Tohru Asai

Tohru Asai, M.D., Ph.D., Prof.

Surgeon - Cardiothoracic
Hayama Heart Center, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery

Kanazawa University School of Medicine (M.D.1986)
NYU General Surgery Residency (1988-1990)
NYU Cardiothoracic Reseach Fellowship (1991-1992)
NYU Cardiothoracic Clinical Fellowship (1992-1994)
Div of CV Surgery, Kanazawa CV Hospital (1994-)
Director, Div of CV Surgery, Kanazawa CV Hospital (1999-)
Professor and Chairman, Dpt of Surgery, Shiga Univ of Med Science (2002-2018)
Professor, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Juntendo University, Tokyo (2019-)

Mitral Valve Repair (butterfly technique)
Off-pump Coronary Bypass Surgery
Skeletonized Arterial Grafting for CABG
VSR repair (extended sandwich repair)
Thoracic Aortic Open Surgery
myocardial protection
Multimedia presentation of CV surgery