Shunichi Homma, MD
Overview
Dr. Homma is the Margaret Milliken Hatch Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center, where he serves as the Deputy Chief of Cardiology Division, and the Director of Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging. For NewYork Quality Care, the ACO of NYPH/Columbia/Weill-Cornell, Dr. Homma is the Chief Medical Officer at Columbia University. He also is the Chief Medical Officer of CUMC's ColumbiaDoctors faculty practice organization.
Dr. Homma is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed internal medicine residency at the Montefiore Medical Center, and cardiology fellowships at Massachusetts General Hospital and Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. Dr. Homma is a founding board member of AHA Heritage affiliate and has served on the board of other organizations including American Society of Echocardiography where he headed up International Relations Committee. He serves or has served on various practice guideline committees including those for American Academy of Neurology, American Society of Echocardiography and European Heart Failure Society. Dr. Homma holds professorships at Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tohoku University, and Kansai Medical University.
He is credited with publishing more than 300 full-length manuscripts and has been continuously funded by NIH since 1989. His research interests center around echocardiographically detected embolic risk factors and treatment strategies for these findings.
Dr. Homma has published extensively on such risk factors as PFO, aortic plaque and low cardiac ejection fraction. Most recently, he has been the Clinical PI for NIH-funded Warfarin Aspirin Reduced Cardiac Ejection Fraction Study (WARCEF), an 11-country, 168-center clinical trial to compare warfarin and aspirin in patients with reduced LVEF in sinus rhythm.
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Advanced Cardiac Imaging
- Cardiovascular Stress Testing
- Echocardiography
- Transesophageal Echocardiography
Academic Appointments
- Margaret Milliken Hatch Professor of Medicine (in Biomedical Engineering) at CUMC
Administrative Titles
- Deputy Chief, Division of Cardiology
- Chief Medical Officer, Columbia Site, NewYork Quality Care (ACO of NYPH, Columbia and Weill-Cornell)
- Chief Medical Officer, ColumbiaDoctors
- Director, Noninvasive CV Imaging
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Languages
- Japanese
Gender
- Male
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Insurance Accepted
Aetna
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- EPO
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- NYP Employee Plan
- NY Signature
- POS
- PPO
- Student Health
Affinity Health Plan
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
AgeWell
- Medicare Managed Care
- Special Needs
Amida Care
- Special Needs
Cigna
- EPO
- Great West (National)
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
Emblem/GHI
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Emblem/HIP
- ConnectiCare
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- EPO
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
Fidelis Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Healthfirst
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Leaf (Exchange)
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Local 1199
- Local 1199
MagnaCare (National)
- MagnaCare
Medicare
- Railroad
- Traditional Medicare
Multiplan
- Multiplan
MVP Health Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
Oxford Health Plans
- Freedom
- Liberty
Quality Health Management
- Quality Health Management
RiverSpring
- Special Needs
UnitedHealthcare
- Columbia University Employee Plan
- Compass (Exchange)
- Empire Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
VNSNY CHOICE
- Medicare Managed Care
- SelectHealth
- Special Needs
WellCare
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
World Trade Center Health Plan
- World Trade Center Health Plan
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- MHCDS, Master of Health Care Delivery Science , Dartmouth College
- MD, 1981 Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Yeshiva University
- Internship: Montefiore Medical Center
- Residency: Montefiore Medical Center
- Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship: 1988 NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine
- Cardiovascular Disease
Honors & Awards
2004-Present, Visiting Professor of Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
2013-Present, Visiting Professor of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
2013-2015, Provost Leadership Fellowship, Columbia University, New York
2015, Visiting Professor of Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Hirakata, Japan
Research
For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov