Shunpei Okochi - Surgery | Mount Sinai - New York
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Shunpei Okochi, MD

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About Me

Dr. Shunpei Okochi is currently the Surgical Director of Pediatric Intensive Care for the PICU and is a board-certified pediatric surgeon, at Mount Sinai Hospital Department of Surgery. His academic expertise is in ECMO, surgical critical care, congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), and minimally invasive surgery. Dr. Okochi also has academic interests in abdominal and chest wall deformities, neonatal surgery, and solid tumors. He is also interested in research and is currently working on outcome research in ECMO and surgical critical care as well as CDH.

Dr. Okochi received his medical degree and completed his surgical internship at Downstate College of Medicine and completed his general surgery residency at Columbia University in 2020. In 2017, he completed his ECMO fellowship at Columbia University; in 2022, he completed his fellowship in pediatric surgery at the Rady Children’s Hospital at the University of California San Diego; and in 2023, he completed his fellowship in Surgical Critical Care fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Okochi is passionate about providing excellent care to children and their families. He is currently a member of the American Pediatric Surgical Association. Additionally, Dr. Okochi currently holds positions on the APSA Critical Care Committee, the Society for Critical Care Medicine Committee, and the International Pediatric Endosurgery Group Committee.

Language
English
Position
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Surgery
Hospital Affiliations
  • Mount Sinai Beth Israel
  • Mount Sinai Morningside
  • The Derfner Foundation Ambulatory Surgery Center
  • Mount Sinai Brooklyn
  • Mount Sinai Queens
  • The Mount Sinai Hospital
  • New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
  • Mount Sinai West

Clinical Focus

  • Hernia Repair
  • Laparoscopic Hernia Repair
  • Minimally Invasive Surgery

Education

MD, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University - College of Medicine
Residency, General Surgery & Cardiothoracic Surgery

SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Residency, General Surgery & Cardiothoracic Surgery

New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University

Fellowship, Extracorporeal Life Support

New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University

Fellowship, Pediatric Surgery

Rady Children's Hospital of San Diego

Fellowship, Pediatric Surgical Critical Care

Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh/UPMC Health System Main Campus

Certifications

American Board of Surgery
Am Board of Surgery (Sub: General Vascular Surg)

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  • Physician Office5 East 98th Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY, 10029
    Down Arrow

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Industry Relationships

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