
Hiroshi Ashikaga MD PhD
Cardiac Electrophysiology
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
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550 S Beretania St., #601 Honolulu , HI 96813-2423 USAHonolulu, HI 96813
Phone+1 808-691-8900
Fax+1 808-691-8919
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Summary
- Dr. Hiroshi Ashikaga is a Cardiac Electrophysiologist in Honolulu, HI. He received his MD and PhD degrees from the University of Tokyo. He also speaks multiple languages, including Japanese. He is experienced in atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardia, and ICD / pacemaker insertion.
Education & Training
Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, 2010 - 2012
Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2008 - 2010
University of Tokyo, Graduate School of MedicinePh.D., Biomedical Engineering, 2002 - 2007
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Beth IsraelResidency, Internal Medicine, 1997 - 2001
Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of TokyoClass of 1996
Certifications & Licensure
HI State Medical License 2021 - 2028
MD State Medical License 2004 - 2022
CA State Medical License 2001 - 2012
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow of the European Heart Rhythm Association 2019
- Fellow of the American Heart Association American Heart Association, 2018
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification Beacon Oncology 2014 Certified Module, Epic Systems Corporation, 2015-2017
Clinical Trials
- Randomized Evaluation of Atrial Fibrillation Treatment With Focal Impulse and Rotor Modulation Guided Procedures Start of enrollment: 2014 Oct 01
- Peri-Atrial Inflammatory Fat and Atrial Fibrillation Start of enrollment: 2021 Feb 19
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Miniaturized side-firing intracardiac photoacoustic imaging catheter for monitoring radiofrequency ablation.Shang Gao, Yang Wang, Ryo Murakami, Hiroshi Ashikaga, Young-Ho Kim
Scientific Reports. 2025-05-20 - 5 citationsCardiac-gated spectroscopic photoacoustic imaging for ablation-induced necrotic lesion visualization.Shang Gao, Hiroshi Ashikaga, Masahito Suzuki, Tommaso Mansi, Young-Ho Kim
Journal of Biophotonics. 2024-10-01 - 20 citationsPurkinje network and myocardial substrate at the onset of human ventricular fibrillation: implications for catheter ablation.Michel Haissaguerre, Ghassen Cheniti, Meleze Hocini, Frederic Sacher, F Daniel Ramirez
European Heart Journal. 2022-03-21
Journal Articles
- Multimodal examination of atrial fibrillation substrate: correlation of left atrial bipolar voltage using multi-electrode fast automated mapping, point-by-point mappin...Zghaib T, Keramati A, Chrispin J, Huang D, Balouch MA, Ciuffo L, Berger RD, Marine JE, Ashikaga H, Calkins H, Nazarian S, Spragg DD, JACC Clin Electrophysiol, 1/1/2018
- Relation of electrocardiographic left atrial abnormalities to risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillationInoue YY, Ipek EG, Khurram IM, Ciuffo L, Chrispin J, Zimmerman SL, Marine JE, Rickard J, MD; Spragg DD, Nazarian S, Kusano K, Lima JA, Berger RD, Calkins H, Ashikaga H, Am J Cardiol, 1/1/2018
- Is human atrial fibrillation stochastic or deterministic? Insights from missing ordinal patterns and causal entropy-complexity plane analysisAronis AN, Berger RD, Calkins H, Chrispin J, Marine JE, Spragg DD, Tao S, Tandri T, Ashikaga H, Chaos, 1/1/2018
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- False dyssynchrony: problem with image-based cardiac functional analysis using x-ray computed tomography.Kidoh M, Shen Z, Suzuki Y, Ciuffo L, Ashikaga H, Fung GSK, Otake Y, Zimmerman SL, Lima JAC, Higuchi T, Lee O, Sato Y, Becker LC, Fishman EK, Taguchi K, Proc SPIE, Medical Imaging: Physics of Medical Imaging, 1/1/2017
- Projection-based motion estimation for cardiac functional analysis with high temporal resolution: a proof-of-concept study with digital phantom experiment.Suzuki Y, Fung GSK, Shen Z, Otake Y, Lee O, Ciuffo L, Ashikaga H, Sato Y, Taguchi K, Proc SPIE, Medical Imaging: Physics of Medical Imaging, 1/1/2017
Lectures
- Fibrillation: What Cardiologists Can Learn from NeuroscientistsJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD - 1/23/2018
- Phase Transition and Sudden DeathUniversity of Tokyo Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan - 1/17/2018
- Causality, Information Flow and FibrillationUniversity of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA - 1/11/2018
Other
- Media release. Biomarker Predicts Success of Afib Treatment.Ashikaga H, Johns Hopkins Medicine
1/12/2018 - Scale-invariant structures of spiral waves.Sohn D, Aronis AN, Ashikaga H, arXiv preprint
https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.10768
1/1/2018 - Is human atrial fibrillation stochastic or deterministic?Aronis AN, Berger RD, Calkins H, Chrispin J, Marine JE, Spragg DD, Tao, S, Tandri T, Ashikaga H, arXiv preprint
https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.01496
1/1/2018
Press Mentions
- Quantitative Tissue‐Tracking Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) of Left Atrial Deformation and the Risk of Stroke in Patients with Atrial FibrillationApril 27th, 2020
Shape of Blood Flow in Heart's Upper Left Chamber May Help Predict Stroke RiskNovember 2nd, 2016
MRI May Help Gauge Stroke Risk in Those with Irregular Heartbeat - US NewsApril 27th, 2015
Research History
- Complex Systems Summer SchoolSanta Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM2014 - 2014
- Research Fellow in Cardiovascular MRILaboratory of Cardiac Energetics, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Bethesda, MD2004 - 2006
- Research Fellow in BioengineeringUniversity of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA2001 - 2004
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Member
Other Languages
- Japanese
External Links
- Johns Hopkins Physicianshttp://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/hiroshi-ashikaga
- Laboratory of Unconventional Electrophysiologyhttp://www.hiroshiashikaga.org/
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