Program (2015- )
Temple University and Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Surgery, Surgical Director of Lung Transplant and Lung Failure (2017- ), Professor of Surgery (2020- )
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Surgical Director of UPMC Lung Transplant Program
(2024 – present)
OTHER INTERESTS
Lung transplant
Artificial lungs
Basic science and immunity in lungs
Tissue engineering and Regenerative medicine in lungs
Minimally invasive thoracic surgery
RESEARCH
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Osaka University School of Medicine (MD, 1995)
Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine (PhD, 2005) Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (2024 – present)