CURRICULUM VITAE

Keiji Kamohara, M. D.

Education

Present:  Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA, Research Fellow

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tenjinn-kai Shin-Koga Hospital, Kurume, Japan, Clinical Assistant

1998-1999:

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka, Tokusyukai Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan, Clinical Assistant

1996 – 1997:

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kumamoto Central Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan, Clinical Assistant

1996 – 1997:

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kumamoto Central Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan, Clinical Assistant

1993 – 1995:

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Saga Medical School School, Saga, Japan, internship

1993:

Pass the examination of National Board (No.352743)

1987 - 1993:

Saga Medical School, Saga, Japan

Memberships in Professional Societies

Japan Surgical Society

Board Certified Fellow of the Japan Surgical Society (No.13928)

The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery

Board Certified Fellow of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery (No.3909)

The Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery

The Japanese Society for Vascular Surgery

Japanese Circulation Society

Publications

Journals

•  Traumatic transection of the descending thoracic aorta with free open rupture in left pleural - cavity - A case report - .   Kamohara K, et al.   J Jpn Assn Thorac Surg 1997; 45: 783-786.

•  Mitral valve regurgitation with anterior mitral leaflet chordal rupture or elongation - Repair using the flip over technique -.   Kamohara K, et al.   J Jpn Assn Thorac Surg 1998; 46: 695-700.

•  The propriety of bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting in women.   Kamahara K, et al.   J Jpn Assn Thorac Surg 1998; 46: 58-64.

•  Left ventricular free wall rupture (blow-out type) after acute myocardial infarction : A case of successful surgical repair.   Kamohara K, et al.   Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 1998; 27: 383-386.

•  Early valve failure after aortic valve-sparing root reconstruction.   Kamohara K, et al.   Ann Thorac Surg 1999; 68: 257-9.

•  Life-saving strategy for left ventricular free wall rupture after acute myocardial infarction Infarction-covering repair on the ruptured site under the beating heart.   Kamohara K, et al.   JJTCVS 2000; 48: 291-294.

•  A case report of coronary artery aneurysm as a complication developed after rotational ablation.   Kamohara K, et al.   HEART 2002; 34: 468-472.

•  Cardiac surgery in patients with chronic renal failure on maintenance dialysis.   Nakayama Y, Kamohara K, et al.   J Jpn Assn Thorac Surg 1997; 45: 1661-1666.

•  A case report of double false aneurysm associated with a penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer.   Doi K, Kamohara K, et al. Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 1998; 27: 372-375.

•  Emergent coronary artery bypass grafting for medical refractory unstable angina.   Sakata R, Kamohara K, et al.   J. Jap. Coll. Angiol 1997; 37: 313-317.

•  A case of abdominal aortic aneurysm associated with horseshoe kidney.   Murayama J, Kamohara K, et al.   Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2002; 31: 314-316.

•  Late spontaneous closure of interventricular communication associated with pseudo-false aneurysm of left ventricle after inferior myocardial infarction.   Yoshikai M, Kamohara K, et al.   HEART 2001; 33: 791-795.

Presentations

•  Mitral valve regurgitation with anterior mitral leaflet chordal rupture or elongation - Repair using the flip over technique -.   Kamohara K, et al.   The fifth Annual Meeting of The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery 1997.10. (Tokyo).

•  The propriety of bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting in women.   Kamahara K, et al.   The fifth Annual Meeting of The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery 1997.10. (Tokyo).

•  Life-saving strategy for left ventricular free wall rupture after acute myocardial infarction Infarction-covering repair on the ruptured site under the beating heart.   Kamohara K, et al. The 51st Annual Meeting of The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery 1998.10. (Tokyo).

•  Cardiac surgery in patients with chronic renal failure.   Kamahara K, et al.   The fifty-third Annual Meeting of The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery 2000.10. (Oita)

•  Emergency coronary artery grafting for acute coronary syndrome - comparative surgical outcome - .   Kamahara K, et al.   The 31 nd The Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery 2001.2.(Ube)

•  Emergency coronary artery bypass grafting for acute coronary syndrome with preoperative intraaortic balloon pumping - comparative surgical outcome and long-term results - .   The 32 nd The Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery 2002.2.(Osaka)