Background
Yagyu, Kuniyoshi was born on November 3, 1950 in Asa, Japan. Son of Yukihiko and Kazuko Yagyu.
Yagyu, Kuniyoshi was born on November 3, 1950 in Asa, Japan. Son of Yukihiko and Kazuko Yagyu.
Doctor of Medicine, University Tokyo, 1976. Division of Medical Sciences, University Tokyo, 1986.
Intern, U. Tokyo Hospital, 1976-1977; senior resident, U. Tokyo Hospital, 1981-1982; associate, U. Tokyo Hospital, 1982-1986; instructor, U. Tokyo Hospital, 1989-1993; assistant professor, U. Tokyo Hospital, 1993-1997; staff department surgery, Tokyo Welfare Pension Hospital, 1977-1979; staff department surgery, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, 1979-1981; chief cardiovascular surgery, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, since 1997; staff surgeon, Kanagawa Children Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan, 1986-1987; scholar, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Hannover (Germany) Medical School, 1987-1989.
Member New York Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Transplantation Society, American Heart Association, International Society for Artificial Organs, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.
Married Noriko Ohara, December 8, 1985 (divorced April 1999). Children: Mitsuyoshi, Eriko.