Toshihiro Imamura - Faculty Biosketch

Toshihiro Imamura, MD

Instructor A of Medicine (Sleep Medicine)

Instructor, Division of Sleep Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Department: Medicine

Contact information

Division of Sleep Medicine
Translational Research Laboratories
125 South 31st Street, Suite 2100
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3403

Office: 215-746-4820

Education:
MD
Nagasaki University, 2003.

Post-Graduate Training
Pediatric residency, St. Lukes International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, 2003-2007.
Pediatric critical care fellowship, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan, 2007-2009.
Pediatric residency, SBH Health System, Bronx, NY, 2016-2019.
Sleep medicine fellowship, Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2019-2020.
Master of Science in Translational Research, University of Pennsylvania, 2020-present.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Division of Sleep Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2023-2023.

Certifications
Japanese National Board of Pediatrics, 2008.
American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics, 2020.
American Board of Pediatrics, Sleep Medicine, 2021.

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Selected Publications

Yook S, Choi SJ, Imamura T, Chen C, Kim J, Lim DC, Joo EY, Kim H: Electrophysiological brain aging consequences of night shift work. Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Montreal, Canada 2023 Notes: Poster presentation.

Imamura T, Wasilczuk AZ, Kelz MB, Pack AI: Sleep-promoting GABAergic neurons in the Parafacial zone in mouse play a role in anesthetic-induced unconscious state. SLEEP 2023, Indianapolis, IN 2023 Notes: Poster presentation.

Doldur-Balli F*, Imamura T*, Veatch OJ, Gong NN, Lim DC, Hart MP, Abel T, Kayser MS, Brodkin ES, Pack AI (*co-first authors): Synaptic dysfunction connects autism spectrum disorder and sleep disturbances: A perspective from studies in model organisms. Sleep Medicine Review 62: 101595, Apr 2022 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2022.101595.

Wang JJ, Imamura T, Lee J, Wright M, Goldman RD: Continuous positive airway pressure for obstructive sleep apnea in children. Can Fam Physician 67(1): 21-23, Jan 2021.

Imamura T, Pack AI: Create a mouse model of chronic sleep deprivation by specific-neuron targeted ablation. Translational Science 2021, Washington DC 2021 Notes: Held virtually due to the pandemic.

Imamura T, Xue J, Poulsen O, Zhou D, Karin M, Haddad GG: Intermittent hypoxia and hypercapnia induces inhibitor of nuclear factor-κB kinase subunit β-dependent atherosclerosis in pulmonary arteries. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 317(6): R763-R769, Dec 2019.

Imamura T, Rubin D, Smith A: ESPR 2019/Eastern Society for Pediatrics Research Scientific Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2019 Meeting, Baltimore, MD 2019 Notes: Platform oral presentation.

Imamura T, Rubin D, Smith A: Association between pediatric obstructive sleep apnea and dental caries in an urban population. ESPR 2019/Eastern Society for Pediatrics Research Scientific Meeting, Philadelphia, PA 2019 Notes: Platform oral invitation.

Xue J, Zhou D, Poulsen O, Hartley I, Imamura T, Xie EX, Haddad GG: Exploring miRNA-mRNA regulatory network in cardiac pathology in Na(+)/H(+) exchanger isoform 1 transgenic mice. Physiol Genomics 50(10): 846-861, Oct 2018.

Imamura, T.: Intermittent Hypoxia and Hypercapnia Induce Pulmonary Artery Atherosclerosis by an NF-kappa B-dependent Mechanism. The 12th Meeting of the Japanese Association of Pediatrics in North America, New York, NY 2018 Notes: Oral presentation.