Akinobu Itoh, M.D.
Background
Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan: M.D. (1998)
Kanto Medical Center NTT EC, Tokyo, Japan: General Surgery, Cardiac Surgery Residency (1998-2002)
National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan: Cardiovascular Surgery Residency (2002-2005)
Stanford University, CA, USA: Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2005-2008)
St. Michael's Hospital, ON, Canada: Clinical Fellow (2008-2011)
Toronto General Hospital, ON, Canada: Advanced Heart Failure Fellow (2011-2012)
Washington University School of Medicine/Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA: Surgical director of heart transplant and ventricular assist device , Washington University School of Medicine/Barnes and Jewish Hospital (2012-2021)
Harvard Medical School, Associate Professor of Surgery
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Surgical Director of Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support (2022-
Other Interests
Heart transplant
Aortic root surgery
Aortic arch replacement
Complex aortic and mitral valve surgery
Off pump coronary artery bypass with low EF
Ventricular assist device surgery
Acute mechanical circulatory support
Acute respiratory support
Printer-friendly [2] Practice Areas
- Cardiac
- Vascular
- Coronary disease
- Endocarditis
- Extracorporeal circulation
- Heart failure
- Mechanical circulatory assistance
- Valve disease
- Aortic valve disease
- Mitral valve disease
- Heart Transplant
- Heart/lung Transplant
- Aorta