Kazuo SHIMAMURA, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Minimally Invasive Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

EDUCATION
Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan (1994-1999) Doctor of Medicine, May 1999
Ph.D in Medicine, July 2011, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine

INTRENSHIP AND RESIDENCY
1999-2000, Surgical Residency program, Osaka University Medical Hospital, Osaka, Japan
2000-2002, General and thoracic surgical residency program, Ohtemae Hospital, Department of Surgery, Osaka, Japan
2002-2005, Cardiovascular fellowship Program ,Osaka General Medical Center, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
2005-2006, Cardiovascular fellowship program, Osaka University Medical Hospital

EMPLOYMENT
2006-2008, Junior attending surgeon of cardiovascular surgery, Osaka University Medical Hospital, Osaka Japan
2008-2012, Assistant professor, Department of Advanced Medical Therapeutics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
2012-2014, Assistant professor, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
2014-2015, Invited Doctor, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hamburg University Heart Center, Hamburg ,Germany
2015-2016 , Assistant professor, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
2016-2018, Lecturer, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka

University Graduate School of Medicine
2019- Associate professor, Department of Minimally Invasive Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine

LICENSURE ANS CERTIFICATION
National Board of Medicine, 1999
Japan Surgical Society Board certified surgeon, 2005 The Japanese Board of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2011
JCSM (Japanese Committee of Stentgraft management) Board certified physician of Thoracic endovascular repair, 2008
JCSM (Japanese Committee of Stentgraft management) Board certified physician of Abdominal endovascular repair, 2008
JTVT(Japanese trans-catheter valve therapy) Board certified TAVR instructor, 2020

HONORS AND AWARDS
2009 The Japanese Circulation Society Cardiovascular Surgery Award