UChicago Faculty Physician
Hiroto Kitahara, MD
Hiroto Kitahara, MD
UChicago Faculty Physician
Specialties
- Cardiac Surgery (Heart Surgery)
Locations
- Chicago - Hyde Park
- About
- Specialties & Areas of Expertise
- Locations & Patient Information
- Education & Research
- Accepted Insurance
- External Professional Relationships
Hiroto Kitahara, MD, is an expert cardiac surgeon who uses his experience and skill to treat complex heart conditions with minimally invasive techniques to offer patients the best quality of life. Dr. Kitahara specializes in robotic heart surgery, providing innovated procedures, including heart valve repairs and reconstructions, arrhythmia surgery, coronary artery bypass surgery, heart failure surgery and more. By using robotic and minimally invasive methods, Dr. Kitahara decreases pain, minimize scaring and reduce recovery time for his patients.
As an avid researcher, Dr. Kitahara enhances his clinical practice with ongoing robotic cardiac surgery research that can evaluate new or better treatments and therapies for cardiology patients. His research has been published in several highly respected, peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, Annals of Thoracic Surgery and more.
As an avid researcher, Dr. Kitahara enhances his clinical practice with ongoing robotic cardiac surgery research that can evaluate new or better treatments and therapies for cardiology patients. His research has been published in several highly respected, peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, Annals of Thoracic Surgery and more.
Specialties
Areas of Expertise
- Robotic Heart Surgery
- Heart Failure
- Arrhythmias
- Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Board Certifications
- Surgery (Japan)
- Cardiovascular Surgery (Japan)
Practicing Since
- 2008
Languages Spoken
- English
- Japanese
Medical Education
- KEIO UNIVERSITY
Residency
- Keio University School of Medicine; Tokyo Dental University Ichikawa General Hospital
Fellowship
- Keio University School of Medicine; University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine; Asahikawa Ikadaigaku
News & Research
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
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Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.
Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.