Kazuhiko Kido, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCCP

Clinical Assistant Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Pharmacy

Department:

Clinical Pharmacy

Classification:

Clinical Faculty

• PharmD, The University of Iowa College of Pharmacy, 2013
• MS, Keio University Faculty of Pharmacy, 2009
• BS, Kyoritsu College of Pharmacy, 2007

Selected Publications

Kido K, Shimizu M, Shiga T, Hashiguchi M. Meta-analysis comparing direct oral anticoagulants versus warfarin in morbidly obese patients with atrial fibrillation. Am J Cardiol. 2020. April 8. [Epub ahead of print].

Kido K, Lee JC, Hellwig T, Gulseth MP. Direct oral anticoagulants in the morbidly obese. Pharmacotherapy. Accepted in Nov. 2019.

Kido K, Coons JC. Efficacy and safety of pulmonary arterial hypertension medications in patients with pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease. Pharmacotherapy. Accepted in July 2019. 

Kido K, Shimizu M, Hashiguchi M. Comparing torsemide versus furosemide in patients with heart failure: A meta-analysis. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2019;59:432-438. 

Kido K, Oyen AA, Beckmann MA, Brouse SD. Musculoskeletal Toxicities of Patients Receiving Concomitant Statin and Daptomycin Therapy: Do statins need to be held while on daptomycin? Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2019;76:206-210.   

Kido K, Ngorsuraches S. Comparing the efficacy and safety of direct oral anticoagulants with warfarin in the morbidly obese population with atrial fibrillation. Ann Pharmacother. 2019;53:165-170.

Kido K, Guglin M. Anticoagulation therapy in specific cardiomyopathies: Isolated left ventricular noncompaction and peripartum cardiomyopathy. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther. 2019;24:31-36. 

Kido K, Ball J. Optimal intensity of warfarin therapy in patients with mechanical aortic valves. J Pharm Pract. 2019;32:93-98.  

Kido K, Scalese MJ. Management of oral anticoagulation therapy after gastrointestinal bleeding: whether to, when to, and how to restart an anticoagulation therapy. Ann Pharmacother. 2017;51:1000-1007.

Kido K, Noyes E, Gutnik L. Successful use of rivaroxaban in inferior vena cava thrombosis provoked by multiple traumatic injuries and surgeries: A case report. J Clin Pharm Ther. 2017;42:631-633.

Kido K, George B, Charnigo RJ, Macaulay TE, Brouse SD, Guglin M. Chronological changes and correlates of loop diuretic dose in left ventricular assist device patients. ASAIO J. 2017;63:774-780.

Kido K, Evans RA, Gopinath A, Flynn JD. Severe hypertriglyceridemia induced by sirolimus treated with medical management without plasmapheresis. J Pharm Pract. 2018;31:104-106.

Noel ZR, Kido K, Macaulay TE. Selexipag for the treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2017;74:1135-1141.

Kido K, Guglin M. Drug-induced Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther. 2017;22:552-563.

Kido K, Adams VR, Morehead RS, Flannery AH. Capecitabine induced ventricular fibrillation arrest: possible Kounis syndrome. J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2016;22:335-40.

Kido K, Brouse SD, Macaulay TE, Charnigo RJ, Anaya P. Dose related patterns of ventricular arrhythmia due to carvedilol withdrawal in patients with systolic heart failure. Curr Drug Saf. 2015;10:227-33

Dr. Kido is currently a clinical assistant professor of clinical pharmacy at West Virginia University School of Pharmacy. Prior to the current position, he was a faculty at the South Dakota State University College of Pharmacy Allied Health Professions for four years. Dr. Kido graduated from University of Iowa College of Pharmacy in 2013 and completed PGY 1 pharmacy practice residency and PGY 2 cardiology pharmacy residency in University of Kentucky HealthCare. He also received his Master of Science Degree from Keio University and Bachelor of Science Degree from Kyoritsu College of Pharmacy in Japan.

Dr. Kido is a cardiology clinical pharmacy specialist in the WVU outpatient heart failure clinic and on the WVU inpatient heart failure service. His practice interests are diuretic therapy optimization, anticoagulation therapy, and pulmonary arterial hypertension therapy management.

His main teaching responsibilities include therapeutic lectures in cardiology and pulmonary courses and precepting fourth year pharmacy students for APPE rotations. His teaching interests include inter-professional education, and international pharmacy education, and simulation in pharmacy education. His areas of research interests include anticoagulation, heart failure, and pulmonary hypertension. Dr. Kido published multiple original research articles and review articles in peer-reviewed journals.

Dr. Kido is an active member in the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and American Society of Health-System Pharmacist. He currently serves as committee members for multiple national pharmacy associations.