Kiyotaka Fukamachi

Kiyotaka Fukamachi, MD, PhD, is a cardiovascular surgeon by training and has been working full-time in research since joining Cleveland Clinic in 1990. He is Director of the Cardiovascular Dynamics Lab and Section Head of Biomechanical Devices in the Cleveland Clinic Department of Biomedical Engineering. He is also a Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Molecular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. Dr....See more

Kiyotaka Fukamachi, MD, PhD, is a cardiovascular surgeon by training and has been working full-time in research since joining Cleveland Clinic in 1990. He is Director of the Cardiovascular Dynamics Lab and Section Head of Biomechanical Devices in the Cleveland Clinic Department of Biomedical Engineering. He is also a Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Molecular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Fukamachi has extensive experience in the development and evaluation of mechanical circulatory support devices such as the Cleveland Clinic-Nimbus total artificial heart (TAH), CorAideTM left ventricular assist device (LVAD), MagScrew TAH and LVAD, PediPumpTM pediatric circulatory assist device, DexAide right ventricular assist device (RVAD), continuous-flow TAH (CFTAH), and the pediatric version of the CFTAH (P-CFTAH). He has also been involved in simple cardiac devices such as the Coapsys® and the Gillinov/Cosgrove AtriCure AtriClip. Over the course of his career, he has accumulated nearly 300 scientific publications, 254 abstracts, and 330 presentations. See less