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Clara So, MD

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Title(s)Postdoctoral Scholar, Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
PronounsShe/Her/Hers
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0001-7802-07 Additional info
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    Collapse education and training
    Johns Hopkins UniversityMPH2025Epidemiology and Biostatistics
    The Jikei University School of MedicineMD2016Medicine
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    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health2025Dean’s Scholar
    The Japanese Respiratory Society2024American Thoracic Society Scholarship
    St. Luke’s International Hospital2024Best Teacher Award
    Japanese Society of Internal Medicine2023Attending Doctor Award
    Respirology Case Reports 2020Top Downloaded / Top Cited Article Award
    St. Luke’s International Hospital2018Best Resident Summary Award

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    1. Impact of Living Place on the Prognosis of Aspiration Pneumonia in Elderly Patients: A Retrospective Study in Tokyo. Cureus. 2025 Dec; 17(12):e98407. Shimazu Y, So C, Jinta T, Nakamura T, Okafuji K, Kitamura A, Tomishima Y, Nishimura N. PMID: 41487712; PMCID: PMC12759009.
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    2. Risk Factors for the Failure of Non-surgical Treatment in Pneumothorax. Cureus. 2025 Nov; 17(11):e97132. Nakano W, Nakamura T, Kitamura A, So C, Ro S, Imai R, Okafuji K, Tomishima Y, Jinta T, Nishimura N. PMID: 41426743; PMCID: PMC12712738.
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    3. Clinical outcomes, safety, and potential prognostic factors of noninvasive respiratory support in patients with COVID-19: A Japanese multicenter observational study. Respir Investig. 2025 Sep; 63(5):794-799. Ito J, Yokoyama T, Tanaka A, Seo R, Tomii K, So C, Izumi S, Kozu Y, Chin K, Gon Y, Nishimura N, Sasano H, Yamamoto K, Takeshita Y, Hamada E, Yamauchi M, Kitamura T, Fujino Y, Kondoh Y. PMID: 40591993.
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    4. Plexiform Neurofibroma Incidentally Detected by Chest X-ray. Intern Med. 2026 Jan 15; 65(2):349-350. Nishihara M, So C, Kuramochi D, Jinta T. PMID: 40533236; PMCID: PMC12900605.
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    5. Exploring the Potential of ChatGPT for the Summarization of Patient Medical Histories: A Pilot Study. Cureus. 2025 May; 17(5):e84133. Karino M, So C, Jinta T, Tanaka M, Nakamura T, Okafuji K, Kitamura A, Tomishima Y, Nishimura N. PMID: 40525027; PMCID: PMC12168705.
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    6. Prognosis of Equivocal Interstitial Lung Abnormalities in a Health Check-up Population. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2025 Mar; 22(3):387-394. Imai R, Tomishima Y, Nakamura T, Yamada D, Ro S, So C, Okafuji K, Kitamura A, Nishimura N, Jinta T. PMID: 39531620.
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    7. Differences in Tolerability of Antifibrotic Agents Between Connective Tissue Disease-Associated and Non-connective Tissue Disease-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease. Cureus. 2025 Feb; 17(2):e78750. Nakamura T, Jinta T, Kitamura A, Tanaka M, So C, Ro S, Imai R, Okafuji K, Tomishima Y, Nishimura N. PMID: 40070627; PMCID: PMC11896007.
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    8. Pulmonary Sclerosing Pneumocytoma: A Case Revealed During 8-year of Follow-up with CT Imaging. Intern Med. 2025 Mar 15; 64(6):893-897. Nishihara M, Imai R, Ushigusa T, Nakamura T, So C, Okafuji K, Kitamura A, Kojima F, Tomishima Y, Jinta T, Nishimura N, Bando T. PMID: 39111888; PMCID: PMC11986300.
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    9. Recurrent Syncope Due to a Giant Hepatic Cyst. Intern Med. 2025 Jan 15; 64(2):313-314. Ueda R, So C, Okafuji K, Jinta T. PMID: 38811221; PMCID: PMC11802226.
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    10. Successful thoracoscopic operative approach for refractory pneumothorax in interstitial lung disease under local anaesthesia. Respirol Case Rep. 2024 Mar; 12(3):e01331. Yamanaka S, So C, Nishimura N, Nakamura T, Kabemura S, Kumagai R, Okafuji K, Kitamura A, Kojima F, Tomishima Y, Jinta T, Bando T. PMID: 38528945; PMCID: PMC10963132.
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    11. Identifying factors causing failure of nodal staging by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in non-small cell lung cancer. Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2023 Nov 30; 12(11):2169-2180. So C, Matsumoto Y, Imabayashi T, Uchimura K, Ohe Y, Furuse H, Tsuchida T. PMID: 38090520; PMCID: PMC10713267.
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    12. Identification of a TP53 Mutation in a Patient With Li-Fraumeni Syndrome and Not Meeting the Revised Chompret Criteria: A Case Report. Cureus. 2023 Jun; 15(6):e40025. Iwasaki M, So C, Jinta T. PMID: 37425585; PMCID: PMC10323706.
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    13. Investigating Viral Involvement in Immunocompromised Patients Using Comprehensive Infectious Disease Testing Including FilmArray Respiratory Panel 2.1 on Bronchoscopy: A Retrospective Study. Cureus. 2023 May; 15(5):e38820. Nakamura T, Imai R, Kitamura A, So C, Ro S, Okafuji K, Tomishima Y, Jinta T, Nishimura N. PMID: 37303378; PMCID: PMC10256251.
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    14. Cavitary lung metastases of mixed metaplastic breast cancer mimicking aspergilloma. Thorac Cancer. 2023 May; 14(15):1408-1410. So C, Ushigusa T, Jinta T. PMID: 37035863; PMCID: PMC10212653.
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    15. Feasibility of Modified Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Intranodal Forceps Biopsy: A Retrospective Analysis. Respiration. 2023; 102(2):143-153. Konno-Yamamoto A, Matsumoto Y, Imabayashi T, Tanaka M, Uchimura K, Nakagomi T, Yanase K, So C, Ohe Y, Tsuchida T. PMID: 36543151.
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    16. Unexpected Complications 25 Years after Coil Embolization for Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula. Intern Med. 2023 May 15; 62(10):1521-1525. So C, Suzuki M, Iwaki Y, Sugiura Y, Suzuki Y, Terayama Y, Iikura M, Izumi S, Hojo M, Sugiyama H. PMID: 36198600; PMCID: PMC10258102.
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    17. Elevated plasma levels of Krebs von den Lungen-6 and geographic appearance on high-resolution computed tomography are associated with diffuse alveolar damage in autopsy cases of acute respiratory distress syndrome: a retrospective study. BMC Pulm Med. 2022 Aug 11; 22(1):308. Imai R, Yamada D, Tomishima Y, Nakamura T, So C, Ro S, Okafuji K, Kitamura A, Jinta T, Nishimura N. PMID: 35953795; PMCID: PMC9367020.
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    18. COVID-19 mRNA vaccine-related interstitial lung disease: Two case reports and literature review. Respirol Case Rep. 2022 Apr; 10(4):e0938. So C, Izumi S, Ishida A, Hirakawa R, Kusaba Y, Hashimoto M, Ishii S, Miyazaki H, Iikura M, Hojo M. PMID: 35355663; PMCID: PMC8942814.
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    19. Melting cheese-like appearance in the bronchi: Aspergillus tracheobronchitis. QJM. 2022 Mar 22; 115(3):173-174. So C, Izumi S, Kusaba Y. PMID: 35135007.
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    20. Rapidly progressing metastatic malignant melanoma mimicking primary pleural tumor: A case report. Thorac Cancer. 2022 May; 13(9):1423-1426. So C, Yoshida T, Mizuno T, Yatabe Y, Ohe Y. PMID: 35315237; PMCID: PMC9058309.
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    21. Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis. QJM. 2021 Oct 07; 114(6):415. So C, Jinta T. PMID: 33486530.
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    22. Identification of patients with COVID-19 who are optimal for methylprednisolone pulse therapy. Multidiscip Respir Med. 2021 Jan 15; 16(1):781. Ro S, Nishimura N, Imai R, Tomishima Y, So C, Murakami M, Okafuji K, Kitamura A, Jinta T, Tamura T. PMID: 34322232; PMCID: PMC8273631.
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    23. Improvement of COVID-19 with renal failure and paralytic ileus by using steroids. Respirol Case Rep. 2021 Jan; 9(1):e00689. Kitamura A, So C, Jinta T. PMID: 33282314; PMCID: PMC7700917.
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    24. High-dose, short-term corticosteroids for ARDS caused by COVID-19: a case series. Respirol Case Rep. 2020 Aug; 8(6):e00596. So C, Ro S, Murakami M, Imai R, Jinta T. PMID: 32514354; PMCID: PMC7273438.
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    25. Bilateral Pleuritis as the Initial Symptom of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case Series and Literature Review. Intern Med. 2019 Jun 01; 58(11):1617-1620. So C, Imai R, Tomishima Y, Nishimura N. PMID: 30713311; PMCID: PMC6599940.
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