About Shoko Kimura, MD, PhD
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Treats:
- Adult
Languages:
- Japanese
Locations
Mass General Transplant Center
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-2000
Medical Education
- MD, Hokkaido University
- Residency, Hokkaido University Hospital
- Fellowship, Hokkaido University
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid CT
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Publications
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Select Publications:
- Yokota S, Ueki S, Ono Y, Kasahara N, Pérez-Gutiérrez A, Kimura S, Yoshida O, Murase N, Yasuda Y, Geller DA, Thomson AW. Orthotopic mouse liver transplantation to study liver biology and allograft tolerance. Nat Protoc. 2016 Jul;11(7):1163-74.
- Kimura S, Ozaki KS, Ueki S, Zhang M, Yokota S, Stolz DB, Geller DA, Murase N. Contribution of alloantigens to hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury : Roles of NK cells and innate immune recognition of non-self. Liver Transpl. 2016 Jan;22(1):80-90.
- Yokota S, Yoshida O, Dou L, Spadaro AV, Isse K, Ross MA, Stolz DB, Kimura S, Du Q, Demetris AJ, Thomson AW, Geller DA. IRF-1 promotes liver transplant ischemia/reperfusion injury via hepatocyte IL-15/IL-15Rα production. J Immunol. 2015 Jun 15;194(12):6045-56.
- Yoshida O, Dou L, Kimura S, Yokota S, Isse K, Robson SC, Geller DA, Thomson AW. CD39 deficiency in murine liver allografts promotes inflammatory injury and immune-mediated rejection. Transpl Immunol. 2015 Mar;32(2):76-83..
- Skoko JJ, Wakabayashi N, Noda K, Kimura S, Tobita K, Shigemura N, Tsujita T, Yamamoto M, Kensler TW. Loss of Nrf2 in mice evokes a congenital intrahepatic shunt that alters hepatic oxygen and protein expression gradients and toxicity. Toxicol Sci. 2014 Sep;141(1):112-9.
I've been under Dr Kimura's care for nine years now and I have always been very pleased with him. I feel fortunate to have him as my main care provider
Dr Kimura is not only an exceptional surgeon, he has the patience and understanding to communicate with me as a patient. He has always taken the time to answer all my questions and listen to my concerns. He offers not only compassion, but the skills to save lives. In my opinion, he excels in all aspects of patient care.
It was the first time I met him and I thought he was very good. I appreciated his way.
Very professional.
Excellent Surgeon . Very very good.
They have instilled confidence that I have taken the best possible course of action for my condition.
I've been a patient for Mass General since 2012 and I had my liver transplant in [redacted] and since then these people have been taking care of me like I'm a baby and they're always on top of me and they always try to provide me with everything I need and anytime I call and I ask questions or whatever they're always on top. They never fail. So I ... Read More
Very happy with him
Was seen in a timely manner
Your team is fabulous!