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Kiyotaka Fukamachi, M.D., Ph.D.StaffSection Head, Biomedical DevicesDepartment of Biomedical Engineering (ND20) Professor Professor 9500 Euclid Avenue |
Area of general research interest:
Dr. Fukamachi is interested in various surgical treatments for heart failure, including mechanical circulatory support devices, simple passive devices, and other novel surgical interventions.
Current programs:
- DexAide right ventricular assist system.
- Mitral annular remodeling to treat mitral regurgitation
- Adjustable inflow cannula for VADs
- Mitral Touch to treat mitral regurgitation
- Mitral Spacer to treat mitral regurgitation (Lars Svensson, M.D.)
- Continuous wireless ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
- Novel biomimetic coating for circulatory devices.
- Cleveland Heart LVAD and continuous-flow total artificial heart (Leonard A.R. Golding, M.D.)
- PediPump™ pediatric VAD (Brian Duncan, M.D.)
- Left atrial appendage occlusion device (A. Marc Gillinov, M.D.)
- Cardioscope (Tomislav Mihaljevic, M.D.)
- Chest drainage system (A. Marc Gillinov, M.D.)
- Heart transplant rejection detection device (James B. Young, M.D.)
Personnel:
- Kiyotaka Fukamachi, M.D., Ph.D.
- Tohru Takaseya, M.D., Ph.D.
- Akira Shiose, M.D., Ph.D.
- Hyun-Il Kim, M.D.
- Mariko Kobayashi, MD
- Masako Fujiki, M.D.
- Alex Massiello, M.E. B.M.E.
- Nicole Mielke, B.S.
- Larry D. Kramer, Jr.
- Ray Dessoffy, A.A.
Collaborators:
- Leonard A. R. Golding, M.D., Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic
- William A. Smith, D.Eng., Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic
- Nicholas G. Smedira, M.D., Dept. of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic
- Jose Navia, M.D., Dept. of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic
- A. Marc Gillinov, M.D., Dept. of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic
- Tomislav Mihaljevic, M.D., Dept. of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic
- Lars Svensson, M.D., Ph.D., Dept. of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic
- James B. Young, M.D., Dept of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
- Randall C. Starling, M.D., Dept. of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
- James D. Thomas, M.D., Dept. of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
- Samir Kapadia, M.D., Dept. of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
- Mark Luciano, M.D., Ph.D., Dept. of Neurological Surgery, Cleveland Clinic
- Patrick M. McCarthy, M.D., Northwestern Memorial Cardiovascular Institute
- Michael Banbury, M.D., Christiana Care Health System
- Roger E. Marchant, Ph.D., Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, CWRU
The Cardiovascular Dynamics Laboratory is operated under the Department of Biomedical Engineering by Kiyotaka Fukamachi, MD, PhD. The primary research interest of the Cardiovascular Dynamics Lab is cardiovascular physiology with major emphasis on cardiovascular dynamics relating to cardiac devices and surgical interventions to treat heart failure. Some of the research strengths within the Lab are: 1) extensive experience in animal experiments using cardiac devices including total artificial hearts and left ventricular assist devices, 2) established methodology to evaluate cardiac performance based on the ventricular time-varying elastance concept, 3) extensive experience in creating heart failure models, and 4) close collaboration with the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine. The Cardiovascular Dynamics Laboratory supports the research efforts of the Kaufman Center for Heart Failure, co-directed by James B. Young, MD (Cardiovascular Medicine), Nicholas G. Smedira, MD (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery), and Randall C. Starling, MD (Cardiovascular Medicine).