Tomoaki Hinohara, MD

Director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Sequoia Hospital

Dr. Tomoaki Hinohara is Director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Sequoia Hospital. He is known as one of the leading Interventional Cardiologists worldwide. He started his career at Montreal General Hospital in Canada in 1976 after he received his M.D. from Keio University School of Medicine in Japan. He experienced clinical and research programs at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina from 1982 to 1988.

Dr. Hinohara also has dedicated to the development of new technology, such as debulking, CTO, vascular closure devices and endovascular temperature management system for hypothermia treatment. And he participates in several international multicenter clinical trials to evaluate safety and efficacy of new devices. Dr. Hinohara has contributed his energy to universalize those cutting-edge technologies through the educational program especially for the Japanese Cardiology Society.