Education

• MD, Okayama University School of Medicine, Japan
• PhD, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
• Residency, Okayama University Hospital, Japan
• Research Fellowship, Department of Surgery, Columbia University, NY
• Clinical Fellowship, Shin-Tokyo Hospital, Japan, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University, NY

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Kohmoto specializes in the following: coronary artery bypass surgery, beating heart surgery, aortic and mitral valve surgery, surgery for end-stage heart disease, heart transplantation, mechanical assist devices, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, cardiac arrhythmia surgery, robotic cardiac surgery, pericardiectomy, and cardiac reoperation.

Dr. Kohmoto provides a wide range of services including Angioplasty, Aortic Valve-Sparing Surgery, Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Repair, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT), Cardioversion, Carotid and Peripheral Blood Vessel Revascularization, Carotid Artery Stent, Carotid Surgery and Intervention, Cryoablation, Destination Therapy for End-Stage Heart Failure, Endoscopic Surveillance, Heart Bypass (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery - CABG), Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs), In Situ Vein Bypass for Limb Salvage, Limb Salvage, Lung Transplant, Maze Procedure (Surgical), Maze Procedure (Minimally Invasive), Mitral Valve Repair, Pacemakers, (show all). Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Closure, Photodynamic Therapy, Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy, Radiofrequency Ablation (HALO), Renal Stenting, Stents (Drug-Eluting Stents), Surgical Ventricular Remodeling (SVR), Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Repair (Endovascular Graft), Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Repair (Open Surgical), Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization (TMR), Valve Repair or Replacement Surgery (Minimally Invasive), Vena Cava Filter, and Ventricular Assist Devices.

Research Interests

Dr. Kohmoto has research interests involving the following: mechanical assist devices, heart transplantation, lung transplantation, ischemic preconditioning,
laser surgery, angiogenesis, cell transplantation, and cardiac regeneration.

Cardiothoracic Core Lab

Active Clinical Trials

• A Facilitated Access Program to Provide Everolimus (RAD) Maintenance for Patients Completing Therapy in RAD Trials in Solid Organ Transplantation
  Principal Investigator(s): Takushi Kohmoto, MD, PhD
  Status: Active, not recruiting
  [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00149981]
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• Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (INTERMACS)
  Principal Investigator(s): Takushi Kohmoto, MD, PhD
  Status: Recruiting
  [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00119834]
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Recent Publications

• Effects of the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device as observed by serial echocardiography.
  Chapman CB, Allana S, Sweitzer NK, Kohmoto T, Murray M, Murray D, Johnson M, Rahko PS
  Echocardiography 2013 May; 30(5):513-20.
  [PubMed ID: 23311405]
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• Mitochondrial DNA deletion mutations in adult mouse cardiac side population cells.
  Lushaj EB, Lozonschi L, Barnes M, Anstadt E, Kohmoto T
  Mutat. Res. 2012 Jun 1; 734(1-2):62-8.
  [PubMed ID: 22426178]
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• Top-down quantitative proteomics identified phosphorylation of cardiac troponin I as a candidate biomarker for chronic heart failure.
  Zhang J, Guy MJ, Norman HS, Chen YC, Xu Q, Dong X, Guner H, Wang S, Kohmoto T, Young KH, Moss RL, Ge Y
  J. Proteome Res. 2011 Sep 2; 10(9):4054-65.
  [PubMed ID: 21751783, PMC ID: 3170873]
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• Mesenchymal stromal cells are present in the heart and promote growth of adult stem cells in vitro.
  Lushaj EB, Anstadt E, Haworth R, Roenneburg D, Kim J, Hematti P, Kohmoto T
  Cytotherapy 2011 Apr; 13(4):400-6.
  [PubMed ID: 21090918]
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• Improvements of data quality of the LHD Thomson scattering diagnostics in high-temperature plasma experiments.
  Yamada I, Narihara K, Funaba H, Hayashi H, Kohmoto T, Takahashi H, Shimozuma T, Kubo S, Yoshimura Y, Igami H, Tamura N
  Rev Sci Instrum 2010 Oct; 81(10):10D522.
  [PubMed ID: 21033877]
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