Portrait of Takashi Murashita, MD

Takashi Murashita, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Section of Cardiac Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Specialties

Call for patient appointments: 314-362-7260

Meet Dr. Murashita

Dr. Takashi Murashita is a cardiac surgeon specializing in heart and valve surgery.

He has expertise in minimally invasive approaches, aortic surgery, atrial fibrillation and other cardiac procedures.

Dr. Murashita earned his medical degree from Kyoto University School of Medicine. He completed cardiovascular surgery residency training at Kurashiki Central Hospital in Japan. Dr. Murashita completed a cardiovascular surgery fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, and a minimally invasive cardiac surgery fellowship at West Virginia University.

Degrees

Medical Degree
Kyoto University School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
2004

Residency

Cardiovascular Surgery Residency
Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
2009

Fellowship

Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Fellowship
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
2018

Cardiovascular Surgery Fellowship
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
2015

Research interests

Coronary artery bypass surgery, valve surgery, aortic surgery, minimally invasive surgery

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Locations

Center for Advanced Medicine
Heart and Vascular Center
4921 Parkview Place
St. Louis, MO 63110
Suite 8A
Appointments: 314-362-7260
Fax: 866-272-2816

Memorial Hospital Belleville
4600 Memorial Dr
Belleville, IL 62226
Suite 100

Hospital affiliations

Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Memorial Hospital Belleville

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Professional memberships

Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society

Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Japan Surgical Society

Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery

Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery

Japanese Society for Vascular Surgery

Japanese Circulation Society

Japanese College of Angiology

Japanese Conference for Advanced Heart & Vascular Surgery/OPCAB

Awards and honors

Plenary Presentation Award, the 120th Annual Congress of Japan Surgical Society, 8/2020, Yokohama, Japan

Reviewer of the Month, Journal of Thoracic Disease, 11/2020

Young Investigators Award, 17th Annual Meeting of the Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 3/2009, Taipei

Best Poster Award, 20th annual meeting of the Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 3/2012 Bali, Indonesia

First Prize in OPCAB Contest, 17th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for Coronary Artery Surgery, 7/2012 Tokyo, Japan