Dr. Michael B Ishitani M.D.
Surgeon
200 1st St SW Rochester MN, 55905Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Michael Ishitani is a general surgeon practicing in Rochester, MN. Dr. Ishitani specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Ishitani provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Education and Training
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 1983
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Pediatric Surgery
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Surgical Critical Care
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Gastric myoelectric activity in patients with end-stage liver disease.
- Left upper lobe bronchus reimplantation for nonpenetrating thoracic trauma.
- Histoplasmosis in an explant liver with subsequent seeding of the liver allograft.
- Caroli's syndrome in a 1-year-old child.
- Biliary atresia and the Kasai portoenterostomy: never say never?
- Wound infection with Neisseria weaveri and a novel subspecies of pasteurella
- Preliminary results: outcome of liver transplantation for hepatitis B virus
- Gastric diverticulum: a series of four pediatric patients.
- Prevalence and clinical significance of human herpesviruses 6 and 7 active infection in pediatric liver transplant patients.
- The decreasing incidence of diaphragmatic dysfunction in liver transplantation: a probable advantage of the piggy-back liver transplant technique.
- Characterization of hepatitis B virus surface antigen and polymerase mutations in liver transplant recipients pre- and post-transplant.
- Hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy for pediatric kidney allograft recipients.
- Outcome of liver transplantation for hepatitis B in the United States.
- Management and outcome of neonatal-onset ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency following liver transplantation at 60 days of life.
- Pediatric endoscopic injuries: incidence, management, and outcomes.
Treatments
- Surgical Procedures
- Birth Defects
- Hernia
Professional Memberships
- Member Minnesota Medical Association/Zumbro Valley
Fellowships
- Fellow - Pediatric Surgery: Childrens' Hospital of Los Angeles
- Fellow - Transplantation Surgery: Health Sciences Center, University of Virginia
- Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Pediatric Surgery 1989
- University of Virginia, Transplantation Surgery 1991
- UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 1991
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