Department of Surgery
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Specialties

Satoru Osaki, MD, PhD

Professor

  • Surgical Director of Trans-Catheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) program
  • Dyad lead of the Ischemic Heart Disease program
  • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

osaki@surgery.wisc.edu
(608) 263-0439

600 Highland Ave.
MC 3236
Madison, WI 53792-3284

Education

  • MD, Ehime University School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
  • Residency in General Surgery, Hiroshima City Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
  • Residency in Cardiovascular Surgery, Kure Kyosai Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
  • Fellowship in Cardiovascular Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama, Japan
  • PhD, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry Okayama, Japan
  • Fellowship in Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, WI

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Osaki 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. Osaki provides a wide range of services including Aortic Valve-Sparing Surgery, Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Repair, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT), Cryoablation, Destination Therapy for End-Stage Heart Failure, Heart Bypass (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery – CABG), Maze Procedure (Surgical), Maze Procedure (Minimally Invasive), Mitral Valve Repair, Pacemakers, Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Closure, Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy, Radiofrequency Ablation (HALO), Surgical Ventricular Remodeling (SVR), Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Repair (Open Surgical), Valve Repair or Replacement Surgery (Minimally Invasive), Ventricular Assist Devices, Trans-Catheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), Trans-Catheter Mitral valve-in-valve Replacement, Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (off-pump CABG).

Recent Publications

  • A rare case of a primary atrial myxoma with metaplastic ossification and its multimodal imaging features.
    Siewert N, Frenkel M, Guenther T, Osaki S
    Int J Surg Case Rep 2025 Jun 23; 133: 111550
    [PubMed ID: 40561602]

  • Massive Aneurysmal Coronary Artery Fistulae Demonstrating the Continued Utility of Surgical Intervention.
    Frenkel M, Rokkas C, Osaki S, de Biasi A
    JACC Case Rep 2025 Jun 18; 30(15): 103787
    [PubMed ID: 40541346]

  • Direct innominate artery access for transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
    de Biasi AR, Raval A, Tester G, Osaki S
    J Surg Case Rep 2022 Jul; 2022(7): rjac330
    [PubMed ID: 35919691]

  • Prognosis of paradoxical low-flow low-gradient aortic stenosis after transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
    Saito Y, Lewis EE, Raval A, Gimelli G, Jacobson K, Osaki S
    J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 2021 Jun 01; 22(6): 486-491
    [PubMed ID: 33229861]

  • The Prognosis of Elderly Patients with Aortic Stenosis after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.
    Saito Y, Lewis EE, Raval A, Gimelli G, Jacobson KM, Osaki S
    Intern Med 2021 Feb 15; 60(4): 517-523
    [PubMed ID: 33028765]

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