Larissa Akimi Shimoda MS, PhD

Dr. Larissa Shimoda is an Professor of Medicine in the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Department. She studies pulmonary arterial responses to chronic hypoxia, hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction and oxidant-mediated lung injury. Dr. Shimoda holds a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree and PhD, all in biomedical engineering, from Marquette University. She completed a fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine before joining the faculty.