
Yoshifumi Naka
Surgical Director of Heart Failure, Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Programs · New York Presbyterian Hospital
Credentials: · · ·
History
PresentHeart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Programs · New York Presbyterian Hospital


- 1984–1991
Surgery
Osaka University Medical School
- 1980–1984
Research
Use of a continuous-flow device in patients awaiting heart transplantation
New England Journal of Medicine · 2007 · 1,342 citations
A Fully Magnetically Levitated Left Ventricular Assist Device - Final Report
New England Journal of Medicine · 2019 · 1,035 citations
Extended mechanical circulatory support with a continuous-flow rotary left ventricular assist device
Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2009 · 679 citations

212 papers · 16 as a fellow

197 papers · 1 as a fellow

179 papers

144 papers · 73 as a resident

140 papers · 1 as a fellow

114 papers · 13 as a resident
- DM
97 papers

87 papers · 8 as a fellow
Grants
- 2005–2011
Biology of Long-Term Mechanical Circulatory Support
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · P50
Contact PI · $2.5M · Columbia University Health Sciences
- 2001–2005
Vein Graft Preservation: Thrombosis & Neointimal Disease
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · K08
Contact PI · $515.6K · Columbia University Health Sciences
Clinical trials
- 2009–2011
Principal investigator · Terminated · Phase 2
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- 2009
Principal investigator · Terminated · Phase 2
vTv Therapeutics
- 2008–2018
Evaluation of the Safety and Effectiveness of the DuraHeart™ LVAS
Principal investigator · Terminated
Terumo Heart Inc.
- 2007–2008
Principal investigator · Terminated · Phase 2
Columbia University


