Dr. Yamagishi graduated from Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. He was the Professor of the Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine until 2022. He is currently a specially appointed professor in the Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.
Dr. Yamagishi has more than 150 peer reviewed international publications and has delivered numerous oral and posters presentations in numerous international meetings, such as AATS, EACTS, and STS. He is the local host of the Kyoto Symposium, the World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery in year 2015 and the President of the 56th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery in year 2020. Dr. Yamagishi is a Member of American Association for Thoracic Surgery, a Member of European Association of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, and a Surgeon Member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeon.