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Office
6410 Fannin St
Ste 450
Houston, TX 77030Phone+1 713-500-5304Fax+1 713-500-5484
Education & Training
- Texas Heart Institute/Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1981 - 1983
- Baylor College of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 1977 - 1981
- University of Baghdad College of MedicineClass of 1970
Certifications & Licensure
- TX State Medical License 1981 - 2026
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
- Top Doctors:SE Texas Castle Connolly, 2013
- Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
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Clinical Trials
- PAIN - Postoperative Analgesia INvestigation Start of enrollment: 2013 Nov 20
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Routine intercostal artery reattachment strategy reduces delayed and permanent spinal cord injury after open descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm r...Akiko Tanaka, Harleen K Sandhu, Hung Nguyen, Alexander Mills, Kelsie Kiser
JTCVS Techniques. 2024-10-01 - Open Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair.Akiko Tanaka, Hazim J Safi, Anthony L Estrera
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2024-08-22 - Management of aortoesophageal fistula primarily using esophageal preservation.Alexander Mills, Akiko Tanaka, Ashley Dawson, Robert Hetz, Holly Smith
JTCVS Open. 2024-06-01
Journal Articles
- Regional Artery Specific Thresholds of Quantitative Myocardial Perfusion by PET Associated with Reduced MI and Death After Revascularization in Stable CADMohammad Madjid, Igor Gregoric, Richard W Smalling, Nils P Johnson, Monica B Patel, Salman Arain, David McPherson, Pranav Loyalka, Hazim Safi, Anthony Estrera, Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Press Mentions
- How UTHealth Houston Is Improving Health Outcomes for Cardiovascular DiseaseFebruary 14th, 2023
- The US-Based Indian Doctor Behind the Disputed Covid-19 DataJuly 27th, 2020
- UTHealth Researchers Identify Genes Tied to Sudden Thoracic Aortic DissectionsSeptember 19th, 2016
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