Yoshi Onuma

Director of Coronary Imaging and Atherosclerosis Research

National University of Ireland Galway

Biography

Dr Yohinobu Onuma, MD, PhD is a leading expert in the field of noninvasive and invasive coronary imaging and novel coronary devices such as bioresorbable scaffolds. His expertise includes quantitative coronary angiography (2-dimensional, 3-dimensional and bifurcation-dedicated), Syntax Score and multi-slice computed tomography. He holds the position of professor of interventional cardiology at the National university of Ireland Galway. Dr Onuma is also the Medical Director of CORRIB Corelab of Coronary Imaging and Atherosclerosis Research.

Dr Onuma received his medical degree from Tohoku University School of Medicine in Sendai, Japan. After he fulfilled his cardiology and interventional cardiology fellowship, he joined Erasmus University of Rotterdam and was granted his doctorate in interventional. Dr Onuma has published more than 500 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and also the author and editor of several books including the textbook of bioresorbable scaffold.