Overview
Dr. Shimizu is the director of PICC services, an acute care and trauma surgeon and a surgical intensivist in the Division of Trauma, Burn and Surgical Critical Care and Emergency General Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.Prior to her current role, Dr. Shimizu was an associate surgeon in the Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of California and her medical degree from the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii. She completed her general surgery residency and a surgical oncology research fellowship at the University of California. She completed an acute care and surgical critical care fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.Dr. Shimizu’s work in the PICC program has included creating and implementing clinical protocols and superior standards of care. Her research interests focus on the clinical outcomes for trauma patients and is heavily involved with residency wellness and professional development programs.
Dr. Shimizu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Ureteroscopy. Her top areas of expertise are Gastrointestinal Perforation, Delirium, Ogilvie Syndrome, Gastrostomy, and Colostomy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 5 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
45 Francis Street, ASBII-3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02115
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
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- ColostomyDr. Shimizu isAdvanced. Learn about Colostomy.
- DeliriumDr. Shimizu isAdvanced. Learn about Delirium.
- Gastrointestinal PerforationDr. Shimizu isAdvanced. Learn about Gastrointestinal Perforation.
- GastrostomyDr. Shimizu isAdvanced. Learn about Gastrostomy.
- Ogilvie SyndromeDr. Shimizu isAdvanced. Learn about Ogilvie Syndrome.
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- Acute PancreatitisDr. Shimizu isExperienced. Learn about Acute Pancreatitis.
- Anal CancerDr. Shimizu isExperienced. Learn about Anal Cancer.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Shimizu isExperienced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- Bladder ReconstructionDr. Shimizu isExperienced. Learn about Bladder Reconstruction.
- CellulitisDr. Shimizu isExperienced. Learn about Cellulitis.
- Childhood PancreatitisDr. Shimizu isExperienced. Learn about Childhood Pancreatitis.