Yoshifumi Naka, MD, PhD, is a Leading Cardiothoracic Surgeon with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center in New York City, NY

Yoshifumi Naka, MD, PhD, is a well-versed cardiothoracic surgeon who diagnoses and treats patients at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center in New York City, New York, where he serves as Director of the Cardiac transplantation Program and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program. And, he is an Associate Professor of Surgery at Columbia University. Dr. Naka is a pioneer in mechanical assist therapy for heart failure. He has an impressive professional journey that spans twenty-one years. His expertise covers adult cardiac surgery for coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, heart transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support device implantation. Dr. Naka’s research has focused on cardiac and pulmonary transplantation, organ preservation, surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation, vein graft disease after bypass surgery, and outcomes of clinical mechanical circulatory support device surgery and heart transplantation. He has also been a lead investigator in several clinical trials, paving the way in the research and innovation of new approaches to mechanical circulatory assistance, including the use of these devices as destination therapy for patients with advanced heart failure. For more information about Dr. Yoshifumi Naka, please visit https://columbiasurgery.org/yoshifumi-naka-md-phd.

Yoshifumi Naka, MD, PhD, attended Osaka University Medical School in Japan. Upon relocating to the United States, he completed research fellowship in cardiac and pulmonary transplantation and a visiting clinical fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at Columbia University. He is a member of the Society of University Surgeons, the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, the New York Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and the American Heart Association. Moreover, he attained fellowship of the American College of Physicians having met the standards and guidelines required of the nation’s leading surgeons. Dr. Naka was named one of New York Magazine’s Top Doctors (2005 to present) and received the Socrates Award in 2016. For more information about Dr. Yoshifumi Naka, please visit https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/3060297-Yoshifumi-Naka-Cardiothoracic-Surgeon.