Dr. Yamada graduated from Northwestern University Medical School. After internship and residency at Emory University, he completed his cardiology fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Moving to Sarasota where he joined Heart Specialists in 2001, he has served as Chairman of the Cardiovascular Quality Review Committee, Chairman of the Cardiology Privileging Committee, and Cardiology Department Chief, all at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. Dr. Yamada is Board Certified in Cardiovascular Diseases and Nuclear Cardiology, and specializes in invasive diagnostic coronary angiography as well as all aspects of non-invasive cardiology. In addition, Dr. Yamada became one of the first physicians worldwide to become Board Certified in Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (Cardiovascular CT) in 2008. He resides in Sarasota with his wife and two children.