Mamoo Nakamura MD, FACC

Dr. Mamoo Nakamura received his M.D. from Mie University School of Medicine, Japan in 1993. After completion of the 2-years medical residency at Okinawa Chubu Hospital and the training of cardiovascular medicine at Mie University Hospital, he started working as an interventional cardiology fellow at Yamada Red-Cross Hospital. He also graduated Mie University Graduate School of Medicine and received a degree of Doctor of Medical Science in 1999.

In July 2000, Dr. Nakamura joined the Center for Research in Cardiovascular interventions as a postdoctoral fellow supported by a Cardiovascular Research Scholarship of Stanford-Getz Scholarship Program. After dedicating to the IVUS analysis of pivotal drug-eluting stent trials as well as the pre-clinical evaluation of interventional devices in Stanford, Dr. Nakamura decided to join medical residency program in the University of Pittsburgh and currently, is actively involved in patient care in the US.