Kosaka, Shun

Shun KOHSAKA, MD, is a US trained board certified cardiologist. He is currently serves as an Assistant Professor in Division of Cardiology, Keio University School of Medicine (since 2008), and Associate Professor in Department of Health Quality Assessment, the Tokyo University Graduate School of Mediicne. Dr. Kohsaka is also an Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Division of Cardiology at Columbia University. He served as staff physician in the same instutute between 2006 and 2008. He was a investigator for various large-scale clinical research projects such as WARCEF (Warfarin vs. Aspirin in Reduced Ejection Fraction) and NOMAS (North of MAnhattan Study). Dr. Kohsaka received his training at St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center at Columbia University and Texas Heart Institute at Baylor College of Medicine. He is board certified in internal medicine (US and Japan), cardiology (US), nuclear cardiology (US), echocardiography (US) and transplant cardiology (US).

Keio University School of Medicine

Dr Kohsaka is engaged in outcome research in the field of cardiology through multicenter registry studies, accumulation of clinical administrative data, and international clinical trials. The foundation of his work is to "respond to the practical clinical questions", focusing on optimizing clinical pathways, updating recommendations in clinical practice guidelines, and improving various biases through research findings.

• 冠動脈疾患、心不全疾患、不整脈疾患、医療の質、アウトカム、レジストリ、データベース