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Health Sciences @ Pitt   |    UPMC   |    HSLS   |    School of Medicine   |    Health Sciences Calendar   |    Our News & Events        HOME CONTACT US ABOUT US FACULTY STAFF RESIDENTS FELLOWS RESEARCH HLESI CONFERENCES NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS GIVING & DEVELOPMENT LINKS CME COURSES CLINICAL RESOURCES Fellows Jump To: Advanced Cardiac Fellowship Cardiopulmonary Transplantation and      Assist Device Fellowship Current Fellows Cardiothoracic Surgery Research and      Transplant Fellows     Advanced Cardiac Fellowship     Advanced Cardiac Fellowship The Advanced Adult Cardiac Fellowship is designed to provide advanced, concentrated training in adult cardiac surgery to refine and advance the fellows’ surgical skills required for treating adult and acquired cardiac disease. The program provides outpatient clinical education involving pre and post operative follow-up care for these complex patients. In addition, there is a formal educational component to the program including regularly scheduled educational conferences, i.e. weekly rounds, weekly morbidity and mortality conference and monthly journal clubs. There are also opportunities for clinical and basic science research activities. Program Length: 1 or 2 year fellowship Number of Trainees Per Year: 1-3 per year Prerequisite Training / Selection Criteria: Prior to the fellowship a candidate must have completed a two-year cardiothoracic surgery residency accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or comparable training and experience in a non-accredited program. Program Director: James D. Luketich, MD Chief, Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery Director, UPMC Heart, Lung and Esophageal Surgery Institute Henry T. Bahnson Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery Applicants should submit letter of interest, current curriculum vitae and 3 references to: Christine Regan Carey, Fellowship Coordinator UPMC Presbyterian Heart, Lung & Esophageal Surgery Institute Suite C-700 200 Lothrop Street Pittsburgh, Pa 15213 412.648-6359 careycr@upmc.edu     to top     Cardiopulmonary Transplantation and      Assist Device Fellowship     The cardiopulmonary transplantation and assist device fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh is designed to provide extensive exposure in the disciplines of lung transplantation, heart transplantation and mechanical cardiac assist as well as exposure to surgical therapy of end-stage heart failure. The cardiothoracic transplantation and assist device programs at the University of Pittsburgh are quite active in both clinical and research endeavors. Our lung transplantation program is one of the oldest in the world and currently performs approximately 100 transplants per year making it one of the most active. Our heart transplant and assist device programs are also quite active with over 35 heart transplants and 25 ventricular assist devices performed each year. All of these programs enjoy national and international recognition and have extensive clinical and basic research efforts. The transplant and assist device fellowship is, generally, a 1-year position (July through June) at the instructor level with in-depth exposure to the above outlined disciplines although flexibility in duration, timing and scope is possible. The successful applicant(s) has generally completed cardiothoracic training or at a minimum general surgery training, although this is not an absolute requirement. Two fellows per year are accepted and function in a collaborative fashion to participate in and support the programs. Patients are managed on a separate cardiothoracic transplant service that is staffed by dedicated surgical and medical transplant faculty, nurse practitioners, a junior surgical housestaff and the transplant fellows. The fellowship provides exposure to pretransplant selection, intraoperative management and techniques, posttransplant management and multiorgan donor procurement. Fellows are expected to actively participate in all areas and are given supervised graded responsibility as their knowledge and experience grows. It is anticipated that fellows will meet all UNOS requirements for heart transplantation and lung certification. Fellows are also actively encouraged to participate in clinical research efforts and are given opportunities to participate in standard adult cardiac surgery cases as well as cases involving surgical treatment of heart failure. Program Director: Yoshiya Toyoda, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Surgery Head, Section of Cardiothoracic Transplantation Applicants should submit letter of interest, current curriculum vitae and 3 references to: Yoshiya Toyoda, MD, PhD UPMC Presbyterian Heart, Lung & Esophageal Surgery Institute Suite C-900 200 Lothrop Street Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213 412-692-2779 toyoday@upmc.edu     to top     Current Fellows     Adult Advanced Cardiac/Cardiothoracic Transplant Aditya Bansal, MD- Adult Advanced Cardiac Edward Frick, MD Takeyoshi Ota, MD Vivek Patel, MD Cardiothoracic Transplant Pramod Bonde, MD Tetsuya Horai, MD Basar Sareyyupoglu, MD Norihisa Shigemura, MD Shigeki Tabata, MD     to top     Cardiothoracic Surgery Research and      Transplant Fellows     > Name Position Year Degree Yr Institution Current Position AEBA, Ryo Research Fellow - Thoracic Transplant 7/1/92-11/30/92 MD 1982 Keio University Division of Cardiovascular Surgery - Keio University, Tokyo AKIMOTO, Takehide Research Fellow - Artificial Heart & Lung Program 1/1/98-7/31/00 MD 1987 University of Shinshyu Division of Cardiovascular Surgery - St. Luke’s Hospital, Tokyo BAJONA, Pietro Research Fellow - Cardiac Surgery 10/06-09/08 MD 2003 Ferrara Medical School - Italy Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto BALADI, Naoum Fellow 07/87-08/88 MD     Cardiothoracic Surgeon - San Francisco, CA BANDO, Ko Transplant Fellow 10/1/91-6/30/93 MD 1983 Okayama University Consultant in Cardiac Surgery - National Cardiovascular Center BONONOMI, Gianluca Research Fellow Adult Cardiac Surgery 7/1/01-6/30/02 MD 1994 University of Pisa MIS Fellowship - University of Pittsburgh BRANN, Stacey Cardiothoracic Transplant Fellow 7/1/07-6/30/08 MD 1987 University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery Temple University School of Medicine CHEN, Xuan Research Fellow - Aerosol Cyclosporine Grant 1/1/02-12/31/02 BS       DALCOL, Richard Research Fellow - Transplantation 7/1/87-6/30/88 MD 1982 Albany Medical College Albany Cardiothoracic Surgeons - Albany, NY DUNCAN, Andrew Research Fellow - Cardiac Transplantation 7/89-6/90 MD 1983   Cardiothoracic Surgeon Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh EISHI, Kiyoyuki Research Fellow - LVAD 9/1/89-12/7/90 MD 1982 Chiba University Cardiovascular Surgery - The Heart Institute of Japan FAZZALARI, Frank Transplant Clin Inst.           FERRARO, Pasquale Transplant Fellow - Thoracic Transplantation 7/1/96-6/30/97 MD 1988 University of Montreal Surgical Director, Lung Transplant Program - University of Montreal, Hotel-Dieu Hospital FRANCALANCIA, Nicola Research Fellow - Cardiac Surgery 7/1/91-6/30/92 MD 1988 Johns Hopkins University Cardiothoracic Surgeon - University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center FUJIMOTO, Kazuro Research Fellow 9/1/02-10/31/03 MD     Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Nagoya University FUKADA, Johji Research Fellow - Cardiothoracic Surgery 7/1/97-6/30/99 MD 1990 Sapporo Medical University University of Miami GALLAGHER, Robert Transplant Fellow 7/1/90-6/30/91 MD 1980 Medical University of S.C. Cardiothoracic Surgery - Hartford, CT GONGORA, Enrique Advanced Cardiac Surgery Fellow 7/1/07-6/30/08 MD 1992 Universidad del Rosario, Bogota, Colombia AssistantProfessor of Surgery - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center GONZALEZ-CANCEL, Ivan Transplant Fellow 7/92-6/93 MD 1988 University of Puerto Rico Director, Dept. of Surgery - Centro Cardiovascular de Puerto Rico y del Caribe HASSAN, Mohammed Research “Peace” Fellow Transplantation 8/89-7/91 MD 1980 Al-Azhar University Asst. Lecturer of Surgery Al-Hussein University Hospital HEBSGAARD, Kim Research Fellow Cardiac Surgery 10-1-02-9/30/03 MD 1984 University of Copenhagen Research Fellow University of Pittsburgh HOUEL, Remi Research Fellow 9/92-3/93 MD 1986 University Pierre & Marie Curie   HSU, Jack Transplant Fellow 7/87-6/88       Private Practice San Diego, CA HUANG-Chou, Chang Research Fellow Transplantation 8/1/94-7/14/95 MD 1978 National Defense Medical Center Taipei, China Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital KAWAHARADA, Nobuyoshi Research Fellow Transplantation 1/95-9/97 MD 1988 Sappora Medical College Sappora Medical University School of Medicine KAWAI, Akihiko Research Fellow 1991-1992 MD 1983 Hakkaido University Professor, Kyoto University KEENAN, Robert Research Fellow Artificial Heart Program 7/1/89-7/30/91 MD 1984 University of Alberta Director, Division of Thoracic Surgery Allegheny General Hospital KIHARA, Shin’ichiro Research Fellow Artificial Heart Program 7/1/00-6/30/02 MD 1989 Osaka Medical College Research Fellow, University of Pittsburgh KONISHI, Kiroaki Research Fellow Cardiac Transplantation 7/1/93-6/30/94 MD 1986 Kyoto University Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan KOMATSU, Kanshi Research Fellow Transplantation 7/92-6/94 MD 1986 Sapporo Medical College Sapporo Medical University KURIMOTO, Yoshihiko Research Fellow 7/1/97-6/30/99 MD 1989 Sapporo Medical University   KUBO, Masatoshi Research Fellow Transplantation 8/1/99-7/28/02 MD 1992 Hiroshima University   LAVEE, Jacob Transplant Fellow 7/89-6/90 MD 1992 Sackler School of Medicine Tel Aviv University Director, Heart Transplantation Sheba Medical Center, Israel LEOTTA, Eros Cardiothoracic Transplant Fellow 7/1/07-6/30/08 MD 1992 Turin Medical School Turin, Italy Clinical Instructor Northwestern University Hospitals LI, Sen Research Fellow Transplantation 9/15/00-9/15/01 MD 1991 Capital University of Medical Sciences Cardiothoracic Surgeon Beijing Anzhen Hospital LING, Yiqun Research Associate Transplantation 7/1/01-2/8/02 MD 1992 Hebei Medical University   LIU, Yu Research Associate 8/1/01-7/31/02 MD 2000 Kyoto University MAGLIATO, Kathy Transplant Fellow 7/1/98-6/30/99 MD 1990 Case Western Reserve University Director, Cardiac Assist Device Program, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center MATTSSON, Pella Research Fellow Transplantation 12/93-7/96 MD 1980 University Orebro, Sweden   MIYAMOTO, Yuji Transplant Fellow 7/1/88-6/30/89 MD 1978 Osaka University Medical School First Dept. of Surgery Osaka University Medical School MORITA, Shigeki Clinical Research Fellow Transplantation 7/1/90-6/30/92 MD 1980 Kyushu University Research Institute of Angiocardiology, Kyushu Univ. McCURRY, Kenneth Transplant Fellow 7/1/97-6/30/98 MD 1987 University of Florida Assistant Professor of Surgery University of Pittsburgh NGUYEN, Duc Transplant Fellow 7/1/06-6/30/07 MD 1994 Boston University Assistant Professor of Surgery University of Miami NINAN, Matthew Clinical Fellow 7/1/95-11/30/98 MD 1986 Karnatak University, India Asst. Prof. Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery Vanderbilt University Medical Center OSHIMA, Hideki Research Fellow Transplantation 9/1/01-10/31/03 MD 1989 National Defense Medical College Research Fellow, University of Pittsburgh OTA, Takeyoshi Research Fellow 8/05 MD 1999 Kobe University School of Medicine Research Fellow, University of Pittsburgh SAPIRSTEIN, John Clinical Instructor 7/1/01-10/1/02 MD 1990 Boston University School of Medicine Private Practice, North Carolina SALIZZONI, Stefano Research Instructor in Cardiac Surgery 9/1/07-8/30/09 MD 2004 Universita’ degli studi di Torino, Italy Division of Cardiac Surgery – Ospedale S. Giovanni Battista “Molinette”, Torino SANTOS, Ricardo Transplant Fellow 7/1/05-6/30/07 MD 1995 UFBA (Medical School of Bahia Federal University) Research Associate at Boston University THACKER, Jnanesh Transplant Fellow 7/11/05-6/30/07 MD 1979 University of Bombay India TOMIOKA, Jun Research Fellow Transplantation 9/1/98-8/31/99 PhD 1989 Waseda University, Japan   TOYODA, Yoshiya Clinical Instructor 9/1/04-12/05 MD 1997 Kobe University School of Medicine Associate Professor of Surgery University of Pittsburgh Medical Center TSUKUI, Hiroyuki Clinical Instructor 4/1/04-6/30/08 MD 1995 Niigata University School of Med, Japan Clinical Instructor, University of Pittsbugh VEGA, David Transplant Fellow 7/1/95-6/30/96 MD 1986 University of Michigan Surgical Director, Heart Transplant Prog Emory University WON, Alvina Research Fellow Transplantation 7/15/99-6/30/01 MD 1997 University of California, San Diego General Surgery Resident, University of Iowa WOOK, Youm Research Fellow Transplantation 1/93-12/94 MD 1975 Seoul National University Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery Korea Veterans Hospital YAMAZAKI, Kenji Research Fellow Transplantation 7/93-3/97 MD 1985 University of Hokkaido, Japan Heart Institute of Japan ZENATI, Marco Research Fellow Cardiothoracic Surgery 10/88-12/89 MD 1986 University of Verona, Italy Assoc. Professor of Surgery University of Pittsburgh ZHANG, Linyou Research Fellow Transplantation 7/1/00-6/30/01 MD 1990 Harbin Medical University Associate Professor of Surgery Harbin Medical University     to top

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