Michael B. Ishitani, M.D.

  1. General Surgeon
  2. Pediatric Surgeon

Departments

  1. Pediatric Surgery
  2. Children's Center
  3. Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
  4. Surgery

Location

  1. Rochester, Minnesota

Languages

English

Dr. Ishitani has completed training and is certified in Pediatric Surgery, General Surgery, Transplant Surgery and Surgical Critical Care with specific clinical focus on:

  • Neonatal surgery
  • Single incision transumbilical abdominal procedures:
    • Appendectomy
    • Splenectomy
    • Cholescystectomy
    • Colectomy
    • Nissen fundoplication anti-reflux procedure
  • Radionuclide guided resection of pulmonary and soft tissue metastases
  1. Achalasia
  2. Adnexal tumors
  3. Adrenal cancer
  4. Benign adrenal tumor
  5. Cancer
  6. Colon polyps
  7. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
  8. Conjoined twins
  9. Crohn's disease
  10. Diaphragmatic hernia
  11. Embryonal tumor
  12. Familial adenomatous polyposis
  13. Fecal incontinence
  14. Gallstones
  15. Gastroesophageal reflux disease
  16. Germ cell tumor
  17. Hemangioma
  18. Hiatal hernia
  19. Hirschsprung's disease
  20. Hydrocele
  21. Hyperhidrosis
  22. Immune thrombocytopenia
  23. Inguinal hernia
  24. Intestinal obstruction
  25. Irritable bowel syndrome
  26. Neuroblastoma
  27. Pectus carinatum
  28. Pectus excavatum
  29. Pediatric trauma
  30. Rectal prolapse
  31. Rhabdomyosarcoma
  32. Sarcoma
  33. Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome
  34. Ulcerative colitis
  35. Umbilical hernia
  36. Wilms' tumor
  1. Appendectomy
  2. Cholecystectomy
  3. Colectomy
  4. Laparoscopic surgery
  5. Minimally invasive surgery
  6. Neonatal surgery
  7. Single-incision laparoscopic surgery
  8. Splenectomy
Rochester

Rochester, Minnesota
  1. 1993
    Fellow - Transplantation SurgeryHealth Sciences Center, University of Virginia
  2. 1991
    Fellow - Pediatric SurgeryChildrens' Hospital of Los Angeles
  3. 1989
    Resident - General SurgeryHealth Sciences Center, University of Virginia
  4. 1983
    MDVanderbilt University
  5. 1979
    BA - History (with distinction)Stanford University

Certifications

  1. 1994
    Pediatric SurgeryAmerican Board of Surgery
  2. 1993
    Surgical Critical CareAmerican Board of Surgery

Awards and honors

  1. 1989
    Hugh Shepard Warren, M.D. Teaching AwardUniversity of Virginia
  2. 1981
    Exchange FellowshipKarolinska Institute - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  3. 1980
    Northern California I Care Auxiliary FellowshipAwarding Organization
  4. 1975
    ScholarshipOregon Regional Primate Research Center

Professional memberships

  1. 2019 - present
    MemberAmerican Pediatric Surgical Association, Wellness Task Force
  2. 2016 - present
    MemberThe Priestley Society
  3. 2016 - present
    MemberPacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons
  4. 2015 - present
    Co-ChairCurriculum Development for Transplant Surgery Fellowship, American Society of Transplant Surgeons
  5. 2014 - present
    Fellowship Training Committee, Exam Development GroupAmerican Society of Transplant Surgeons
  6. 2013 - present
    Active MemberQuality Committee, Department of Surgery
  7. 2011 - 2014
    MemberCME Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association
  8. 2011 - 2014
    MemberEducation Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association
  9. 2008 - present
    Active MemberPediatric Trauma Performance Improvement Committee, Mayo Clinic Trauma Center
  10. 2007 - 2013
    ChairCME Committee, American Society of Transplant Surgeons
  11. 2007 - 2010
    MemberSurgical Quality and Safety Committee, American Pediatric Surgical Association
  12. 2004 - 2010
    MemberCME Committee, American Society of Transplant Surgeons
  13. 1996 - present
    MemberAmerican College of Surgeons
  14. 1995 - present
    MemberAmerican Society of Transplantation