Hidenobu Shigemitsu, MD, FCCP

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Areas of Treatment:

Specialties:

  • Critical Care
  • Pulmonary

Title:

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
  • Director, Medical ICU, Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine

Department:

Locations:

Background:

Dr. Shigemitsu completed his fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine in pulmonary and critical care medicine. His specific research interests are sarcoidosis, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary vascular disease, pneumonia, and asthma. He continues to publish and lecture on many of these topics. As co-director of the USC Sarcoidosis Clinic and USC Center for Lung Research, Dr. Shigemitsu is also actively involved with many clinical trials. He is also the director of the Medical ICU at LAC+USC Medical Center and provides supervision to medical students, residents, and fellows in training.

Education:

  • Doctor of Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan,1987 - 1993

Internships:

  • U.S. Naval Hospital, General, Okinawa, Japan, 1993 - 1994
  • Beth Israel Medical Center, Internal Medicine, 1995 - 1996

Residencies:

  • Keio University School of Medicine, Pathology, 1994 - 1995
  • Beth Israel Medical Center, Internal Medicine, 1996 - 1998

Fellowships:

  • Stanford University School of Medicine, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, 1998 - 2001

Board Certification:

  • American Board of Internal Medicine: Pulmonary Disease
  • American Board of Internal Medicine: Critical Care Medicine

Professional Society Memberships:

  • American College of Chest Physicians
  • California Thoracic Society

Awards:

  • Special Thanks and Recognition (STAR) Award, Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System/Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, October 1999
  • Special Thanks and Recognition (STAR) Award, Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System/Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, February 1999
  • Leadership Development Program for Academic Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians, October 2007
  • Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians, January 2008

Languages:

  • English
  • Japanese