Research activity information

• Mar. 2025 The Japanese Heart Foundation, The 50th Research Encouragement Award


• Nov. 2024 第77回日本胸部外科学会定期学術集会, JATS Case Presentation Awards最優秀演題賞


• Oct. 2022 第75回日本胸部外科学会定期学術集会, JATS Case Presentation Awards最優秀演題賞

• Establishment of a feasible surgical strategy for aortoesophageal fistula

  Katsuhiro Yamanaka, Kenji Okada, Kazunori Sakaguchi, Tasuku Okada, Hironaga Shiraki, Ryo Kawabata, Jun Karaki, Yasufumi Koterazawa, Noriko Oyama, Soichiro Henmi, Hironobu Goto, Hiroaki Takahashi, Yutaka Okita

  Jul. 2026, JTCVS Techniques

  Scientific journal


• Neocommissure plasty to treat aortic regurgitation due to commissural detachment in type 0 bicuspid aortic valve

  Ryo Kawabata, Soichiro Henmi, Jun Karaki, Hironaga Shiraki, Shunya Chomei, Noriko Ohyama, Katsuhiro Yamanaka, Hiroaki Takahashi, Kenji Okada

  Mar. 2026, JTCVS Techniques, English

  Scientific journal


• Bicuspidization of the Unicuspid Aortic Valve: Neocommissure Reconstruction Preserving the Native Free Margin

  Ryo Kawabata, Kotaro Tsunemi, Takanori Oka, Yutaka Okita

  Lead, Elsevier BV, Jan. 2026, Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports

  Scientific journal

• Japanese Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease

  Dec. 2025 - Present


• Japanese Society for Artificial Organs

  Apr. 2024 - Present


• The Japanese Society for Vascular Surgery

  Apr. 2023 - Present


• Japanese Association for Coronary Artery Surgery

  Sep. 2022 - Present


• Japanese Circulation Society

  Apr. 2020 - Present


• The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery

  May 2018 - Present


• The Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery

  May 2018 - Present


• Japanese Surgical Society

  Sep. 2017 - Present

• Development of small diameter vascular graft with specific vascular endothelial cell engraftment and anti-infective properties

  高橋 宏明, 大谷 亨, 川端 良, 岡田 健次

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Kobe University, 01 Apr. 2025 - 31 Mar. 2028


• Development of Small Diameter Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts Seeded with Cells: Evaluation of Cellular Dynamics Using the AkaBLI System

  川端 良, 青井 貴之, 高橋 宏明, 榊原 俊介, 岡田 健次

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Kobe University, Apr. 2025 - Mar. 2028