Yutaka Okita, M.D., Ph.D.

Affiliation: Director Cardio-aortic center Takatsuki general Hospital Osaka, Japan

BOARD CERTIFICATION:

1990 – Japanese Board of Surgery
1991 – Japanese Board of Thoracic Surgery
1991 – Japanese Board of Cardiology
2004 – Japanese Board of Cardiovascular Surgery

PROFESSIONAL CONSULTATIONSHIPS:

1992 – present: Annals of Thoracic Surgery – Guest reviewer
1993 – 1998: Japanese Journal of Thoracic Surgery – Board reviewer
1994 – present: European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery – Guest reviewer 
1996 – present: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery – Guest reviewer
1997 – present: Circulation – Guest reviewer
1998 – present Japanese Journal of Vascular Surgery – Board reviewer  
2000 – present Japanese Circulation Journal of Vascular Surgery Board reviewer
2002 – 2016 Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery – Associate editor 
2006 – 2015Journal of Heart Valve Disease – Council 
2011 – 2019 General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery – Editor in chief       
2019 – Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals – Editor in chief    
2023 – European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery – Editorial board      

SOCIETIES:

The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery (Ex Councilor, Previous President of the Society, 68^th President of Annual Meeting, Past Editor in Chief, General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery)

The Japanese Surgical Society
The Japanese Society for Transplantation
The Japanese Society for Tissue Transplantation (Councilor)
The Japanese Circulation Society (Senior member)
The Society for Thoracic Surgeons, U.S.A.
The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
The American Heart Association
The International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery
The Japanese Surgical Database (Councilor)
The Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery: （Ex Councilor, 40^th President, Annual Meeting）
The American Association of Thoracic Surgery
The Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery (Councilor, 30^th President, Annual Meeting, Editor in Chief, Asian Cardiothoracic and Thoracic Annals
The Society of Heart Valve Disease