Dr. Mamoo Nakamura

2000 recipient

Dr. Mamoo Nakamura received his M.D. from Mie University School of Medicine, Japan in 1993. After completion of the 2-years medical residency at Okinawa Chubu Hospital and the training of cardiovascular medicine at Mie University Hospital, he started working as an interventional cardiology fellow at Yamada Red Cross Hospital. He also graduated Mie University Graduate School of Medicine and received a degree of Doctor of Medical Science in 1999. In July 2000, Dr. Nakamura joined CRCI as a postdoctoral fellow supported by a Cardiovascular Research Scholarship of Stanford - St. Jude Medical Scholarship Program. His main research interests include mechanism and prevention of in-stent restenosis and development of new devices in the field of interventional cardiology. Currently, Dr. Nakamura is actively involved in the IVUS analysis of pivotal drug-eluting stent trials as well as in the pre-clinical evaluation of novel interventional devices.