Current positions and roles

Head of the Division of Neonatology, National Center for Child Health and Development (NCCHD), Tokyo, Japan

Task Force members of the Neonatal Life Support (NLS) of the International Liaison Committee of Resuscitation (ILCOR)

Education & Training

In 1997, Master of Science of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

In 1997-2003, Graduated from Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

In 2003-2008 Pediatric Residency of the Department of Pediatrics of the Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

In 2008-2010 Neonatal Fellow and Staff in Osaka Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Osaka, Japan

In 2011-2012 Neonatal Fellowship of the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

In 2013-2017 Clinical Fellow of the NICU of the Sunnybrook health Science Centre, Toronto, Canada

In 2018 Obtained PhD (Clinical Epidemiology) of the McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Since June 2017, Head of the Division of Neonatology, National Center for Child Health and Development (NCCHD), Tokyo, Japan

Research interest

Neonatal and perinatal epidemiology, International comparison studies on clinical practice and outcomes of NICUs, Systematic reviews & Guideline development

Main papers

1) Isayama T, Mildenhall L, Schmölzer GM, et al. The Route, Dose, and Interval of Epinephrine for Neonatal Resuscitation: A Systematic Review. Pediatrics. 2020 Sep 9:e20200586. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-0586. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32907923

2) Isayama T, O'Reilly D, Beyene J, Shah PS, Lee SK, McDonald SD. Hospital Care Cost and Resource Use of Early Discharge of Healthy Late Preterm and Term Singletons: A Population-based Cohort Study and Cost Analysis. J Pediatr. 2020 Jun 28:S0022-3476(20)30763-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.06.060. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32610167

3) Isayama T, Kusuda S, Reichman B, et al. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit-Level Patent Ductus Arteriosus Treatment Rates and Outcomes in Infants Born Extremely Preterm. J Pediatr. 2020 May;220:34-39.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.01.069. Epub 2020 Mar 4. PMID: 32145968

4) Isayama T. The clinical management and outcomes of extremely preterm infants in Japan: past, present, and future. Transl Pediatr. 2019 Jul;8(3):199-211. doi: 10.21037/tp.2019.07.10. Review. PMID: 31413954Isayama T, Shah PS. Need for an International Consensus on BPD Definition. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 Jul 19. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201906-1127LE. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31322422

5) Beltempo M, Isayama T (co-primary author), et al. Respiratory Management of Extremely Preterm Infants: An International Survey. Neonatology. 2018;114(1):28-36. doi: 10.1159/000487987. Epub 2018 Apr 13. PMID: 29656287

6) Isayama T, Lewis-Mikhael AM, O'Reilly D, Beyene J, McDonald SD.

Health Services Use by Late Preterm and Term Infants From Infancy to Adulthood: A Meta-analysis. Pediatrics. 2017 Jul;140(1). pii: e20170266. doi: 10.1542/peds.2017-0266. Review. PMID: 28759410

7) Isayama T, Lee SK, Yang J, Lee D, Daspal S, Dunn M, Shah PS. Revisiting the definition of bronchopulmonary dysplasia: impact of changing panoply of respiratory support for preterm neonates. JAMA Pediatrics 2017;171(3):271-279

8) Isayama T, Iwami H, McDonald S, Beyene J. Association of Noninvasive Ventilation Strategies With Mortality and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Among Preterm Infants: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA. 2016 Aug 9;316(6):611-24. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.10708. PMID: 27532916

9) Isayama T, Mirea L, Lee SK, Mori R, Kusuda S, Fujimura M, Shah PS. Patent Ductus Arteriosus Management and Outcomes in Japan and Canada: Comparison of Proactive and Selective Approaches. Am J Perinatol. 2015 Sep;32(11):1087-94. Epub 2015 Mar 31. PMID: 25825965

10) Isayama T, Lee SK, Ye XY, Mori R, Kusuda S, Fujimura M, Shah PS. Comparison of mortality and morbidity of very low birth weight infants between Canada and Japan. Pediatrics. 2012 Oct;130 (4): e957-e965. PMID: 22966031