Takushi Kohmoto, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Director, Mechanical Assist Device Program

H4/352 Clinical Science Center
600 Highland Avenue
Madison,WI 53792-3236

Appointments: (608) 262-3858

Office: (608) 262-3858

FAX: (608) 263-0547

kohmoto@surgery.wisc.edu

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's 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.

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.

Recent Publications

Osaki S, Anderson JE, Johnson MR, Edwards NM, Kohmoto T. The potential of cardiac allografts from donors after cardiac death at the University of Wisconsin Organ Procurement Organization., European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery. 2009 Aug 18;():.
[PubMed ID: 19695894]
Osaki S, Edwards NM, Johnson MR, Velez M, Munoz A, Lozonschi L, Murray MA, Proebstle AK, Kohmoto T. Improved survival after heart transplantation in patients with bridge to transplant in the recent era: a 17-year single-center experience., J. Heart Lung Transplant. 2009 Jun;28(6):591-7.
[PubMed ID: 19481020]
Osaki S, Edwards NM, Kohmoto T. Strategies for left ventricular assist device insertion after the Dor procedure., J. Heart Lung Transplant. 2009 May;28(5):520-2.
[PubMed ID: 19416785]
Osaki S, Sweitzer NK, Rahko PS, Murray MA, Hoffmann JA, Johnson MR, Edwards NM, Kohmoto T. To explant or not to explant: an invasive and noninvasive monitoring protocol to determine the need of continued ventricular assist device support., Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.). 2009 Mar-Apr;15(2):58-62.
[PubMed ID: 19385118]
Osaki S, Ishino K, Kotani Y, Honjo O, Suezawa T, Kohmoto T, Sano S. Circulatory load during hypoxia impairs post-transplant myocardial functional recovery in donation after cardiac death., J. Heart Lung Transplant. 2009 Mar;28(3):266-72.
[PubMed ID: 19285619]
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