Profile of the inventor

Inventor

Yuji IKARI, MD, PhD

Professor of Cardiology, Tokai University School of Medicine

Education:

1986 M.D, Nagoya University School of Medicine
1997 PhD, University of Tokyo School of Medicine

Professional Training and Employment:

1986 Resident in Internal Medicine, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo
1988 Fellow of Cardiology in Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo
1991 Medical Staff of Cardiology in Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo
1995 Assistant professor, the First Department of Internal Medicine in University of Tokyo
1996 Senior fellow, the Department of Pathology in University of Washington, Seattle, USA
1999 Associate Director, Department of Cardiology in Mitsui Memorial Hospital
2005 Professor, Department of Cardiology, Tokai University School of Medicine
2010 Director, Department of Cardiology, Tokai University School of Medicine

License and Board Certification:

1986 Medical License: Japan
1989 Board Certificated Member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
1991 Fellow of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
1992 Fellow of the Japanese Circulation Society
2003 Flow of the Japanese College of Cardiology (FJCC)
2006 Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC)
2012 Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC)

Other:

2011 Editor-in-Chief, Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics (CVIT) Journal

Professional Fields:

Internal medicine, Cardiology

Research Fields:

Atherosclerosis, Coronary artery disease, Percutaneous coronary intervention, Radial access, Acute coronary syndrome

Patent:

1999 Ikari guide catheter approved in US (5,876,385)
2001 Ikari guide catheter approved in Europe (0 829 270 B1)

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