Overview
Chitaru Kurihara is a Thoracic Surgeon in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Kurihara has been practicing medicine for over 17 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mediastinitis. His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Fibrosis, Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus, Dextrocardia, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, and Thrombectomy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 108 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 1 article in the study of Mediastinitis.
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Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Kurihara has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Advanced
- Pulmonary FibrosisDr. Kurihara isAdvanced. Learn about Pulmonary Fibrosis.
- Experienced
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Kurihara isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- Collapsed LungDr. Kurihara isExperienced. Learn about Collapsed Lung.
- DextrocardiaDr. Kurihara isExperienced. Learn about Dextrocardia.
- Dextrocardia with Situs InversusDr. Kurihara isExperienced. Learn about Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus.
- EmphysemaDr. Kurihara isExperienced. Learn about Emphysema.
- EndoscopyDr. Kurihara isExperienced. Learn about Endoscopy.