Masaki Tsukashita, MD

Dr. Tsukashita has particular clinical interest in aortic root replacement, aortic, atrial fibrillation, cardiac, coronary artery bypass graft, and heart valve repair, reconstruction and replacement surgeries, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), heart transplant, left ventricular assist device (LVAD), mechanical structural heart disease, and minimally invasive heart surgery. He received his medical degree from Kyoto University in Kyoto City, Japan. He earned his doctor of philosophy degree at Kyoto University’s Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine where he also completed his residency. He received fellowship training in cardiovascular surgery as a clinical fellow at New York University Hospital Medical Center. He received training in heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Tsukashita has published many articles in medical journals on his clinical research.

Languages Spoken: English, Japanese