Yamamoto, Kazumichi, M.D.
Address
Universitätsklinik für Thoraxchirurgie, Inselspital
3010 Bern, Switzerland
kazumichi.yamamoto@insel.ch
PRESENT POSITION
February 2015-
stv. Oberarzt, Universitätsklinik für Thoraxchirurgie, Inselspital, Bern
EDUCATION
1989-1995
2013-2014
Kyoto University, School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Certificate course of advanced study in clinical researches,
University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
February 2014-January 2015
Staff doctor, Service of Otorhinolaryngology
Komatsu Hospital, Osaka, Japan
December.2011-December 2013
Airway Fellow, Service of Otorhinolaryngology,
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
August.2009-September.2011
Chief operator (40%), Department of Thoracic Surgery,
Saiseikai Hyogo-Prefectural Hospital, Kobe, Japan
April.2010-October. 2011
Visiting fellowship (20%)
Kyoto Voice center, Isshiki Clinic, Kyoto, Japan
July.2009-January.2010
Visiting instructor
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Saga Prefectural Hospital, and Saga University
Hospital, Saga, Japan
April.2005-June.2009
Staff surgeon, Department of General Thoracic Surgery,
National Hospital Organization, Himeji Medical Center
Hyogo, Japan
2002-2005
Clinical fellow, Service of General Thoracic Surgery
Hospital Clinic Universitario, Valencia, Spain
1997-2001
Staff Doctor, Department of Respiratory Disease,
Matsue Red Cross Hospital, Shimane, Japan
1995-1997
Resident, Department of General Thoracic Surgery,
National Himeji Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
1995
Resident, Department of General Thoracic Surgery,
Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
LICENSURE
1995
2002
2005
2005
2010
Medical License in Japan
Japanese Certification of General Surgery
Japanese Board of General Thoracic Surgery
Japanese Board of General Surgery
Japanese Board of Esophago-Tracheal Association
CLINICAL EXPERTISE
General thoracic surgery
Pediatric and adult airway surgery
Phonosurgery and laryngology
MEMBERSHIP
European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery
Japanese Association of Thoracic Surgery
Japanese Association of Chest Surgery
Japanese Association of Surgery
Japanese Association of Tracheoesophagology
AWARDS
2006
The best presentation
The 59th annual meeting of Japanese association for thoracic surgery
2011
Thoracic Prize 2011
European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS)
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Journal articles (English)
Honda M, Yamamoto K, Furukawa TA.
Retrospective propensity score matching and the selection of surgical procedures:
how precise can a propensity estimate be?
J Clin Oncol. 2014 Oct 1;32(28):3200-1.
Yamamoto K, Monnier P, Holtz F, Jaquet Y.
Laryngotracheal reconstruction for pediatric glotto-subglottic stenosis.
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2014 Sep;78(9):1476-9.
Yamamoto K, Jaquet Y, Ikonomidis C, Monnier P.
Partial cricotracheal resection for paediatric subglottic stenosis: update of the Lausanne experience
with 129 cases.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2014 Jul 9.
Yamamoto K, Honda M, Furukawa TA.
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgerylobectomy or open lobectomy for non-small-cell lung cancer?
Minimizing selection bias in observational studies.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2014 Jul;46(1):150.
Yamamoto K, Honda M, Yamamoto T, Nakamura T
Healing process after total cricoidectomy and laryngotracheal reconstruction: endoscopic and
histologic evaluation in a canine model.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Mar;145(3):847-53.
Yamamoto K, Tomiyama K, Mitsuoka M.
Total cricoidectomy and laryngotracheal reconstruction for subglottic stenosis with glottic
involvement.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2011 Sep;13(3):351-3.
Yamamoto K, Kojima F, Tomiyama K, Nakamura T, Hayashino Y.
Meta-analysis of therapeutic procedures for acquired subglottic stenosis in adults.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Jun;91(6):1747-53.
Honda M, Nakamura T, Hori Y, Shionoya Y, Yamamoto K, Nishizawa Y, Kojima F,Shigeno K.
Feasibility study of corticosteroid treatment for esophageal ulcer after EMR in a canine model. J
Gastroenterol. 2011 Jul;46(7):866-72.
Kojima F, Yamamoto K, Matsuoka K, Ueda M, Hamada H, Imanishi N, Miyamoto Y.
Factors affecting survival after lobectomy with pulmonary artery resection for primary lung cancer.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2011 Jul;40(1):e13-20
Honda M, Hori Y, Nakada A, Uji M, Nishizawa Y, Yamamoto K, Kobayashi T,
Shimada H, Kida N, Sato T, Nakamura T.
Use of adipose tissue-derived stromal cells for prevention of esophageal stricture after
circumferential EMR in a canine model.
Gastrointest Endosc. 2011 Apr;73(4):777-84.
Yamamoto K, Ohsumi A, Kojima F, Imanishi N, Matsuoka K, Ueda M, Miyamoto Y.
Long-term survival after video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy for primary
lung cancer.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Feb;89(2):353-9.
Maeda R, Isowa N, Miura H, Tokuyasu H, Kawasaki Y, Yamamoto K.
Bilateral multiple sclerosing hemangiomas of the lung.
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Dec;57(12):667-70.
Maeda R, Isowa N, Onuma H, Miura H, Kawasaki Y, Yamamoto K.
Biphasic pulmonary blastoma with rapid progression.
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Feb;57(2):104-7.
Yamamoto K, Miyamoto Y, Ohsumi A, Kojima F, Imanishi N, Matsuoka K,
Ueda M, Hamada C.
Sleeve lung resection for lung cancer: Analysis according to the type of procedure.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Nov; 136(5):1349-56.
Yamamoto K, Miyamoto Y, Ohsumi A, Imanishi N, Kojima F.
Surgical results of carinal reconstruction: an alternative technique for tumors involving the tracheal
carina.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Jul;84(1):216-20.
Yamamoto K, Miyamoto Y, Ohsumi A, Imanishi N, Kojima F.
Results of surgical resection for tracheobronchial cancer involving the tracheal carina.
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007 Jun;55(6):231-9; discussion 238-9.
Yamamoto K, Alarcon JP, Armengod EB, Medina VC.
Tracheal carcinoid during pregnancy.
J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2004 Oct;45(5):525.
Yamamoto K, Padilla Alarcon J, Calvo Medina V, Garcia-Zarza A, Pastor
Guillen J, Blasco Armengod E, Paris Romeu F.
Surgical results of stage I non-small cell lung cancer: comparison between
elderly and younger patients.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2003 Jan;23(1):21-5.
Yamamoto K, Kosaba S, Ikeda T.
Immediate surgical rescue for mediastinal compression by giant metastatic lung tumor.
Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2001 Aug;49(8):519-21.
Yamamoto K, Kosaba S, Ikeda T, Fukuhara H.
Traumatic rupture of the bronchus.
J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2001 Apr;42(2):269-70.
Yamamoto K, Kosaba S, Ikeda T.
Tumors involving the tracheal carina: new technique of carinal reconstruction.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2000 Oct;70(4):1419-22.
Journal articles (Japanese)
Yamamoto K, Uozumi M, Hashimoto D, Miyamoto Y.
Surgical treatment for subglottic stenosis
The journal of the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery 24(1), 101-104, 2010
Homma S, Yamamoto K, Ueda M, Miyamoto Y.
Thoracoscopic right middle lobectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy for pulmonary mucosal
associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma; report of a case. Kyobu Geka. 2010 Mar;63(3):2413.
Yamamoto K, Uozumi M.
Laryngotracheal anastomosis with laryngofissure for postoperative subglottic stenosis after
traumatic disruption of laryngotracheal junction. J. Jpn Bronchoesophagol. Soc., 58: 340-344.
2007
K.Yamamoto et al. Evaluation of therapeutic method for malignant tumors involving the tracheal
carina. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery. 54, 581-584, 2001 [English abstract] Japanese.
K. Yamamoto et al. A case of collision tumor involving the mouth of the left lower lobe bronchus
treated by left lower sleeve lobectomy. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery. 54, 513-516, 2001
[English abstract] Japanese.
K. Yamamoto et al. A case of anomalous systemic arterial supply to the left basal lung with lateral
chest pain and palpitation followed by left basal segmentectomy. Japanese Journal of Thoracic
Surgery. .53, 972-975, 2000 [English abstract] Japanese.
K. Yamamoto et al. A case of the cancer of an unknown primary site with elevated titer of serum
CEA which was followed by the right sleeve upper lobectmy and mediastinal lymph node
dissection. Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery. 53, 605-607, 2000 [English abstract] Japanese.
Abstracts presented at the international meetings
Sleeve lung resection for lung cancer: Analysis according to the type of procedure
Kazumichi Yamamoto, Yoshihiro Miyamoto, Akihiro Ohsumi, Fumitsugu Kojima, Naoko Imanishi,
Katsunari Matsuoka, Mitsuhiro Ueda, Chikuma Hamada
15th World Congress for Bronchology, and the 15th World Congress for Bronchoesophagology,
March 30-April 2, 2008, Tokyo, Japan
Surgical results of new technique for carinal reconstruction.
Kazumichi Yamamoto; Yoshihiro Miyamoto; Akihiro Osumi; Naoko Imanishi; Fumitsugu Kojima
5TH EACTS/ESTS JOINTMEETING Sep09, 2006—September13, 2006 Stockholm Sweden
Surgical Treatment for Idiopathic Subglottic Stenosis
Kazumichi Yamamoto, Alfonso Morcillo Aixela, Genaro Galan Gil, Richard Wins Biraben, Vicente
Tarrazona Hervas
13th World Congress for Bronchology, and the 15th World Congress for Bronchoesophagology
2004.6.20～6.23, Barcelona, Spain
Surgical results of stage I non-small cell lung cancer: comparison in elderly patients.
Yamamoto K, Padilla Alarcón J, Calvo Medina V, García-Zarza A, Pastor Guillen J, Blasco Armengod
E, París Romeu F.
IASLC International Workshop – Early Invasive Lung Cancer, Turin, Italy, March 14–15, 2002.