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About Hiroo Takayama, MD, PhD
Dr. Hiroo Takayama is Chief of Adult Cardiac Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. He has more than 20 years of experience in treating patients with heart and vascular problems. As the Director of the Aortic Surgery Program and co-Director of the Aortic Center, the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, and the Marfan Clinic at NYP/Columbia, Dr. Takayama has contributed to the care of over 4,000 patients by performing a variety of aortic and cardiac surgical procedures, approxima...
Board Certifications
- Cardiac Surgery
- Surgery
- Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Expertise
- Aneurysm
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Aneurysm Repair
- Aortic Aneurysm Surgery
- Aortic Arch Surgery
- Aortic Disease
- Aortic Dissection
- Aortic Surgery
- Endovascular Aneurysm Repair
- Endovascular Aortic Repair
- Endovascular Surgery
- Heart Transplantation
- Heart Valve Repair
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Marfan Syndrome
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Ventricular Assist Device Procedure
Education
- Fellowship: University of Washington Medical Center
- Internship: University of Tokyo Hospital
- Medical School: University of Tokyo (Japan)
- Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
- Residency: University of Tokyo Hospital
- Residency: University of Washington Medical Center
Languages
- Japanese
Titles & Positions
- Chief, Adult Cardiac Surgery Section
- Co-Director, Aortic Program
- Morris and Rose Milstein Professor of Surgery at Columbia University Medical Center
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital
- NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester
Education
- Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
- Medical School: University of Tokyo (Japan)
- Residency: University of Tokyo Hospital
- Fellowship: University of Washington Medical Center
- Internship: University of Tokyo Hospital
- Residency: University of Washington Medical Center
Awards & Honors
- 2016 New York Magazine's Top Doctors
- 2012 Winner of Thoracic Surgery Residents Association Dwight C. McGoon Award
Titles & Positions
- Chief, Adult Cardiac Surgery Section
- Co-Director, Aortic Program
- Morris and Rose Milstein Professor of Surgery at Columbia University Medical Center
Board Certifications
- cardiac surgery
- surgery
- thoracic and cardiac surgery
Languages Spoken
- japanese