Education

 

4/1995-3/2001: St. Marianna University School of Medicine,

Kanagawa Japan

Medical Degree, 3/2001

4/2003-3/2007:                       St. Marianna University School of Medicine Postgraduate school, Kanagawa, Japan

                                               Doctor of Philosophy, 3/2007

 

Post-Doctoral/Clinical Training

 

4/2001-3/2003: Medical Intern, St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan

4/2003-3/2007:                       Research Assistant, St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan

4/2007-3/2008:                       Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Pediatrics St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan

4/2008-3/2009                        Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Pediatrics St. Marianna University School of Medicine Yokohama City Seibu Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan

4/2009-3/2011:                       Fellow, Department of Infectious Diseases

                                               National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

4/2011-5/2012:                       Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Pediatrics Kawasaki Municipal Tama Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan

6/2012-3/2014:                       Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases

                                               Department of Pediatrics St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan

4/2014-9/2015:                       Lecturer, Division of Infectious Diseases

                                               Department of Pediatrics St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan

10/2015-3/2016:                     Lecturer, Division of Infectious Diseases

                                               Department of Pediatrics St. Marianna University School of Medicine Yokohama City Seibu Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan 

4/2016- 3/2018:                     Visiting Scientist, Vaccine Education Center,

                                               The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, USA

4/2018- 5/2021:                     Lecturer, Division of Infectious Diseases

                                               Department of Pediatrics St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan

6/2021-                                   Associate professor, Division of Infectious Diseases

                                               Department of Pediatrics St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan

 

 

 

Hospital Appointments

 

4/2008-3/2009                        Member, Infection Control Team, St. Marianna University School of Medicine Yokohama City Seibu Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan

4/2009-3/2011 Member, Infection Control Team, National Center for Child Health and Development, Kanagawa, Japan

4/2011-5/2012                        Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Pediatrics Kawasaki Municipal Tama Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan

6/2012-9/2015                        Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Pediatrics St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan

10/2015-3/2016                      Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Pediatrics St. Marianna University School of Medicine Yokohama City Seibu Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan

4/2016- 3/2018:                      Visiting Scientist, Vaccine Education Center,

                                               The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, USA

 

4/2018- Present:                     Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Pediatrics St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan

 

Medical Licensure and Certification

 

5/2001: Medical Licensure in Japan

4/2008:                         Board of Japan Pediatric Society

12/2012:                                 Board of Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases  

1/2013:                                   Certification as an infection Control Doctor, Japan

 

Professional Societies

 

2001-Present:                        Member, Japan Pediatric Society

2003-Present:                        Member, Japanese Society for Pediatric Infectious Disease

2004-Present:                        Member, Japanese Society for Infectious Disease

2003-Present:                        Member, Japanese Society of Vaccinology

2017-Present:                        Member, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

2014-Present:                        Member, European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases

 

Journal Reviewers

Pediatrics international (2012,2018,2019,2020,2021)

The Journal of the Japan Pediatric Society (2014,2017,2018)

Preventive Medicine (2021)

Internal Medicine (2020)

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy (2020)

Open Access Emergency Medicine (2020)

The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal (2019)

 

Journal Editors

2019- Present:                       The Journal of the Japan Pediatric Society  

 

 

Publications

 

1. Nakajima N, Matsuda T, Ono T, Murakami H, Tokutake T, Matsumiya C, Tateyama S, Honjo A, Katsuta T, Nakayama T, Kato T. Measles outbreak in a suburb of Tokyo, Japan, in 1998-1999  

Scand J Infect Dis. 2003 Aug;35(8):495-7.

 

2. Katsuta T, Kato H, Kaneko Y, Kaneko M, Misaki Y, Kimura M, Shoji K, Nakao H, Saitoh A. Complete Atrioventricular Block as a Complication of Varicella in Children. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2011May;30(5):445-6

 

3. Saitoh A, Sakamoto S, Fukuda A, Shigeta T, Kakiuchi T, Kamiyama S, Katsuta T, Shoji K, Ogimi C, Kasahara M. Universal Preemptive Therapy for Cytomegalovirus Infections in Children after Live-Donor Liver Transplantation.

Transplantation. 2011Oct;92(8):930-5

 

4. Shoji K, Komuro H, Kobayashi Y, Shike T, Funaki T, Katsuta T, Miyata I and Saitoh A.  An Infant with Human Parechovirus Infection with Distinctive Rash on the Extremities.

Pediatric dermatology, 2014 Mar-Apr;31(2):258-9

 

5. Ogimi C, Shoji K, Katsuta T, Watanabe Y, Saitoh A. Utility of Gram stain of Endotracheal Aspirates on Empiric Therapy in Children with Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia.

Journal of Infection, 2012 Oct;65(4):368-70

 

6. Katsuta T, Shoji K, Watanabe Y, Saitoh A. Treatment of Pyelonephritis Caused by Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Children.

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2013 Apr;32(4):417-9

 

7.   Funaki T, Shoji K, Yotani N, Katsuta T, Miyazaki O, Nosaka S, Masaki H, Saitoh A.

The value of radiographic findings for the progression of pandemic 2009 influenza

A/H1N1 virus infection

BMC Infect Dis. 2013 Nov 4;13(1):516.

 

8． Takeda K, Katsuta T．Augmentation of antitubercular therapy with IFNγ in a

 patient with dominant partial IFNγ receptor 1 deficiency. Clin Immunol. 2014

     Mar;151(1):25-8

 

9.  Katsuta T, Miyaji Y, Offit PA, Feemster KA. Treatment with quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine for juvenile-onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis: Case Report and Review of the Literature. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2017 Nov;24;6(4):380-385.

 

10. Katsuta T, Moser CA, Offit PA, Feemster KA. Japanese physicians' attitudes and intentions regarding human papillomavirus vaccine compared with other adolescent vaccines. Papillomavirus Res. 2019 Jun;7:193-200.

 

11. Shinagawa A, Fumimoto R, Nakamura Y, Katsuta T, Yamamoto H. Human parvovirus B19-associated encephalopathy with hereditary spherocytosis.

Pediatr Int. 2019 Sep;61(9):922-923.

 

12. Glodman RD, Katsuta T, et al. Willingness to Vaccinate Children against Influenza after the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic. 2020 Aug;S0022-3476(20)30987-2.

 

13. Katsuta T, Saitoh A, Offit PA. Comparison of immunization systems in Japan and the United States - What can be learned? Vaccine 2020 Oct;38(46):7401-7408.

 

14. Saitoh A, Saitoh A, Katsuta T, et al. Effect of a vaccine information statement (VIS) on immunization status and parental knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding infant immunization in Japan. Vaccine 2020;38:8049-8054.

 

15. Katsuta T, Shimizu N, Okada K, et al. The clinical characteristics of pediatric coronavirus disease 2019 in 2020 in Japan. Pediatr Int. 2021 Jul 7:10.1111/ped.14912. doi: 10.1111/ped.14912. Epub ahead of print.

 

16. Wong JJM, Abbas Q, Katsuta T, et al. Comparative Analysis of Pediatric COVID-19 Infection in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Japan, and China. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Jun 15;105(2):413–20. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0299. Epub ahead of print.

 

17. Aizawa Y, Katsuta T, Sakiyama H, et al. Changes in childhood vaccination during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in Japan. Vaccine. 2021 Jun 29;39(29):4006-4012. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.05.050. Epub 2021 May 21.

 

 

Selected Abstracts Presented at International Scientific Meetings

 

1. Katsuta T, Sugawara Y, Kato T, Saitoh A

    Bed Control Simulation for Varicella Based on Patient’s Immune Status and Past   

    Medical History.

   The 8^th East Asian Conference on Infection Control and Prevention, Yokohama, Japan, 2009

 

2. Shoji K, Sugawara Y, Knaup E, Adachi S, Yotani N, Funaki T, Katsuta T, Nakagawa  

    S, Saitoh A. A High Admission Rate in School Aged Children with 2009 pandemic  

    influenza A/H1N1 in Japan.

    The 50^th Annual Meeting of Interscience Conference on Antimicrobiral Agent and  

    Chemotherapy, Boston, US, 2010

 

3. Saitoh A, Sakamoto S, Kamiyama S, Fukuda A, Shigeta T, Katsuta T, Shoji K, Ogimi  

    C, Kasahara M. Preemptive Therapy for Cytomegalovirus Infections in Children after

    Live Donor Liver Transplantation.

    The 5^th Asian Congress of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Oral Presentation,  

    Outstanding Researcher Award, Taipei, Taiwan. September, 2010.

 

4. Katsuta T, Shoji K, Kamiyama S, Saitoh A. Treatment of Pyelonephritis with  

    Extended-Spectrum β-Producing Lactamase (ESBL)-Producing Enterobacteiceae in

   Children. The 5^th Asian Congress of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Poster

Presentation, Taipei, Taiwan, September, 2010.

 

5. Funaki T, Shoji K, Yotani N, Katsuta T, Miyazaki O, Nosaka S, Masaki H, Saitoh A.

    Factors Associated with Rapid Disease Progression of Pandemic 2009 Influenza A  

    (H1N1) Virus Infection in Children -Focusing on Initial Chest Radiographic Findings-.

    The 5^th Asian Congress of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Poster Presentation, Taipei,  

    Taiwan, September, 2010.

 

6. Shoji K, Katsuta T, Funaki T, Shigeta T, Fukuda A, Sakamoto S, Kasahara M, Saitoh  

    A. Risk Factors for Developing Bloodstream Infections after Liver Transplantation in

    Children. The 49^th Annual Meeting of Infectious Disease Society of America, Boston, US,  2011

 

7. Katsuta T, Shoji K, Saitoh A. Safety and Efficacy of Postexposure Prophylaxis with  

    High-dose Valacyclovir Against Varicella Exposures in Pediatric Wards.

    The 49^th Annual Meeting of Infectious Disease Society of America, Boston, US,

    2011

 

8. Ogimi C, Shoji K, Katsuta T, Watanabe Y, Saitoh A. Gram Staining of Endotracheal  

    Aspirates is Important to Determine Empiric Antibiotic Therapy in Children with  

    Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia.The 49^th Annual Meeting of Infectious Disease Society  

    of America, Boston, US, 2011

 

9. Saitoh A, Sakamoto N, Kamiyama S, Katsuta T, Shoji K, Funaki T, Saitoh A, Komura

    M, Ishikawa Y. Introduction of Infectious Disease Consultation and an Antimicrobial   

    Stewardship Program Led to Proper Dosing of Antimicrobials: The Results from the  

    National Children’s Hospital of Japan.The 50^th Annual Meeting of Infectious Disease Society of America, San Diego, US, 2012

 

10. Katsuta T, Shoji K, Funaki T, Miyaji Y, Saitoh A. Safety and Effectiveness of  

    Postexposure Prophylaxis with Valacyclovir Against Varicella Exposures in Pediatric

    Wards. The 50^th Annual Meeting of Infectious Disease Society of America, San Diego,  

    US, 2012

 

11. Katsuta T, Moriuchi T, Shinagawa A, Niiya R, Miyaji Y,  Tsuruoka J, and Nakamura

    Y. A Prospective Study of Ethanol Lock Therapy in Children with Catheter-related

    Bloodstream Infection. The 52^th Annual Meeting of Infectious Disease Society of   

    America, Philadelphia, US, 2014

 

12. Katsuta T, Nakamura Y, Moriuchi T, Shinagawa A, Niiya R, Miyaji Y,  Tsuruoka J  

    and Tokutake T. Studies on safety and efficacy of postexposure prophylaxis

    with valacyclovir against varicella exposures in the pediatric wards. 32th Annual  

    Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Dublin, Ireland May 2014.

 

13. Nakamura Y, Moriuchi T, Shinagawa A, Niiya R, Miyaji Y, Tsuruoka J,  Katsuta T,. Efficacy of oral antibiotic therapy for bacteremia due to Streptococcus pneumonia following short course parenteral therapy in children. 32th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Dublin, Ireland, May 2014.

 

14. Shinagawa A, Fumimoto R, Moriuchi T, Shinagawa A, Niiya R, Miyaji Y, and Nakamura Y, Katsuta T. A case of hereditary spherocytosis associated with acute encephalopathy caused by human parvovirus B19. 32th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Leipzig, Germany, May 2015.

 

15. Miyaji Y, Shinagawa A, Fumimoto R, Moriuchi T, Shinagawa A, Niiya R, Nakamura Y, Katsuta T. A report on the use of the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine for the treatment if juvenile-onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis due to human papillomavirus type 11. 32th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Leipzig, Germany, May 2015.

 

16. Nakamura Y, Miyaji Y, Shinagawa A, Fumimoto R, Moriuchi T, Shinagawa A, Niiya R, Katsuta T. Effect of an education on pediatric infectious diseases on diagnosing yersinia enteritis and using appropriate antibiotics tratment for bacterial enteritis. 32th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Leipzig, Germany, May 2015.

 

17. Katsuta T, Nakamura Y, Miyaji Y, Shinagawa A, Fumimoto R, Moriuchi T, Shinagawa A, Niiya R. Efficacy of oral antibiotic therapy for bacteremia due to Streptococcus pneumonia following short course parenteral therapy in children. 32th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Leipzig, Germany, May 2015.

 

18. Katsuta T, Fumimoto R, Moriuchi T, Shinagawa A, Niiya R, Miyaji Y, and Nakamura Y. Short Dwell Time Ethanol Lock Therapy for Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infection in Children. The 53^th Annual Meeting of Infectious Disease Society of America, San Diego, US, Oct 2015.

 

19. Katsuta T, Moser CA, Offit PA, Feemster KA. Perception of Japanese Physicians about Human Papillomavirus Vaccine. The 55^th Annual Meeting of Infectious Disease Society of America, San Diego, US, Oct 2017.

 

20. Miyaji Y, Katsuta T, Fumimoto R, Moriuchi T, Shinagawa A, Niiya R, Nakamura Y.             Bacterial meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae serotype in a patient with inner ear malformation: A case report. 36th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Sweden, Malmo, May 2018.

 

21. Katsuta T, Miyaji Y, Fumimoto R, Moriuchi T, Shinagawa A, Niiya R, Nakamura Y. Safety of re-immunization of pediatric patients with a past history of immune thrombocytopenic purpura. 36th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Sweden, Malmo, May 2018.

 

22. Nakamura Y, Miyaji Y, Fumimoto R, Moriuchi T, Shinagawa A, Niiya R, Katsuta T. Investigation of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from blood cultures in children: impact of implementing matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry. 36th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Sweden, Malmo, May 2018.

 

23. Katsuta T. Role of School Nurses in Adolescent Immunization Program in Japan. 37th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 2019.