Central Cardiology Medical Clinic

Office Address:

Central Cardiology Medical Clinic
2901 Sillect Avenue
Bakersfield, California 93308
Phone: 661.323.8384
eMail: ishimori@heart24.com

Hospital Appointments:

• Bakersfield Heart Hospital
• San Joaquin Community Hospital, Bakersfield
• Mercy Hospital, Bakersfield
• Bakersfield Memorial Hospital, Bakersfield

Current Status:
	Senior Managing Partner and Cardiologist, Central Cardiology Medical Clinic, 6/79-present
	Consulting and Interventional Cardiology including vascular disease and stroke.
	Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 7/83-present
	Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California,San Francisco.

Specialty Certification:
	Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, June 1975.
	Diplomate, American Subspecialty Board of Cardiovascular Disease, October 1977.

Academic Appointments:
	Attending Cardiologist, UCLA Medical Center, 1/82 to 3/84
	Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 12/80 - 6/83
	Board of Directors, American Heart Association, Kern County Chapter, 1979 - 1982
	Chairman, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Committee, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Houston, Texas, 7/78 - 4/79
	Certified Instructor of Advanced Life Support, American Heart Association, Texas Affiliate, 12/76 - 12/79
	Assistant Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 7/76 - 5/79
	Chief, Cardiology Clinic, Assoc. Director Cardiac Catherization Lab, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Houston, Texas, 5/75 - 4/74
	Director, Hypertension Screening and Treatment Program, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Houston, Texas, 9/74 - 4/75
	Instructor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 7/74 - 6/76
	Clinical Instructor of Medicine, Toho University Hospital, 8/70 - 6/71

Certification and Licensure:
	ECFMG Certificate, September 1966
	Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, June 1975
	Diplomate, American Subspecialty Board of Cardiovascular Disease, October 1977
	State of Illinois (FLEX Examination), 1972
	State of Texas by Reciprocity, 1975
	State of California by Reciprocity, 1976

Education:
	1960-66 Toho University School of Medicine

Postgraduate Training:
	1972-74 Fellow in Cardiology Cleveland Clinic Hospital Cleveland, Ohio
	1971-72 Mt. Sinai Hospital Medical Center (Chicago Medical School Affiliated) Chicago, Illinois
	1969-70 University of Miami Affiliated Hospitals (Jackson Memorial and VA Hospitals) Miami, Florida
	1968-69 The Cambridge Hospital (Harvard Medical School affiliated) Cambridge, Massachusetts
	1967-68 Medical Residency Toho University Hospital
	1966-67 Intern in Medicine U.S. Army Hospital Camp Zama, Japan

Medical Residency:
	Toho University Hospital (Japan)
	University of Miami Affiliated Hospitals, Jackson Memorial and V.A. Hospitals, Miami, FL July 1969 to June 1970
	Mt. Sinai Hospital Medical Center, (Chicago Medical School Affiliated) Chicago IL July 1971 to 1972

Cardiology Fellowship:
	Cleveland Clinic Hospital Cleveland, OH July 1972-June 1974

Professional Memberships:
	Fellow, American College of Physicians, 1979
	Fellow, Council on Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association, 1979
	Fellow American College of Cardiology, 1978
	Fellow, American Heart Association, 2001
	Past Member, Federation for Clinical Research, 1978
	Member, American Medical Association, 1979
	Member, California Medical Association, 1979
	Member, Kern County Medical Society, 1979

Publications:
	Chahine, R., Raizner, A., Ishimori, T., Luchi, R., and McIntosh, H.: The Incidence and Clinical Significance of Coronary Spasm. Circulation 52:972-978, 1975.
	Chahine, R., Raizner, A., and Ishimori, T..: The Clinical Significance of Exercise-Induced ST Segment Elevation. Circulation 52:209-213, 1976.
	Ishimori, T., Raizner, A., Chahine, R., Awdeh,, M., and Luchi, R.: Clinical Correlations and Angiographic Accentuation with Nitroglycerin. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis 3:59-65, 1977.
	Raizner, A., Ishimori, T., Chahine, R.: Recurrent Catheter-Induced Coronary Artery Spasm. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis 3:186-194, 1977.
	Raizner, A., Chahine, R., Ishimori, T., Awdeh, M.: The Clinical Correlates of Left Ventricular Cavity Obliteration. American Journal of Cardiology 40:303-309, 1977.
	Chahine, R., Raizner, A., Ishimori, T.: Exercise-Induced ST Elevation in Patients with an Old Myocardial Infarction. (Reply to the Editor) Circulation 55:951, 1977.
	Chahine, R., Raizner, A., Ishimori, T., and Montero, A.: Echocardiographic, Hemodynamic, and Angiographic Correlations of Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis. British Heart Journal 39:945, 1977.
	Chahine, R., Raizner, A., Ishimori, T., Montero,A.: Echocardiographic , hemodynamic and angiographic correlations in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. JAMA 239:448, 1978.
	Chahine, R., Raizner, A., Ishimori, T., Montero, A.: Echocardiographic, Hemodynamic, and Angiographic, Correlations of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. (Reply to the Editor) British Heart Journal 40:427, 1978.
	Raizner, A., Chahine, R., Ishimori, T., Awdeh, M.: Clinical Correlates of Left Ventricular Cavity Obliteration. (Reply to the Editor) American Journal of Cardiology 42:525-28, 1978.
	Jamal, N., Raizner, A., Ishimori, T., Chahine, R.: Diastolic Mitral Regurgitation in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Angiology 29:773-778, 1978.
	Raizner, A., Chahine, R., Ishimori, T., Luchi, R.: Coronary Artery Spasm: An Expanding Role in Ischemic Heart Disease. Texas Medicine 74:46-49, 1978.
	Young J., Welton D., Raizner, A., Ishimori, T., Montero, A., Guinn, G., Mattox, K., Gentry, L., Alexander, J., Miller, R.: Surgery in Active Infective Endocarditis. Circulation (Suppl) Vol. 60, I 77-81, 1979.
	Nahormek, P., Chahine, A., Raizner, A., Thornby, J., Ishimori, T., Montero, A., Luchi, J.: The Magnitude of Exercise-Induced ST Segment Depression and the Predictive Value of Exercise Testing. Clinical Cardiology Vol. 2, 286-290, 1979.
	Welton, D., Young, J., Raizner, A., Ishimori, T., Adyanthaya, A., Mattox, K., Chahine, R., Miller, R.: Value and Safety of Cardiac Catheterization During Active Infective Endocarditis. American Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 44, 1306-1310, 1979.
	Fuller C., Raizner, A., Chahine, R., Nahormek, P., Ishimori, T., Verani, M., Nitishin, A., Mokoloff, D., Luchi, R.: Exercise-Induced Coronary Arterial Spasm: Angiographic Demonstration, Documentation of Ischemia by Myocardial Scintigraphy and Results of Pharmacologic Intervention. American Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 46:500-506, 1980.
	Raizner, A., Ishimori, T., Chahine, K., Jamal, N., Luchi, R.: The Provocation of Coronary Artery Spasm by the Cold Pressor Test. Circulation, Vol. 62, No. 5, 1980.
	Ishimori, T.: Myocardial Bridges: A New Horizon in the Evaluation of Ischemic Heart Disease. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis 6:355-357, 1980. (Editorial)
	Ishimori, T., Don Michael, T., Lesser, W., Mandel, W.: Significance of Postoperative Ambulatory Holter Monitoring: Clinical, Hemodynamic and Anatomical Correlates. Japanese Circulation. Japanese Heart Journal, Vol. 23 supplement 662-664, 1982.
	Ishimori, T.: Clinical significance of myocardial bridges [Letters]: American Heart Journal 1983 Jul: 106 (Pt.1): 169
	Ishimori, T., Don Michael, T., Hanna, E.: Revascularization Surgery in Left Main Coronary Artery Disease in Patients over 70. (In press)
	Ishimori, T., Don Michael, T., Hanna, E.: Geriatric Heart Disease, Chapter 42, "Coronary Revascularization in the Elderly Patient," pp. 423-428, PSG Publishing Co., Littleton, Massachusetts, 1985.
	Ishimori, T., Don Michael, T.: Percutaneous Transbrachial Cardiac Catheterization. (In preparation)
	P.C. Nalos, J. Pappas, W. Nyitray, T. Ishimori, T.A. Don Michael: Prospective Community Evaluation of Signal-Averaged Electrocardiogram in Predicting Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmia's: Beneficial Outcome with Electrophysiology Guided Therapy. Clinical Cardiology 14: 970 - 1991
	Sharma S, Bhambi B, Ishimori T. A better control for ICD patients? Eur Heart J 2002; 23:1972.
	Sharma S, Bhambi B, Nyitray W, Desai K, Sharma G, Shukla P, Antonescu A, Denny E, Richardson K, Sadberry R, Ishimori T. Intragraft administration of abciximab and verapamil combined with direct stenting prevents slow-flow during saphenous vein graft percutaneous coronary interventions. Am J Cardiol 2002; 154 H.
	Sharma S, Bhambi B, Nyitray W, Desai K, Davis D, Sharma G, Shukla P, File C, Ishimori T. Bivalirudin (Angiomax) use during intracoronary brachytherapy may predispose to acute closure. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther 2003; 8:9-15.
	Sharma S, Makkar RR, Bhambi B, Nyitray W, Desai K, Ishimori T. Intragraft administration of abciximab and verapamil combined with direct stenting prevents slow-flow and no-reflow phenomena in saphenous vein graft percutaneous coronary interventions. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2005; 65 B:119.B 43 (abstract).

Chapter In Current Textbook:
	T. Ishimori, T.A. Don Michael, E. Hanna: Geriatric Heart Disease, Chapter 42, "Coronary Revascularization in the Elderly Patient," pp.423-28, PSG Publishing Co.; Littleton, Massachusetts, 1985.

Reviewer of Medical Journals:
	Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis: 1980 to Present

Abstracts:
	Raizner, A. E., Awdeh, M., Chahine, R. A., Ishimori, T., and Luchi, R. J.: The Clinical Correlates of Left Ventricular Cavity Obliteration. The American Journal of Cardiology 37:164, 1976.
	Chahine, R.A. , Ishimori, T., and Raizner, A. E.: Hemodynamic, Angiographic and Echocardiographic Correlation "Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis." Arch. Venez. Cardiol 3:145, 1976.
	Ishimori, T., Heupler, F., Shirey, E., and Sheldon, W.: Angina Pectoris and Coronary Atherosclerosis in Patients with Mitral Stenosis. Chest 70:430, 1976
	Nahormek, P., Chahine, R., Raizner, A., Ishimori, T.: The Magnitude of Exercise-Induced ST Segment Depression and the Predictive Value of Treadmill Testing. Clinical Research 25-3:241A, 1977.
	Simons, R., Singh, J., Ishimori, T., and Gyorkey, F.: Serum Myoglobin. A reliable test for the diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction. (Abstract) Presented at Scientific Assembly of American Society of Clinical Pathology, October 21-28, 1977.
	Chahine, R. A., Raizner, A. E., Ishimori, T., Luchi, R. J., McIntosh, H. L.: Incidence and Clinical Implications of Coronary Artery Spasm. Yearbook of Medicine, pp. 322-323, 1977.
	Chahine, R., Raizner, A., Ishimori, T.: The clinical significance of exercise-induced ST segment elevation. Medical Digest 1 #7:1, 1977.
	Chahine, R., Raizner, A., Ishimori, T.. Montero, A.: Echocardiographic, hemodynamic and angiographic correlations in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. JAMA 239-448, 1978.
	Raizner, A., Ishimori T., Chahine, R., Jamal, N.: Coronary Artery Spasm Induced by the Cold Pressor Test. American Journal of Cardiology 41:358, 1978.
	Ishimori T., DeBoer, L., Raizner, A., Guinn, G., Rea, J., Jamal, N. Burnett, W., Nelson, D., Chahine, R., Miller, R.: Edwards Porcine Heterograft Aortic Valve. Clinical Research 26-3:240A, 1978.
	Young, J. B., Welton, D. E., Raizner, A. E., Guinn, G. A., Mattox, K., Montero, A., Ishimori T., Gentry, L. O., Alexander, J. K., Chahine, R. A., Miller, R. R.: Surgery in active infective endocarditis. Circulation 58:4 II-192, 1978.
	Chahine, R. A., Nelson, J., Raizner, A. E., Winters, W. L., Ishimori, T., Luchi, R. J.: The Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Outflow Obstruction in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Presented at VIII World Congress of Cardiology. September 1978.
	Ishimori, T., DeBoer, L. W., Raizner, A. E., Guinn, G. A., Jamal, N. M., Rea, J. E., Chahine, R. A., Miller R. R.: Clinical and Hemodynamic Evaluation of the Carpentier-Edwards Porcine Heterograft Aortic Valve. Presented at VIII World Congress of Cardiology, September 1978.
	Young, J. B., Welton, D. E., Quinones, M. A., Ishimori,T., Alexander, J. K., Miller, R. R.: Prognostic Significance of Valvular Vegetations Identified and M-Mode Echocardiography in Infective Endocarditis. Circulation 58:4 II-41, 1978.
	T. Ishimori, L. DeBoer, A. Raizner, G. Guinn, J. Rea, N. Jamal, W. Burnett, D. Nelson, R. Chahine, R. Miller: Hemodynamic and Clinical Evaluation of the Carpentier-Edwards Porcine Heterograft Aortic Valve. Clinical Research 26-3:240A, 1978.
	J. Young, D. Welton, A. Raizner, G. Guinn, K. Mattox, A. Montero, T. Ishimori, L. Gentry, J. Alexander, R. Chahine, R. Miller: Surgery in active infective endocarditis. Circulation 58:4 II-192, 1978. (Presented)
	Welton, D. E., Young, J. B., Raizner, A. E., Ishimori, T., Adyanthaya, A., Miller, R. R., Chachine, R. A.: The Value and Safety of Preoperative Cardiac Catheterization During Active Endocarditis. American Journal of Cardiology 43:407, 1979.
	Ishimori, T., Raizner, A. E., Chahine, R. A., Verani, M. S., Miller, R. R.: Documentation of Ischemic Manifestations in Patients with Myocardial Bridges. Presented at the Annual Scientific Session, American Federation of Clinical Research. May 1979, Clinical Research 176A, 1979.
	Zacca, N., Chahine, R. A., Raizner, A. E., Ishimori, T., Luchi, J., Miller, R. R.: Angiographic Spectrum of Coronary Artery Spasm. Clinical Research 218A, 1979.
	Zacca, N., Chahine, R. A., Raizner, A. E., Ishimori, T., Miller, R. R., Luchi, R. J.,: Coronary Artery Spasm During Routine Angiography. Circulation 60:4 II-244, 1979.
	Ishimori, T., Raizner, A. E., Don Michael, T. A., DeBoer, L. W., Jamal, N. M., Berglund, R., Nelson, D., Burnett, W., Miller, R. R.: Severe Acute Aortic Regurgitation: Clinical Echocardiographic, Hemodynamic and Angiographic Correlate. Presented at the VII Asian-Pacific Congress of Cardiology, November 1979.
	Fuller, C., Raizner, A., Chahine, R., Ishimori, T., Verani, M., Luchi, R.: Exercise-Induced Coronary Artery Spasm: Pharmacologic Interventions. Clinical Research 27:727A, 1979.
	Ishimori, T., Don Michael, T. A., Hanna, E.: Surgical Management of Left Main Coronary Artery Disease in the Elderly. Presented at the Tenth Annual Denton Cooley Cardiovascular Society, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 1981.
	Ishimori, T., Don Michael T. A., Hanna, E.: Revascularization Surgery in Left Main Coronary Artery Disease in Patients Over 70. American Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 49:919, 1982.
	Ishimori, T., Don Michael, T. A., Mandel, W. J.: Significance of Postoperative Ambulatory Holter Monitoring: Clinical, Hemodynamic and Anatomical Correlation. Presented at 9th International Congress on Electrocardiology, Tokyo, Japan, June 1982.
	Schwartz, A., Don Michael, T. A., Ishimori, T., Botvinick, E., Chatterjee, K.: Coronary Vascular Responsiveness to Ergonovine in Patients with Normal Coronary Arteries. Clinical Research Vol. 30, 19A, 1982.
	Don Michael, T. A., Ishimori, T., Chatterjee, K.: Salbutamol Inhalation--A New Approach to the Treatment of Heart Failure. Clinical Research Vol. 30, 206A, 1982.
	Schwartz, A., Botvinick, E., Don Michael, T., Ishimori, T., Parmley, W., Chatterjee, K.: Variability in Coronary Hemodynamics in Response to Ergonovine in Patients Without Angina and Normal Coronary Arteries. Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 1, No. 2, Part 2, February 1983.
Presentation:
	R. Simons, J. Singh, T. Ishimori, F. Gyorkey: Serum Myoglobin. A reliable test for the diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction. Clinical Pathology Annual Scientific Session Las Vegas 1976. (Presented)
	R. Chahine, J. Nelson, A. Raizner, W. Winter, T. Ishimori, R. Luchi: The Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Outflow Obstruction in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Presented at VIII World Congress of Cardiology, September 1978.
	T. Ishimori, L. DeBoer, A.Raizner, G. Gunn, N.Jamal, J.Rea, R.Chahine, R.Miller: Clinical and Hemodynamic Evaluation of the Carpentier-Edwards Porcine Heterograft Aortic Valve. Presented at VIII World Congress of Cardiology, September 1978.
	T. Ishimori, A. Raizner, T.A. Don Michael, L. DeBoer, N. Jamal, R. Berglund, D. Nelson, W. Burnett, R. Miller: Severe Acute Aortic Regurgitation: Clinical Echocardiographic, Hemodynamic and Angiographic Correlate. Presented at the VII Asian-Pacific Congress of Cardiology, November 1979.
	T. Ishimori, T.A. Don Michael, E. Hanna: Surgical Management of Left Main Coronary Artery Disease in the Elderly. Presented at the Tenth Annual Denton Cooley Cardiovascular Society, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 1981.
	T. Ishimori, T.A. Don Michael, W. Mandel: Significance of Postoperative Ambulatory Holter Monitoring: Clinical, Hemodynamic and Anatomical Correlation. Presented at 9th International Congress on Electrocardiology, Tokyo, Japan, June 1982.
	T. Ishimori, T.A. Don Michael, P.F.N. Perera, G.G. Shaw, A. Kreager, S. Phillips, P.A.N. Chandaratna: Tricuspid Regurgitation: A Pacemaker Syndrome? XII Interamerican Congress of Cardiology, June 18, 1985. Vancouver, B.C., Canada
	T. Ishimori, T.A. Don Michael, P.F.N. Perera, G.G. Shaw, A. Kreager, S. Phillips, P.A.N. Chandaratna: Doppler Echocardiograph In The Detection of Triscupid Regurgitation in Implanted Pacemaker Patients. European Congress of Cardiology, July 1985. Barcalona, Spain.
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