Hisashi Tsukada, MD, PhD

Hisashi Tsukada, MD, PhD

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4.809231 average rating from 130 patient reviews

Specialties

Affiliation

Mass General Brigham

Provider Locations

  • Boston, MA

Dr. Hisashi Tsukada is a thoracic surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He is also an assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School.

He received his medical degree and a PhD in medicine from St. Marianna University School of Medicine (Kawasaki, Japan). He then completed a residency in surgery at Mitsui Memorial Hospital (Tokyo). His fellowships include thoracic surgery at St. Marianna University Hospital, thoracic surgery research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Interventional Pulmonology at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center.

Dr. Tsukada specializes in Interventional Thoracic Surgery, and his clinical interests concentrate on aligning his research investigations with disease processes he has observed in patients as a practicing thoracic surgeon for more than ten years in Japan. Dr. Tsukada started his comprehensive airway intervention service at Brigham and Women's Hospital in October 2014. He has expanded the interventional procedures to over 1,000 cases per year. He also successfully launched a robotic bronchoscopy program in 2022 and developed one of the largest thoracic surgery robotic bronchoscopy programs on the East Coast. His work bridges thoracic surgery, interventional pulmonology, and device innovation, with the unifying goal of replacing invasive surgical procedures with safer, more precise, and more efficient minimally invasive approaches that improve patient outcomes. He has authored 30 peer-reviewed publications.

Dr. Tsukada is fluent in Japanese.

Education & Training

  • Fellowship: St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Interventional Pulmonary, 2014
  • Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Research Fellow - Thoracic surgery/ Interventional Pulmonology, 2011
  • Fellowship: St. Marianna University Hospital, General Thoracic Surgery, 1999
  • Residency: Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Surgery, 1995
  • Medical Education: St. Marianna University School of Medicine, 1991

Languages Spoken

  • Japanese
  • English

Age Group Treated

  • Adults

Patient Feedback

4.809231 average rating from 130 reviews

  • Dr. Tsukada and his team were outstanding and I would happily, if and when I need another bronchoscopy, go right back to the same people. They're great. Thank you.

    2026-07-08

  • Dr [redacted] was outstanding. Set up an appointment for a biopsy that very day. Dr. Tsukada was outstanding as well.

    2026-06-27

  • The care provider was excellent and I was very grateful to the care provider for questioning some of my results.

    2026-06-18

  • Yes, Dr. Tsukada is wonderful. This is the second time he's doing a procedure on me and I wouldn't want anybody else to do this procedure. Thank you.

    2026-06-18

  • The whole thoracic complex there is very thorough.

    2026-06-11

  • Very good experience. Great staff no problems.

    2026-06-05

  • I was overall happy with the total experience. [redacted]

    2026-05-20

  • It was a very relaxed and skillful experienced.

    2026-05-14

  • He is a very caring and compassionate physician. Dr. Tsukada has my trust.

    2026-05-13

  • He is very responsive, and undrstands the gravity of the upcoming treatment.

    2026-05-12

  • Excellent skills and professionalism! Top doctor.

    2026-04-30

  • Maybe brief 5 minutes with doctor

    2026-04-29

  • He explained things very well to me, and even though he couldn't do a specific procedure... He is taking care of me. I needed to feel like I mattered. They are waiting till after a PET scan to move forward and he even has me already set up three days after the PET scan to go over the results with me. I feel like he really cared.

    2026-04-27

  • He is the best provider I have seen.

    2026-04-22

  • Very gentle explaining what is going on. 5 stars

    2026-04-15

  • Outstanding, expedient, and hyper-efficient service at every level. Thank you for the world class care.

    2026-03-23

  • It was a very good experience. I appreciate the help that I got there. Thank you.

    2026-03-20

  • My experience was wonderful. I'd like to thank everybody involved with my care. Everybody there from parking the car to the whole procedure, everybody was very polite and I'm very grateful to all of you. Thank you so much.

    2026-03-19

  • I would also like to add that the doctor's physician assistant, a young lady, and I cannot recall her name, was very good and thorough and did a lot of reading up on my history, etc. She was great. And I just wanted to add that so that she gets some credit. She wasn't a nurse, she was a physician's assistant, I believe. Thank you.

    2026-03-12

  • Dr. Tsukada is a very good doctor and was able to drain quite a bit of fluid. The only thing is after the procedure, I was sore and I didn't feel the relief of a lot of fluid coming out.

    2026-02-27

  • Fine

    2026-02-18

  • Hello? My experience was very good at Brigham and Women's. Very nice. Thank you.

    2026-02-11

  • He is new to me but I trust that he is good at what he does & because he works in conjunction w/ Dr [redacted], who I trust. & respect

    2026-02-04

  • Yes, well, I haven't met anybody in person, excuse me, but I've spoken with a couple of different people from the office and everybody was very personable, very helpful, and very informative. Thank you.

    2026-01-01

  • The experience of the doctor that performed my procedure was second to none.

    2025-12-24

  • Dr. Tsukada was a pleasure to meet, and clearly very experienced in thoracantesis. He was thorough in his explanations, everything was painless and quick, and he collected a combined 1250 ml of fluid, making my breathing and life much better. I hope I don't need thoracantesis again, but if I do I know he's doing it.

    2025-12-11

  • Very professional and took care of my issues immediately. Would come back again 100%.

    2025-12-11

  • Yes, even though I pressed some wrong button, but I had some good care and I really appreciate it. I like it from all the nurses and everyone. Thank you.

    2025-12-04

  • Very knowledgeable, friendly offered services for the future when needed. Explained what was happening at each step. Felt very comfortable with him

    2025-11-30

  • I only have gratitude.

    2025-11-19

  • Thank you for taking care of me!

    2025-11-10

  • Doc was amazing, the nurse was amazing.

    2025-11-05

  • This was the first time I met Dr.tsukata but he was confident and the procedure went well.

    2025-11-03

  • Very competent

    2025-11-04

  • The doctor was pleasant, informative, and helpful.

    2025-10-31

  • Dr. Tsukada and his entire team, anesthesiology, his resident, the nurses in the prep area, all of them were excellent. They cared about myself and my wife. They engaged personally and professionally, were very friendly, and answered our questions, and even at times had a good sense of humor about what was going on, which helped us relax.

    2025-10-23

  • My family and I have complete confidence in Dr. Tsukada. He is knowledgeable, calm, and an excellent physician.

    2025-10-09

  • Dr. HISASHI TSUKADA has a special ability to connect with his patient's. He was great, explained the procedure clearly and answered my questions and concerns with empathy and respect. I was so looking forward to meeting him the day of the procedure which was exactly like he described , simple procedure with little or no discomfort. Thank you Dr. TSUKADA And TEAM for all your professionalism, compassion and dedication to your profession. It was a pleasure meeting you all.

    2025-10-02

  • the doctor was Amazing

    2025-09-25

  • It was an amazing experience. Everyone was so so caring and released the tension I was experiencing in the first time surgery. I was so happy to have the best doctor to do my biopsy.

    2025-09-24

  • Good afternoon. Dr. Tsukada, excellent doctor. Very experienced. Very excellent. An excellent doctor. Thank you very much for what he did to me. Very good doctor.

    2025-09-05

  • Overall, exceptional care.

    2025-09-04

  • The doctor worked in conjunction with a physicians assistant. In fact, the physicians assistant explained the procedure fully and answered all of our questions ahead of time which allowed the doctor to focus on the procedure itself.

    2025-08-28

  • I was very impressed by Dr Tsukada, who was already in the room on my arrival. He spoke with me and did some of the preparations before the procedure.

    2025-08-25

  • Very satisfied

    2025-08-21

  • He explained what was happening and made me feel at ease.

    2025-08-21

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