Bobby Yanagawa

MD, FRCSC, PhD

Investigator

Biography

Please note: Dr. Yanagawa is not taking any students.

Dr. Yanagawa is a Surgeon and the Program Director in the Division of Cardiovascular Surgery at St. Michael’s Hospital and Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He completed residency training at the University of Toronto and INOVA Fairfax Hospital (Fairfax , VA) and an advanced valvular fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital (New York, NY). His research training includes a PhD at the University of British Columbia and post-doctoral fellowships at the University of Wales College of Medicine (Cardiff, UK) and National Cardiovascular Center (Osaka, Japan). His clinical focus is surgical revascularization and surgery for infective endocarditis. He is the Director of the Canadian Society of Cardiac Surgeons National Training Bootcamp. His research interests include clinical outcome studies of ischemic and valvular heart disease. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles, 30 reviews and 15 book chapters.

Recent Publications

  1. Hibino, M, Dhingra, NK, Verma, R, Nienaber, CA, Yanagawa, B, Verma, S et al.. Disparities in mortality rates from aortic aneurysm and dissection by country-level income status and sex. JTCVS Open. 2024;21 :224-238. doi: 10.1016/j.xjon.2024.08.004. PubMed PMID:39534329 PubMed Central PMC11551294.
  2. Patel, SK, Hassan, SMA, Côté, M, Leis, B, Yanagawa, B. Current trends and challenges in infective endocarditis. Curr Opin Cardiol. 2024; :. doi: 10.1097/HCO.0000000000001192. PubMed PMID:39513568 .
  3. Thacker, J, Yanagawa, B, Arora, RC. Commentary: Recalibrating the coronary artery bypass grafting versus percutaneous coronary intervention debate. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2024; :. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2024.09.017. PubMed PMID:39303943 .
  4. Izumi, A, Zubair, A, Samman, B, Yanagawa, B. Primary Entry Tears in the Descending Thoracic Aorta: The Devil Is in the Details. Ann Thorac Surg. 2024;118 (3):587-588. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2024.04.029. PubMed PMID:38761843 .
  5. Krishnaraj, A, Bakbak, E, Teoh, H, Pan, Y, Firoz, IN, Pandey, AK et al.. Vascular Regenerative Cell Deficiencies in South Asian Adults. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024;83 (7):755-769. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.12.012. PubMed PMID:38355246 .
  6. Izumi, A, Nwakoby, A, Verma, R, Yanagawa, B. Wellness and burnout in cardiac surgery: not black and white. Curr Opin Cardiol. 2024;39 (2):98-103. doi: 10.1097/HCO.0000000000001112. PubMed PMID:38116804 .
  7. Lee, G, Izumi, A, Leroux, É, Yanagawa, B. Interdisciplinary Aortic Care Teams: Bring on the A-Team. Can J Cardiol. 2023;39 (11):1499-1501. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2023.08.033. PubMed PMID:37949521 .
  8. Elfaki, LA, Groenewoud, R, Nwakoby, A, Zubair, A, Verma, R, Yanagawa, B et al.. 2023 Update on equity, diversity, and inclusion in Canadian cardiac surgery. Curr Opin Cardiol. 2024;39 (1):68-71. doi: 10.1097/HCO.0000000000001101. PubMed PMID:37934715 .
  9. Elfaki, LA, Nwakoby, A, Keshishi, M, Vervoort, D, Yanagawa, B, Fremes, SE et al.. Race and Ethnicity in Cardiac Surgery: A Missed Opportunity?. Ann Thorac Surg. 2024;117 (4):714-722. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2023.10.025. PubMed PMID:37914147 .
  10. Yanagawa, B, Ibrahim, M, Lawton, J. Women in Cardiac Surgery: Closing the Equity Gap. Circulation. 2023;148 (17):1292-1294. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.063656. PubMed PMID:37871238 .
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Affiliations & Other Activities

  • Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto