Prof Koichiro Kinugawa is Chairman and Professor of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Nephrology at University of Toyama, Toyama, JP. He also holds the position of Vice President at the university's hospital. His primary research and clinical focus lies in heart failure, with a specialisation in mechanical circulatory support devices and heart transplantation.
Prof Kinugawa graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1988 and received extensive training in affiliated hospitals. He further honed his expertise abroad, studying at UC San Francisco and University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (UCHSC) in Denver until 2002. Upon returning to Japan, Prof Kinugawa began his academic career as an Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo. By 2010, he had been promoted to Associate Professor, and in 2013, he became a Project Professor in the Advanced Heart Failure Division.
