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Masahiro Yoshida, MD, PhD

Job Title Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery

4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 3

Pittsburgh, PA 15224

412-692-5218 Phone

412-692-5817 Fax

Email masahiro.yoshida@chp.edu

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Education and Training

Medical School:

1993 Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Fellowship:

2008 Clinical Fellow and Instructor, Pediatric Cardiothroacic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

2000 Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Japan

Residency:

1999 Chief Residency, Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan

1994 General Surgery, University Hospital, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Memberships

Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Japan Surgical Society
Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery
Japanese Society of Cardiovascular Surgery
Japanese Society of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery

Board Certifications

Japanese Board of Surgery
Japanese Board of Cardiovascular Surgery

Awards

Young Investigator’s Awards, 42nd Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Nagoya, Japan
Young Investigator’s Awards, The 1st Asia-Pacific Congress of Pediatric Caridiology and Cardiac Surgery, Bangkok, Thailland
Young Investigator’s Awards, 44th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Kohriyama, Japan

Publications

Yoshida M, Wearden P, Dur O, Pekkan K, Morell V. Right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction with bicuspid valved polytetrafluoroethylene conduit. Ann Thorac Surg, 2011, 91, 1235-9.
Yoshida M, Yamaguchi M, Oshima Y, Oka S, Higuma T, Yutaka Okita. Single-stage repair of aortopulmonary window with interrupted aortic arch by transection of the aorta and direct reconstruction. J. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 2009 138(3), 781-783.
Takahashi H, Oshima Y, Yoshida M, Yamaguchi M, Kenji Okada, Okita Y. Sinus node dysfunction following repair of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008, 136(2) 329-334.
Yoshida M, Yamaguchi M, Yoshimura N, Murakami H, Matsuhisa H, Okita Y. Appropriate additional pulmonary blood flow at the bidirectional Glenn procedure is useful for completion of total cavopulmonary connection. Ann Thorac Surg, 2005: 80:976-981.

Biography Summary

Masahiro Yoshida, MD, joined Children's Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery after serving as an attending surgeon at Kobe Children's Hospital in Kobe, Japan. He received his PhD from Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine in 2009.

Dr. Yoshida's clinical and research interests include congenital heart disease and pediatric heart, heart-lung transplantation. He also designed the bicuspid valved polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) conduit for right ventricle to pulmonary artery in Kobe, Japan. This device is now being utilized for patients at Children's Hospital.

Last Update
March 14, 2012

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