AkiraAndrewShishidoMDFACP

Transplant/Immunocompromised States, International Health, Travel & Tropical

Assistant Professor of Medicine

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Richmond, VA 23298
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Dr. Akira Shishido is an Assistant Professor of Medicine for the Virginia Commonwealth University Division of Infectious Diseases in Richmond, VA. He received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and trained in medicine at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. After several years practicing operational medicine in the army with time spent in Honduras, Germany, Thailand, Kuwait, Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, he trained in Infectious Diseases at University of Maryland Medical Center. He specializes in Travel Medicine, Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biodefense.

PubMed

27 citations
Clinical impact of a metagenomic microbial plasma cell-free DNA next-generation sequencing assay on treatment decisions: a single-center retrospective study.
Akira A Shishido, Myint Noe, Kapil Saharia, Paul Luethy
BMC Infectious Diseases. 2022-04-13
134 citations
Pectin activation of MAP kinase and gene expression is WAK2 dependent
Bruce D. Kohorn, Susan L. Johansen, Akira Shishido, Tanya Todorova, Rhysly Martinez
The Plant Journal. 2009-12-01
17 citations
Overview of COVID-19-Associated Invasive Fungal Infection.
Akira A Shishido, Minu Mathew, John W Baddley
Current Fungal Infection Reports. 2022-01-01

VCU Medical Center Lowers Barriers to Access Monkeypox TreatmentAugust 22nd, 2022
Data Limitations Are Making It Harder to Detect When COVID-19 Is Surging in VirginiaAugust 5th, 2022