Posts by Kohei Hasegawa, MD
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Gastric Bypass May Offer More Protection Against Cardiovascular Disease than Gastric Banding
In a study that examined large administrative datasets from three U.S. states, gastric bypass was associated with significantly lower rates of emergency department visits and unplanned hospitalizations for cardiovascular disease during the seven to 24 months after surgery, compared with gastric banding.
Biography
Dr. Kohei Hasegawa is an attending physician at the MGH Department of Emergency Medicine. He received his medical degree from Tokai University (Japan) and Master of Public Health degree from Harvard University. Dr. Hasegawa completed his emergency medicine residency and research fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Hasegawa is additionally an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Hasegawa is an active clinician-scientist. He is the founder/director of the Japanese Emergency Medicine Network (JEMNet) and a faculty member of Emergency Medicine Network (EMNet), multi-center collaborations that aim to improve public health through projects in emergency care, particularly multicenter clinical research.
Digestive Healthcare at Mass General
The Massachusetts General Hospital Digestive Healthcare Center is a collaborative practice of gastroenterologists, endoscopists, surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, hepatologists, oncologists and radiation oncologists dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of digestive diseases.