Toshiharu Shinoka, MD
Enriched profileDirector, Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering Program, Heart Center, Nationwide Children's Hospital; Professor, Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Ohio State University · Nationwide Children's Hospital
Toshiharu Shinoka is Director, Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering Program, Heart Center, Nationwide Children's Hospital; Professor, Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Ohio State University at Nationwide Children's Hospital. OpenAlex indexes 282 publications with 12,074 citations (h-index 58); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 2 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 11 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 12 Oct 2026
Toshiharu Shinoka, MD, PHD, is Director, Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering Program, Heart Center, Nationwide Children's Hospital. The public record shows 282 publications with 12,074 citations (h-index 58), centered on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications. It also documents an investigator role on 2 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 4 companies.
- Most recent indexed publication: 2025 · Journal of functional biomaterials
- Top research focus: Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
- 2 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 4 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 16 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 144.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingFederally funded research awards.
Contact
No public contact details on file. This person's NPPES record doesn't include a practice address or telephone number. Why? →
Clinical trials
Updated 12 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 2 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Two-Year Study of the Safety and Efficacy of the Second-Generation Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts
Sponsor: Nationwide Children's Hospital
Industry payments
Updated 12 Oct 2026
4 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Gunze International USA, Inc.Program year20251 payment
- Abbott LaboratoriesProgram year20231 payment
- LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.Program year20231 payment
NIH funding
We didn't find any NIH-funded research awards for this person in NIH RePORTER. Why? →
Publications
Updated 12 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Injectable Stem Cell-Based Therapies for Myocardial Regeneration: A Review of the Literature.
Journal of functional biomaterials
Review2025 - Bridging the Gap: Advances and Challenges in Heart Regeneration from In Vitro to In Vivo Applications.
Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)
Review2024 - Tissue engineered vascular grafts are resistant to the formation of dystrophic calcification.
Nature communications
Article2024 - Quantification of Skeletal Muscle Perfusion in Peripheral Artery Disease Using (18)F-Sodium Fluoride Positron Emission Tomography Imaging.
Journal of the American Heart Association
Clinical Trial2024 - Recent Tissue Engineering Approaches to Mimicking the Extracellular Matrix Structure for Skin Regeneration.
Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland)
Review2023
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01Transplantation of a Tissue-Engineered Pulmonary ArteryArticle634 citations2001
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- 04Late-term results of tissue-engineered vascular grafts in humansArticle520 citations2010
- 05Creation Of Viable Pulmonary Artery Autografts Through Tissue EngineeringArticle444 citations1998
Network
Updated 12 Oct 2026
The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.
Background & recognition
Updated 12 Oct 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- MD
PhD (OSU faculty listing, consistent with NPI registry credential)
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →medicine.osu.edu ↗ - MD
Hiroshima University; PhD, Tokyo Women's Medical University
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →linkedin.com ↗
Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Editorial Board Member
Biomaterials and Medical Applications
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →scitechnol.com ↗ - Co-director
Center for Regenerative Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →pediatricsnationwide.org ↗
Awards & honors
honors on the public record- Takao Award2013provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →doximity.com ↗
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →doximity.com ↗
- Medical Award2004provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →doximity.com ↗
Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Division of Cardiac Surgery (Professor, dual appointment)
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →medicine.osu.edu ↗
Media & interviews
press, podcasts and appearances- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →pediatricsnationwide.org ↗
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →statnews.com ↗
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