Suguru Ohira, M.D., Ph.D.

Education

• Fellowship, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
• Residency, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
• M.D., Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
• Ph.D., Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Publications

• McCullough K, Klopfer V, Ohira S, et. al. "Explant of a 21-mm homograft with redo aortic root replacement with a 25-mm bioprosthesis." Multimedia manual of cardiothoracic surgery : MMCTS, 2026(), (2026) . doi: 10.1510/mmcts.2025.152
• McCullough K, Al Rameni D, Ohira S, et. al. "Re-operative hemi-commando operation without a homograft: an alternative approach for complex aortic root abscess." Multimedia manual of cardiothoracic surgery : MMCTS, 2026(), (2026) . doi: 10.1510/mmcts.2025.165
• Nakamae K, Tavolacci SC, Onohara D, et. al. "The Role of Donation After Circulatory Death in Heart Retransplantation: A United Organ Network for Organ Sharing Database Analysis." ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992), (), (2025) . doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002636
• Tavolacci SC, Okumura K, Isath A, et. al. "Simultaneous Heart and Kidney Transplantation Using Circulatory Death Donors: Are Kidney Graft Outcomes Comparable With Brain Death Donors?" Transplantation direct, 11(10), (2025) e1853. doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001853
• Ohira S. "Reoperations After Type A Dissection: Not a Failure, but a Continuation of Care." The Annals of thoracic surgery, 121(3), (2026) 557. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2025.07.045
• Ohira S, Amar G, Tavolacci SC, et. al. "Redo axillary artery cannulation in aortic reoperations: Technical variations and implications for optimal outcomes." JTCVS techniques, 32(), (2025) 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.05.017
• Tavolacci SC, Isath A, Rodriguez G, et. al. "Impact of Extended Heart Recovery Distance on Transplant Outcome Under the Current Heart Allocation Policy." The Annals of thoracic surgery, 121(3), (2026) 679-687. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2025.07.018

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Teaching Responsibilities

General Surgery Residents, Medical Students Rotations