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.
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!
She is very informative, answers questions completely and genuinely cares about my health and well being. I feel extremely fortunate to have appointment with her.
Th Doctor explained the procedure problems and recommended a special ultrasound on the veins in my arms ad stomach to determine if I am eligible for home dialysis
My visit with the kidney transplant team was very good. It was well organized and I met with all the members of the team individually. I was very pleased with the visit.