Yujiro Yokoyama, MD

Dr. Yujiro Yokoyama specializes in cardiovascular surgery. His areas of expertise include aortic surgery, heart valve surgery and coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

What Dr. Yokoyama treats

Yokoyama specializes in the following procedures:

• Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
• Aortic arch ascending aneurysm repair
• Aortic descending thoracic aneurysm repair
• Aortic root reconstruction
• Aortic thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair
• Aortic valve replacement
• Bentall procedure (aortic valve and aortic root replacement)
• Coronary artery bypass graft (normally includes endoscopic vein harvest)
• Mitral valve repair and replacement
• Ross procedure
• Tricuspid valve repair and replacement

Education and training

Yokoyama earned his medical degree from Yamanashi Medical College. He completed a general surgery residency at St. Luke's University Health Network, followed by a thoracic surgery fellowship at the University of Michigan and an aortic surgery fellowship at Emory University. He is board certified by the American Board of Surgery.