Dr. Osami Honjo became Staff Cardiovascular Surgeon at The Hospital for Sick Children in July 2010, after completing his fellowship in Cardiovascular Surgery at The Hospital for Sick Children and St. Michael’s hospital, University of Toronto.
His clinical practice focuses on open heart surgery in neonates and infants, surgical palliation for single ventricle patients, mechanical cardiopulmonary support in pediatric population, and surgery for patients with adult congenital heart diseases.
Dr. Honjo’s academic interest in basic science has been mechanical circulatory support for neonates and infants with single ventricle physiology. Working with Dr. Glen Van Arsdell, he developed a mechanical pump system that is able to support the patients with cavopulmonary connection. This support system may be a way of neonatal surgical palliation for critically ill patients or a way of bridge to transplantation.