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Staff

Specially Appointed Head

Name	Kenichi Kurosaki
Positions and affiliations	Specially Appointed Head, Division of Pediatric Cardiology Chief Physician, Pediatric Cardiology Intensive Care Unit
Specialties	Pediatric cardiology Pediatric intensive care Diagnosis based on three-dimensional imaging
Certifications	Pediatric Specialist Pediatric Cardiology Specialist
Personal Interests	Medical image appreciation
Message for Patients	Let’s not give up hope no matter how serious the condition is and do our best.

Chief Physicians

Name	Hideo Ohuchi
Positions and affiliations	Chief Physician, Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Specialties	Pediatric cardiology Exercise cardiopulmonary function Management of heart failure
Certifications	Pediatric Specialist Pediatric Cardiology Specialist
Personal Interests	Work (half joking!)
Message for Patients	I work for adolescent and adult patients with congenital heart diseases.

Name	Heima Sakaguchi
Positions and affiliations	Chief Physician, Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Specialties	Pediatric cardiology Diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmia
Certifications	Pediatric Specialist Pediatric Cardiology Interim Educator Physician
Personal Interests	Golf, marathon
Message for Patients	I am working hard together with patients and their families to improve the Quality of Life for patients with congenital heart diseases and children with heart diseases. Please feel free to come and consult with me any time.

Name	Jun Shiraishi
Positions and affiliations	Chief Physician of Neonatal division, Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Specialties	Neonatal medicine
Certifications	Pediatric Specialist, Neonatalogy Specialist, NCPR(Neonatal Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation) instractor, Infection Control Doctor
Education	Shiga University of Medical Science
professional experience	Osaka Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Osaka General Medical Center
Personal Interests	Football,Climbing,Marathon
Message for Patients	Baby First!, All for Baby, Let's think together about the best support for your baby

Physicians

Name	Toru Iwasa
Positions and affiliations	Physician, Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Specialties	Pediatric cardiology Pulmonary circulation
Certifications	Pediatric Specialist Pediatric Cardiology Specialist
Personal Interests	Camera, photography
Message for Patients	I want to provide better medical care for children with heart diseases and pulmonary circulation diseases.

Name	Kazuto Fujimoto
Positions and affiliations	Physician, Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Specialties	Catheter-based treatment Pediatric intensive care Transesophageal echocardiography
Certifications	Pediatric Specialist Specialist of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
Personal Interests	Jazz, reading
Message for Patients	I always pursue effective medical care with less physical burden on patients who have congenital heart diseases through catheterization. Let’s overcome the disease together.

Name	Yoshiaki Kato
Positions and affiliations	Physician, Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Specialties	Pediatric cardiology Diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmia
Certifications	Pediatric Specialist Cardiovascular Specialist Pediatric Cardiology Specialist Arrhythmia Specialist
Personal Interests	Tennis, traveling, and running
Message for Patients	I will make my utmost efforts to provide the best medical treatment for patients and their families. Let’s work together.

Name	Atsuko Kato
Positions and affiliations	Physician, Department of Pediatric Cardiology

Name	Yuuki Itou
Positions and affiliations	Physician, Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Specialties	pediatric cardiology, cardiomyopathy, heart failure, and ventricular assist device
Personal Interests	marathon, relax at home
Message for Patients	I always keep in mind to practice medicine to give the highest priority to patients and their family.

Name	Takako Toda
Positions and affiliations	Physician, Department of Pediatric Cardiology

Name	Yuya Yamada
Positions and affiliations	Physician, Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Specialties	Pediatric Cardiology
Certifications	Pediatric Specialist, Pediatric Cardiology Specialist
Education	Nagoya University
professional experience	Department of cardiology, Aichi Children’s health and medical center, Department of pediatric cardiology, Fukuoka Children’s Hospita
Personal Interests	baseball game watching
Message for Patients	I strive to brighten the future of children with heart disease.

Dual Position

Name	Etsuko Tsuda
Positions and affiliations	Chief, Office of Medical Safety; Division of Pediatric Cardiology (dual appointment)
Specialties	Pediatric cardiology Kawasaki disease Cardiomyopathy Outpatient treatment for transplantation
Certifications	Pediatric Specialist
Personal Interests	Taking a walk
Message for Patients	I will try to alleviate burdens.