
Koji Tomiyama, M.D., Ph.D.
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Koji Tomiyama, M.D., Ph.D.
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Professional Background
Dr. Tomiyama's clinical interests include liver transplant especially in the field of living donor liver transplantation and transplant oncology, donation after cardiac death (DCD), complex HPB cases including in situ/ex vivo liver cold preservation and 3D simulation of liver surgery. His basic/translational research interests are primarily focused on liver regeneration and ischemia reperfusion injury and transplant oncology. Throughout his career, he has published more than 50 peer reviewed articles as first and co- author and four book chapters on the subjects of live donor liver transplant, cholangiocarcinoma and Transplant Oncology. He has more than 25 International presentations and invited lectures.
Certified Specialties
Surgery (General Surgery) - Japan Surgical Society
Faculty Appointments
Associate Professor - Department of Surgery, Transplant (SMD)
Credentials
Residency & Fellowship
Fellowship, Surgical Oncology, Toronto General Hospital-Western Division (Canada). 2014 - 2016
Fellowship, Transplant Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center At Dallas. 2008 - 2010
Fellowship, Surgery (General Surgery), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine-GME. 2005 - 2007
Fellowship, Okayama University Medical School. 2003 - 2007
Residency, Surgery (General Surgery), Okayama University Hospital. 2002 - 2003
Internship, Surgery (General Surgery), Okayama University Hospital. 2000 - 2000
Residency, Surgery (General Surgery), Himeji St. Mary's Hospital. 2000 - 2002
Education
MD | Okayama University (Japan). 2000
Awards
Seymour I Schwartz, MD Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award. 2022 - 2023
Department of Surgery Chief Residents' Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award. 2021 - 2022
Department of Surgery Chief Residents' Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award. 2019 - 2020
Paddy Lewis Award for excellence in teaching in general surgery 2016. 2015 - 2016
Publications
Journal Articles
Bekki Y, Myers B, Tomiyama K, Imaoka Y, Akabane M, Kwong AJ, Melcher ML, Sasaki K
Transplantation.. 2023 August 16 Epub 08/16/2023.
Ivanics T, Claasen MP, Samstein B, Emond JC, Fox AN, Pomfret E, Pomposelli J, Tabrizian P, Florman SS, Mehta N, Roberts JP, Emamaullee JA, Genyk Y, Hernandez-Alejandro R, Tomiyama K, Sasaki K, Quintini C, Nagai S, Abouljoud M, Olthoff KM, Hoteit MA, Heimbach J, Taner T, Liapakis AH, Mulligan DC, Sapisochin G, Halazun KJ
Annals of surgery.. 2023 July 31 Epub 07/31/2023.
Bekki Y, Croome KP, Myers B, Sasaki K, Tomiyama K
Transplantation direct.. 2023 March 9 (3):e1450. Epub 02/17/2023.
Sasaki K, Ruffolo LI, Kim MH, Fujiki M, Hashimoto K, Imaoka Y, Melcher ML, Aucejo FN, Tomiyama K, Hernandez-Alejandro R
Annals of surgical oncology.. 2023 February 20 Epub 02/20/2023.
Bekki Y, Myers B, Tomiyama K, Melcher ML, Sasaki K
Clinical transplantation.. 2023 February 9 :e14932. Epub 02/09/2023.
Sasaki K, Ruffolo LI, Kim MH, Fujiki M, Hashimoto K, Imaoka Y, Melcher ML, Aucejo FN, Tomiyama K, Hernandez-Alejandro R
Annals of surgical oncology.. 2023 January 31 Epub 01/31/2023.
Chávez-Villa M, Ruffolo LI, Al-Judaibi BM, Fujiki M, Hashimoto K, Kallas J, Kwon CHD, Nair A, Orloff MS, Pineda-Solis K, Raj R, Sasaki K, Tomiyama K, Aucejo F, Hernandez-Alejandro R
Annals of surgery.. 2023 January 24 Epub 01/24/2023.
Ruffolo LI, Zambrano D, Dale BS, Nimmagadda SV, Hack M, Gaba H, Belt BA, Burchard PR, LanzDuret-Hernandez JM, Dokus MK, Aponte JP, Tomiyama K, Nair A, Pineda-Solis K, Hernandez-Alejandro R
The Journal of surgical research.. 2022 July 2279 :228-239. Epub 07/02/2022.
Hernandez-Alejandro R, Ruffolo LI, Sasaki K, Tomiyama K, Orloff MS, Pineda-Solis K, Nair A, Errigo J, Dokus MK, Cattral M, McGilvray ID, Ghanekar A, Gallinger S, Selzner N, Claasen MPAW, Burkes R, Hashimoto K, Fujiki M, Quintini C, Estfan BN, Kwon CHD, Menon KVN, Aucejo F, Sapisochin G
JAMA surgery.. 2022 March 30 Epub 03/30/2022.
Burchard PR, Dave YA, Loria AP, Parikh NB, Pineda-Solis K, Ruffolo LI, Strawderman M, Schoeniger LO, Galka E, Tomiyama K, Orloff MS, Carpizo DR, Linehan DC, Hernandez-Alejandro R
HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association.. 2022 January 25 Epub 01/25/2022.
Schlegel A, van Reeven M, Croome K, Parente A, Dolcet A, Widmer J, Meurisse N, De Carlis R, Hessheimer A, Jochmans I, Mueller M, van Leeuwen OB, Nair A, Tomiyama K, Sherif A, Elsharif M, Kron P, van der Helm D, Borja-Cacho D, Bohorquez H, Germanova D, Dondossola D, Olivieri T, Camagni S, Gorgen A, Patrono D, Cescon M, Croome S, Panconesi R, Flores Carvalho M, Ravaioli M, Caicedo JC, Loss G, Lucidi V, Sapisochin G, Romagnoli R, Jassem W, Colledan M, De Carlis L, Rossi G, Di Benedetto F, Miller CM, van Hoek B, Attia M, Lodge P, Hernandez-Alejandro R, Detry O, Quintini C, Oniscu GC, Fondevila C, Malagó M, Pirenne J, IJzermans JN, Porte RJ, Dutkowski P, Taner CB, Heaton N, Clavien PA, Polak WG, Muiesan P,
Journal of hepatology.. 2021 October 13 Epub 10/13/2021.
Ruffolo LI, Hernandez-Alejandro R, Tomiyama K
Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition.. 2021 June 10 (3):397-400. Epub 1900 01 01.
Wanis KN, Sarvet A, Ruffolo LI, Levstik MA, Tomiyama K, Al-Judaibi BM, Stensrud MJ, Hernandez-Alejandro R
Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation.. 2021 February 1 Epub 02/01/2021.
Ruffolo LI, Tomiyama K, Hernandez-Alejandro R
Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition.. 2020 December 9 (6):797-800. Epub 1900 01 01.
Tomiyama K, Ghazi A, Alejandro RH
Annals of surgery.. 2020 September 15 Epub 09/15/2020.
Wanis KN, Linecker M, Madenci AL, Müller PC, Nüssler N, Brusadin R, Robles-Campos R, Hahn O, Serenari M, Jovine E, Lehwald N, Knoefel WT, Reese T, Oldhafer K, de Santibañes M, Ardiles V, Lurje G, Capelli R, Enne M, Ratti F, Aldrighetti L, Zhurbin AS, Voskanyan S, Machado M, Kitano Y, Adam R, Chardarov N, Skipenko O, Ferri V, Vicente E, Tomiyama K, Hernandez-Alejandro R
HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association.. 2020 May 23 Epub 05/23/2020.
Tschuor C, Ferrarese A, Kuemmerli C, Dutkowski P, Burra P, Clavien PA,
Journal of hepatology.. 2019 October 71 (4):707-718. Epub 06/12/2019.
Goldaracena N, Gorgen A, Doyle A, Hansen BE, Tomiyama K, Zhang W, Ghanekar A, Lilly L, Cattral M, Galvin Z, Selzner M, Bhat M, Selzner N, McGilvray I, Greig PD, Grant DR, Sapisochin G
Journal of hepatology.. 2019 January 7 Epub 01/07/2019.
Loveday BPT, Zilbert N, Serrano PE, Tomiyama K, Tremblay A, Fox AM, Segedi M, O'Malley M, Borgida A, Bianco T, Creighton S, Dodd A, Fraser A, Moore M, Kim J, Cleary S, Moulton CA, Greig P, Wei AC, Gallinger S, Dhani N, McGilvray ID
HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association.. 2018 November 21 Epub 11/21/2018.
Wanis KN, Madenci AL, Katherine Dokus M, Tomiyama K, Al-Judaibi BM, Hernán MA, Hernandez-Alejandro R
Transplantation.. 2018 September 28 Epub 09/28/2018.
Akabayashi A, Nakazawa E, Ozeki-Hayashi R, Tomiyama K, Mori K, Demme RA, Akabayashi A
Transplantation proceedings.. 2018 June 50 (5):1209-1219. Epub 03/10/2018.
Dulaney DT, Dokus KM, McIntosh S, Al-Judaibi B, Ramaraju GA, Tomiyama K, Levstik M, Hernandez-Alejandro R, Orloff MS, Kashyap R
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract.. 2017 October 21 (10):1643-1649. Epub 08/07/2017.
Tomiyama K, Hernandez-Alejandro R, Linehan DC
JAMA surgery.. 2017 May 17152 (5):e170108. Epub 05/17/2017.
Kitajima T, Fujimoto Y, Hatano E, Mitsunori Y, Tomiyama K, Taura K, Mizumoto M, Uemoto S
Asian journal of endoscopic surgery.. 2015 February 8 (1):71-4. Epub 1900 01 01.
Hammad A, Kaido T, Ogawa K, Fujimoto Y, Tomiyama K, Mori A, Uemura T, Uemoto S
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society.. 2014 December 20 (12):1486-96. Epub 1900 01 01.
Kaido T, Ogawa K, Fujimoto Y, Ito T, Tomiyama K, Mori A, Ogura Y, Uemoto S
Transplantation.. 2014 April 2797 Suppl 8 :S30-2. Epub 1900 01 01.
Kaido T, Tomiyama K, Ogawa K, Fujimoto Y, Ito T, Mori A, Uemoto S
Transplantation.. 2014 April 2797 Suppl 8 :S46-7. Epub 1900 01 01.
Kaido T, Ogawa K, Mori A, Fujimoto Y, Ito T, Tomiyama K, Takada Y, Uemoto S
Surgery.. 2013 November 154 (5):1053-60. Epub 09/24/2013.
Kaido T, Ogawa K, Fujimoto Y, Ogura Y, Hata K, Ito T, Tomiyama K, Yagi S, Mori A, Uemoto S
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.. 2013 June 13 (6):1549-56. Epub 04/19/2013.
Ruiz R, Tomiyama K, Campsen J, Goldstein RM, Levy MF, McKenna GJ, Onaca N, Susskind B, Tillery GW, Klintmalm GB
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society.. 2012 April 18 (4):455-60. Epub 1900 01 01.
Chinnakotla S, Klintmalm GB, Kim P, Tomiyama K, Klintmalm E, Davis GL, Trotter JF, Saad R, Landaverde C, Levy MF, Goldstein RM, Stone MJ
Transplantation.. 2011 August 1592 (3):341-5. Epub 1900 01 01.
Ino H, Naitou M, Hato S, Tomiyama K, Mandai Y, Hayashi T, Okada M, Doihara H
Surgery today.. 2010 July 40 (7):654-7. Epub 06/26/2010.
Ruiz R, Jennings LW, Kim P, Tomiyama K, Chinnakotla S, Fischbach BV, Goldstein RM, Levy MF, McKenna GJ, Melton LB, Onaca N, Randall HB, Sanchez EQ, Susskind BM, Klintmalm GB
Clinical transplantation.. 2010 24 (6):807-11. Epub 1900 01 01.
Yeh P, Ezzelarab M, Bovin N, Hara H, Long C, Tomiyama K, Sun F, Ayares D, Awwad M, Cooper DK
Xenotransplantation.. 2010 17 (3):197-206. Epub 1900 01 01.
Chinnakotla S, Davis GL, Vasani S, Kim P, Tomiyama K, Sanchez E, Onaca N, Goldstein R, Levy M, Klintmalm GB
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society.. 2009 December 15 (12):1834-42. Epub 1900 01 01.
Ikeda A, Ueki S, Nakao A, Tomiyama K, Ross MA, Stolz DB, Geller DA, Murase N
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society.. 2009 November 15 (11):1458-68. Epub 1900 01 01.
Tomiyama K, Ikeda A, Ueki S, Nakao A, Stolz DB, Koike Y, Afrazi A, Gandhi C, Tokita D, Geller DA, Murase N
Hepatology : official journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.. 2008 November 48 (5):1608-20. Epub 1900 01 01.
Faleo G, Neto JS, Kohmoto J, Tomiyama K, Shimizu H, Takahashi T, Wang Y, Sugimoto R, Choi AM, Stolz DB, Carrieri G, McCurry KR, Murase N, Nakao A
Transplantation.. 2008 June 2785 (12):1833-40. Epub 1900 01 01.
Toyokawa H, Nakao A, Bailey RJ, Nalesnik MA, Kaizu T, Lemoine JL, Ikeda A, Tomiyama K, Papworth GD, Huang L, Demetris AJ, Starzl TE, Murase N
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society.. 2008 March 14 (3):346-57. Epub 1900 01 01.
Tomiyama K, Murase N, Stolz DB, Toyokawa H, O'Donnell DR, Smith DM, Dudas JR, Rubin JP, Marra KG
Stem cells.. 2008 February 26 (2):330-8. Epub 11/01/2007.
Deguchi K, Hayashi T, Nagotani S, Sehara Y, Zhang H, Tsuchiya A, Ohta Y, Tomiyama K, Morimoto N, Miyazaki M, Huh NH, Nakao A, Kamiya T, Abe K
Brain research.. 2008 January 101188 :1-8. Epub 10/18/2007.
Miyazaki M, Hardjo M, Masaka T, Tomiyama K, Mahmut N, Medina RJ, Niida A, Sonegawa H, Du G, Yong R, Takaishi M, Sakaguchi M, Huh NH
Stem cells.. 2007 November 25 (11):2855-63. Epub 08/16/2007.
Stolz DB, Ross MA, Ikeda A, Tomiyama K, Kaizu T, Geller DA, Murase N
Hepatology : official journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.. 2007 November 46 (5):1464-75. Epub 1900 01 01.
Kohmoto J, Nakao A, Stolz DB, Kaizu T, Tsung A, Ikeda A, Shimizu H, Takahashi T, Tomiyama K, Sugimoto R, Choi AM, Billiar TR, Murase N, McCurry KR
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.. 2007 October 7 (10):2279-90. Epub 08/16/2007.
Tomiyama K, Miyazaki M, Nukui M, Takaishi M, Nakao A, Shimizu N, Huh NH
Transplantation.. 2007 March 1583 (5):624-30. Epub 1900 01 01.
Nakao A, Schmidt J, Harada T, Tsung A, Stoffels B, Cruz RJ, Kohmoto J, Peng X, Tomiyama K, Murase N, Bauer AJ, Fink MP
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics.. 2006 December 319 (3):1265-75. Epub 08/30/2006.
Nakao A, Toyokawa H, Tsung A, Nalesnik MA, Stolz DB, Kohmoto J, Ikeda A, Tomiyama K, Harada T, Takahashi T, Yang R, Fink MP, Morita K, Choi AM, Murase N
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.. 2006 October 6 (10):2243-55. Epub 07/06/2006.
Kohmoto J, Nakao A, Kaizu T, Tsung A, Ikeda A, Tomiyama K, Billiar TR, Choi AM, Murase N, McCurry KR
Surgery.. 2006 August 140 (2):179-85. Epub 1900 01 01.
Kaizu T, Ikeda A, Nakao A, Takahashi Y, Tsung A, Kohmoto J, Toyokawa H, Shao L, Bucher BT, Tomiyama K, Nalesnik MA, Murase N, Geller DA
Hepatology : official journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.. 2006 March 43 (3):464-73. Epub 1900 01 01.
Tomiyama K, Takahashi M, Fujii T, Kunisue H, Kanaya Y, Maruyama S, Yokoyama N, Shimizu N, Soda M
The Journal of international medical research.. 2006 34 (1):109-14. Epub 1900 01 01.
Tomiyama K, Takahashi M, Fujii T, Kunisue H, Kanaya Y, Maruyama S, Yokoyama N, Nakao A, Soda M, Shimizu N
Anticancer research.. 2006 26 (3B):2393-5. Epub 1900 01 01.
Akiyama I, Tomiyama K, Sakaguchi M, Takaishi M, Mori M, Hosokawa M, Nagamori S, Shimizu N, Huh NH, Miyazaki M
International journal of molecular medicine.. 2004 October 14 (4):663-8. Epub 1900 01 01.
Okumoto T, Tomiyama K, Ino H, Kanaya Y, Maruyama S, Otani J, Yokoyama N, Soda M
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy.. 2002 June 29 (6):943-7. Epub 1900 01 01.
Books
Liver Transplantation: Operative Techniques and Medical Management, 1st Edition (2021)
Chapter: The RAPID Concept: Pushing the Boundary in Resectability in Liver Transplant Oncology.
Authors: Ruffolo L, Nghiem BT, Linehan D, Tomiyama K, Hernandez-Alejandro R
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education 2021
Surgical Oncology Manual (2016)
Chapter: Cholangiocarcinoma
Authors: Tomiyama K; Moulton CA
Publisher: Springer International Publishing 2016
ACS Multimedia Atlas of Surgery: Liver Volume (2014)
Chapter: Open right hepatic lobectomy for living donor liver transplantation
Authors: Takaori K; Tomiyama K; Uemoto S
Publisher: American College of Surgeons 2014
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