Koji Takeda, MD
Locations and Appointments
New Patients
ColumbiaDoctors - 15 North Broadway
CUIMC/Milstein Hospital Building
ColumbiaDoctors - 300 Frank Burr Blvd
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Insurances Accepted
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- AETNA
- Affinity Health Plan
- Amerigroup of New Jersey
- CIGNA
- Emblem/GHI
- Emblem/Hip
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- Fidelis Care
- Healthfirst
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Local 1199
- Magnacare (National)
- Medicare
- Multiplan
- MVP Health Care
- QualCare
- Quality Health Management
- RiverSpring
- TRICARE
- UnitedHealthcare
- VNSNY CHOICE
- WellCare
- World Trade Center Health Plan
About Koji Takeda, MD
Koji Takeda, MD, PhD is a cardiac surgeon and Surgical Director for Adult Heart Transplant at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Dr. Takeda has a focus on heart failure, heart transplant surgery and mechanical circulatory support through ventricular assist devices (VADs). In addition to his clinical work, he is an active researcher in all of these areas, as well as in cardiac regeneration therapy.
Dr. Takeda completed his medical training, post-graduate training, residency and fellowship in Osaka, Japan, after which he completed an advanced cardiovascular surgery fellowship at Northwestern University, Chicago. He is the recipient of multiple honors and awards including the American College of Chest Physicians Award, Japan Branch, 2009; and chief resident award and best resident award, 2005, at the National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.
Expertise
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
Heart Failure
Heart Transplantation
Education
Fellowship: McGaw Medical Center - Northwestern University
Fellowship: University Hospital
Medical School: University of Osaka Medical School
Residency: University Hospital
Languages
- Japanese
Titles & Positions
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director of Pulmonary Endarterectomy, Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiac, Thoracic & Vascular Surgery, Columbia University
Surgical Director of Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital
NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester
Education
- Residency: University Hospital
- Fellowship: University Hospital
- Medical School: University of Osaka Medical School
- Fellowship: McGaw Medical Center - Northwestern University
Awards & Honors
- 1999 Best score award in Ob/Gyn
- 2005 Chief Resident of the Year, National Cardiovascular Center
- 2005 Resident of the Year, National Cardiovascular Center
- 2009 American College of Chest Physicians Award, Japan Branch
Titles & Positions
- Associate Professor of Surgery
- Director of Pulmonary Endarterectomy, Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiac, Thoracic & Vascular Surgery, Columbia University
- Surgical Director of Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support
Languages Spoken
- Japanese