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Iki Adachi

Adachi

Iki Adachi, M.D.

Associate Professor of Surgery

(832) 826-1929

Positions

Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Congenital Heart Surgery
ÌÇÐÄÊÓÆµ of Medicine
Houston, TX, US
Clayton Endowed Chair in Cardiac Transplant and Mechanical Support
Texas Children's Hospital
Co-Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support
Texas Children's Hospital
Co-Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support
Surgical Director, Heart Transplant
Texas Children's Hospital

Addresses

Texas Children's West Tower (Clinic)
6621 Fannin Street
20th Floor
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 826-2030

Education

M.D. from Osaka Bioscience Institute, Japan
01/2000 - Osaka, Japan
Advanced Training from National Cardiovascular Center
01/2006 - Osaka, Japan
Advanced Training from Osaka University Hospital, Japan
01/2001 - Osaka, Japan

Professional Interests

  • Congenital Heart Surgery
  • Patent ductus arteriosus
  • Aortic valve stenosis
  • Atrial septal defect and ventricular septal defect
  • Aortic arch advancement
  • Aortic valve stenosis repair
  • Arterial switch
  • Atrial septal defect and ventricular septal defect closures
  • Atrioventricular canal defect repair
  • Blalock-Taussig shunt
  • Coarctation of the aorta repair
  • Double-switch procedures

Professional Statement

Dr. Adachi has written extensively regarding surgical, morphological, and physiological aspects of congenitally malformed hearts. His clinical and research interests also include pediatric heart failure and mechanical circulatory support including ventricular assist device and total artificial heart. He is also studying cardiac cellular and sub cellular differentiation prior to and following application of mechanical assistance. He also has an interest in pediatric lung transplantation. For better preservation of donor lungs, he seeks to develop a pediatric-specific lung preservation device, called lung perfusion system for deployment in the lung transplant program at Texas Children's, which is the largest in the world.

Websites

Texas Children's Congenital Heart Surgery

Selected Publications

  • Adachi I, Fraser CD. " " Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Sur. 2011 ; 14 (1) : 38-44.
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  • Adachi I, Sugioka Y, Tabuchi K, Yamamoto K, Tatsu Y, Saika Y, Nishigaki H, Matsui R, Sueyoshi K, Narabayashi I. " " Kaku Igaku. 1994 Dec ; 31 (12) : 1453-63.
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  • Naito Y, Adachi I. " " Nihon Geka Gakkai Zasshi. 2013 Mar ; 114 (2) : 117-9.
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  • Adachi I, Krishnamurthy R, Morales DL. " " J. Vasc. Surg.. 2011 Oct ; 54 (4) : 1151-3.
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