Yasushi Ueki
EDUCATION / POST GRADUATE TRAINING College / University: 2002 – 2008 M.D. Shinshu University School of Medicine 2014 – 2022 Ph.D. (KOU 1253) Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine Residency: 2008 – 2009 Internal Medicine Shinshu University Hospital, Matsumoto, Japan 2009 – 2010 Internal Medicine Japanese Red Cross Society Suwa Hospital, Suwa, Japan MEDICAL LICENSURE Apr 2008 Full Medical License (Japan) #472672 BOARD CERTIFICATION Sep 2011 Fellow of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine #45802 Apr 2017 Board Certified Member of the Japanese Circulation Society#20743 Dec 2022 Board Certified Member of the CVIT F5248 PRESENT POSITION OR ACADEMIC RANK Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS 2008 - 2009 Resident of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University Hospital, Matsumoto, Japan 2009 - 2010 Resident of Internal Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Society Suwa Hospital, Suwa, Japan 2010 - 2011 Fellow of Cardiovascular Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Society Suwa Hospital, Suwa, Japan 2011 - 2012 Fellow of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shinshu University Hospital, Matsumoto, Japan 2012 - 2014 Fellow of Cardiovascular Medicine, Aizawa Hospital, Matsumoto, Japan 2014 - 2015 Clinical Assistant, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine 2015 - 2016 Research Associate, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine 2017 - 2018 Research Fellow, Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital 2018 - 2021 Wissenschaftlicher Assistant, Department of Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital 2021 - 2022 Research Associate, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine 2022 - Assistant professor, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine AWARDS 2015 Young Investigator’s Award, Resuscitation Science Symposium 2021 EuroIntervention Top Reviewer Award 2021 PEER REVIEWING ACTIVITY JAHA, Eurointervention, Scientific Reports, JACC ASIA, Frontiers in Oncology, Frontiers in Nutrition, PLOS One, IJC imaging, Open Heart, BMJ Cardiovascular Disease, Annals academy of medicine, Medicine, Journal of Clinical Medicine, Egyptian Heart Journal, Internal Medicine, Vascular Health and Risk Management, International Journal of General Medicine, International Medical Case Reports Journal, Clinical Interventions in Aging, Digital Health, Journal of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics, Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal, Journal of Cardiology Editorial board: Eurointervention Editorial Consultant (2022/2023) Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine coronary artery disease Review Editor (2023-) SCIENTIFIC GRANTS 2018 Mechanism of drug-eluting absorbable metal scaffold restenosis: A serial optical coherence tomography study Role: analyst Funded by Biotronik 2018 Multimodality assessment of intermediate left main stenosis: Comparison of optical coherence tomography-derived minimal lumen area, invasive fractional flow reserve and FFRCT (OPTICO LM) Role: Co-primary investigator Funded by Abbott Vascular and HeartFlow 2020 Personalized numerical analyses to predict the outcome of percutaneous coronary interventions in severely calcified arteries from pre-PCI intra-arterial imaging Role: Co-primary investigator Funded by Swiss Heart Foundation (research project FF19116) 2021 Near-infrared spectroscopy and ultrasound for risk stratification of coronary stenosis with deferred revascularization based on fractional flow reserve: The STRATIFYNIRS study (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research 2021: 21K20897) 2022 Anti-inflammatory effect of colchicine on coronary plaque in patients with coronary artery disease as assessed by multimodality intracoronary imaging (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research 2022: 22K16069) 2022 Near-infrared spectroscopy and ultrasound for risk stratification of coronary stenosis with deferred revascularization based on fractional flow reserve: The STRATIFYNIRS study (CVIT Academic support 2022) 2022 Myocardial fibrosis as assessed by delayed contrast-enhanced computed tomography and microvascular dysfunction in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (Bayer Academic support 2022) 2023 Myocardial fibrosis as assessed by delayed contrast-enhanced computed tomography and microvascular dysfunction in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (Bayer Academic support 2023) 2023 Prognostic significance of 18F-NaF PET among ACS patients with deferred nonculprit coronary lesions based on fractional flow reserve (MSD 生命科学財団 研究 助成 2023 生活習慣病領域) 2023 Renal Anemia Treatment with Roxadustat for Non-dialysis Patients with Lower Extremity Artery Disease: The REFINE trial (Astellas Pharma research grant)