Jon A. Kobashigawa, MD
Associate Director, Clinical Affairs
Board of Directors, California Heart Center Foundation
Chief Medical Officer, California Heart Center Foundation
DSL/Thomas D. Gordon Chair, Heart Transplantation Medicine Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Director, Advanced Heart Disease
Clinical Office 1
Cedars-Sinai California Heart Center
8670 Wilshire Blvd - 2nd Floor
Beverly Hills, CA
90211
Phone:
310-248-8300
Fax:
310-248-8333
Clinical Office 2
Smidt Heart Institute
127 S San Vicente Blvd #A3600
Los Angeles, CA
90048
Phone:
310-423-2077
Fax:
310-248-8252
Clinical Office 3
Cardiac Amyloidosis
127 S. San Vincente Blvd. #A6100
Los Angeles, CA
90048
Phone:
310-423-2077
Fax:
310-248-8252
Jon A. Kobashigawa, MD
Associate Director, Clinical Affairs
Board of Directors, California Heart Center Foundation
Chief Medical Officer, California Heart Center Foundation
DSL/Thomas D. Gordon Chair, Heart Transplantation Medicine Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Director, Advanced Heart Disease
Specialty
- IM/Cardiology
Research Profile
Jon Kobashigawa, MD, is associate director of the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, director of the Advanced Heart Disease Section, director of the Heart Transplant Program and professor of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai. He holds the DSL/Thomas D. Gordon Chair in Heart Transplantation Medicine. He received his undergraduate degree at Stanford University and earned his medical degree at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. He is a past president of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, past chair of the American College of Cardiology Committee on Heart Failure and Transplantation, and past member of the United Network of Organ Sharing National Thoracic Committee. Kobashigawa is recognized nationally and internationally as a leader in heart transplantation. He has published more than 250 peer-reviewed articles, chapters and monographs in the field of heart failure and transplantation and has chaired several multicenter clinical studies. Kobashigawa has organized and chaired several International Consensus Conferences to discuss pertinent questions regarding heart failure and heart transplant. He lectures at universities around the world and has mentored several young physicians who have ascended to important academic positions throughout the country.
Education
- Education: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1976
- Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, 1980
- Internship: UCLA, 1981
- Residency: UCLA , 1983
- Fellowship: UCLA , 1986
Languages Spoken
English
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