Ryosuke Osawa, MDRyosuke Osawa, MD
Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor
Buffalo General Medical Center
100 High Street, B-8
Buffalo, NY 14203
Phone: (716) 859-7224
Email: ryosukeo@buffalo.edu

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OFFICE LOCATIONS

Buffalo General Hospital
100 High Street
Buffalo, NY 14203

Phone: 716-859-2175
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Insurance Accepted
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of WNY Inc
Fidelis
GHI
Independent Health Association (HMO)
Magnacare
Medicaid
Medicare
Railroad Medicare
Univera Health Care (HMO)


DESCRIPTION OF INTERESTS

My clinical expertise is in the management of infections in patients who have undergone solid organ transplant or hematopoietic stem cell transplant. These patients require a dedicated diagnostic and treatment approach, as they are severely immunocompromised due to medications they receive to prevent organ rejection and are susceptible to a large number of pathogens (bacteria, fungi, parasites, viruses) that should not cause infections in healthy individuals. I also treat infections in immunocompromised patients secondary to cancer, chemotherapy, and medications (steroids, biologics, etc).

I provide consultation for inpatients in Buffalo General Medical Center (BGMC) and Roswell Park Cancer Institute, usually as a result of a referral from a primary care physician, but I also see patients referred from specialty services such as general surgery for surgical site infections, orthopedics for joint infections, cardiothoracic surgery for pacemaker infections, etc.

In my clinic at BGMC, I evaluate and treat patients with a variety of infections, as follow-up from recent hospitalizations and a referral from a primary care physician.

I enjoy teaching medical students, residents, and fellows in inpatient consultation service and lectures in BGMC and Roswell. I see patients with residents and fellows, and we discuss their cases.

My research focuses on screening and management of infections as well as its cost-effective analysis in transplant recipients. Information obtained from my research will be used to help prevent these serious infections.


SPECIALTIES

Infectious Diseases


LANGUAGE SKILLS

Japanese


LICENSE AND CERTIFICATION

Board Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, 2009
Board Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2006


EDUCATION

2010 MS, Clinical Research
University of Pittsburgh
2010 Fellowship, Transplant Infectious Disease
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
2009 Fellowship, Infectious Disease
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
2007 Residency, Internal Medicine, Chief Residency
Beth Israel Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
2006 Residency, Internal Medicine
Beth Israel Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
2001 MD, Medicine
University of Tokyo


PUBLICATIONS

Osawa R, Williams KL, Singh N; The inflammasome regulatory pathway and infections: role in pathophysiology and clinical implications.; J Infect; 2011 Feb; 62(2); 119-129
Osawa R, Alexander BD, Forrest GN, Lyon GM, Somani J, del Busto R, Pruett TL, Sifri CD, Limaye AP, Klintmalm GB, Pursell K, Stosor V, Morris MI, Dowdy LA, Kalil AC, Garcia-Diaz J, Orloff SL, Houston SH, Wray D, Huprikar S, Johnson LB, Razonable RR, Fisher RA, Wagener MM, Husain S, Singh N; Geographic differences in disease expression of cryptococcosis in solid organ transplant recipients in the United States.; Ann Transplant; 2010 Dec; 15(4); 77-83
Osawa R, Singh N; Colitis as a manifestation of infliximab-associated disseminated cryptococcosis.; Int J Infect Dis; 2010 May; 14(5); 436-440
Osawa R, Alexander BD, Lortholary O, Dromer F, Forrest GN, Lyon GM, Somani J, Gupta KL, Del Busto R, Pruett TL, Sifri CD, Limaye AP, John GT, Klintmalm GB, Pursell K, Stosor V, Morris MI, Dowdy LA, Muņoz P, Kalil AC, Garcia-Diaz J, Orloff S, House AA, Houston S, Wray D, Huprikar S, Johnson LB, Humar A, Razonable RR, Fisher RA, Husain S, Wagener MM, Singh N; Identifying predictors of central nervous system disease in solid organ transplant recipients with cryptococcosis.; Transplantation; 2010 Jan; 89(1); 69-74
Osawa R, Singh N; Cytomegalovirus infection in critically ill patients: a systematic review.; Crit Care; 2009 May; 13(3); 68-68
Osawa R, Kaka AS; Maculopapular rash induced by oral vancomycin.; Clin Infect Dis; 2008 Sep; 47(6); 860-861
Osawa R, Andraws R; Telithromycin in acute exacerbations of asthma.; N Engl J Med; 2006 Jul; 355(1); 97-98


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