Jon A Kobashigawa MD

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Heart Failure & Transplantation

Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA

127 S San Vicente Blvd# A3107Los Angeles, CA 90048
Phone+1 310-248-3830
Fax+1 310-248-8338

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Education & Training

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1984 - 1986
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1980 - 1983
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiClass of 1980
Stanford UniversityB.S., 1972 - 1976

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1981 - 2028
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012, 2014, 2016-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012, 2014, 2016-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification Sunquest Laboratory, Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., 2012, 2014, 2016-2017

Clinical Trials

A Study to Compare the Effectiveness of a Drug That Suppresses the Immune System Called Thymoglobulin® in Preventing the Development of a Disease That Affects the Majority of Heart Transplant Recipients Called Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy (CAV)
WITHDRAWN
PHASE3
Home Electrocardiogram (ECG) Monitoring After Heart Transplantation
COMPLETED
Heartsbreath Test for Heart Transplant Rejection
UNKNOWN

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Donor diabetes status impacts long-term survival in diabetic heart transplant recipients.
Brian Lim, Allen A Razavi, Aminah Sallam, Vikram Krishna, Federico Sertic
JHLT Open. 2026-11-01
Ex Vivo Therapeutics in Cardiac Xenotransplantation: A Scoping Review.
Duc M Giao, Pedro A Catarino, Dominic Emerson, Kambiz Ghafourian, Jon Kobashigawa
Xenotransplantation. 2026-10-10
Heart Transplantation in 2076: Precision, Prevention, and Regeneration.
Lily K Stern, Kelly Perkins, Jon A Kobashigawa
Journal of Cardiac Failure. 2026-09-01

Journal Articles

Omission of Heart Transplant Recipients from the Appropriate Use Criteria for Revascularization and the Ramifications on Heart Transplant Centers
Jon A Kobashigawa, Steven W Tabak, Wendy Book, John A Spertus, JAMA Cardiology
Non‐Invasive Detection of Graft Injury After Heart Transplantation Using Donor‐Derived Cell‐Free DNA: A Prospective Multi‐Center Study
Gregory Ewald, Jon Kobashigawa, Kiran K Khush, Jignesh Patel, Eugene DePasquale, Sean Pinney, American Journal of Transplantation
Oxford University Press Has Registered This DOI Pre-Publication
Michelle Kittleson, Heidi Reich, Lawrence Czer, Dominick Megna, Jignesh Patel, Fardad Esmailian, Jon Kobashigawa, Oxford University Press

Lectures

CAV at 50 What We Know and What We Don't
2019 ACC Scientific Session & Expo, New Orleans - 3/17/2019
State-of-the-Art Review Imaging in Heart Transplant Patients
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Riverside, California - 9/15/2012

Authored Content

Omission of Heart Transplant Recipients from the Appropriate Use Criteria for Revascularization and the Ramifications on Heart Transplant CentersApril 2020
Temporal Trends of De Novo Malignancy Development After Heart TransplantationJanuary 2018
Temporal Trends of De Novo Malignancy Development After Heart TransplantationJanuary 2018

Press Mentions

Cedars-Sinai Sets New Record in Organ TransplantationFebruary 28th, 2025
Smidt Heart Institute Experts Available for Interviews During ISHLT ConferenceApril 18th, 2023
ISHLT Honors Jon Kobashigawa for Lifetime Achievement in Treating Advanced Heart DiseaseFebruary 15th, 2023

Professional Memberships

American College of Cardiology - ACC
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