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Anthony Azakie, M.D.

Surgical director of Pediatric Heart Center

Dr. Anthony Azakie is surgical director of the UCSF Pediatric Heart Center and chief of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery. He specializes in neonatal and pediatric heart surgery and treats a variety of congenital heart defects in collaboration with the echocardiography service, catheterization lab, electrophysiology program and pediatric cardiac intensive care unit. Azakie also is surgical director for the Adult Congential Heart Program where he focuses on surgery for adults with treated and untreated congenital heart defects. Azakie is an associate professor in residence in Cardiothoracic Surgery. His research focuses on finding advances in pediatric heart surgery.

Azakie completed a medical degree at McGill University School of Medicine in Montreal, a residency in surgery at UCSF and residencies in cardiovascular surgery and pediatric cardiac surgery at the University of Toronto Hospital. He completed a fellowship at University of Toronto Hospital for Sick Children in Congenital Heart Surgery.

Conditions & Treatments

Clinics

Cardiovascular Genetics Program
400 Parnassus Avenue, Plaza Level, Room 94
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 476-5354
Fax: (415) 476-5355

Hours: Monday
noon – 4 p.m

Congenital Heart Disease Clinic
535 Mission Bay Blvd. South
San Francisco, CA 94158
Phone: (415) 353-2873
Fax: (415) 353-8687

Hours: Monday and Tuesday
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Thursday
1 – 4:30 p.m.

More about Anthony Azakie

Additional Languages

French

Education

McGill University School of Medicine 1991

Residencies

UCSF Medical Center, Surgery 1999
University of Toronto Hospital, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery 2001
University of Toronto Hospital, Cardiovascular Surgey 2001

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Lowenthal A, Kipps AK, Brook MM, Meadows J, Azakie A, Moon-Grady AJ. Prenatal diagnosis of atrial restriction in hypoplastic left heart syndrome is associated with decreased 2-year survival. Prenat Diagn. 2012 May; 32(5):485-90.
  2. Anagnostopoulos PV, Johnson NC, Robertson L, Sapru A, Azakie A. Surgical management of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. J Card Surg. 2012 Jan; 27(1):103-11.
  3. Azakie A, Lavrsen MJ, Johnson NC, Sapru A. Early outcomes of primary sutureless repair of the pulmonary veins. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Aug; 92(2):666-71; discussion 671-2.
  4. Kipps AK, Feuille C, Azakie A, Hoffman JI, Tabbutt S, Brook MM, Moon-Grady AJ. Prenatal diagnosis of hypoplastic left heart syndrome in current era. Am J Cardiol. 2011 Aug 1; 108(3):421-7.
  5. Shinkawa T, Anagnostopoulos PV, Johnson NC, Presnell L, Watanabe N, Sapru A, Azakie A. Early results of the "clamp and sew" Fontan procedure without the use of circulatory support. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 May; 91(5):1453-9.
  6. Glass HC, Bowman C, Chau V, Moosa A, Hersh AL, Campbell A, Poskitt K, Azakie A, Barkovich AJ, Miller SP, McQuillen PS. Infection and white matter injury in infants with congenital cardiac disease. Cardiol Young. 2011 Oct; 21(5):562-71.
  7. Azakie A, Johnson NC, Anagnostopoulos PV, Akram SM, McQuillen P, Sapru A. Stage II palliation of hypoplastic left heart syndrome without cardiopulmonary bypass. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Feb; 141(2):400-6.
  8. Watanabe N, Anagnostopoulos PV, Azakie A. Aortic stenosis in a patient with Hurler's syndrome after bone marrow transplantation. Cardiol Young. 2011 Jun; 21(3):349-50.
  9. Azakie A, Johnson NC, Anagnostopoulos PV, Egrie GD, Lavrsen MJ, Sapru A. Cardiac surgery in low birth weight infants: current outcomes. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2011 Mar; 12(3):409-13, discussion 414.
  10. Moon-Grady AJ, Moore P, Azakie A. Ross-Konno and endocardial fibroelastosis resection after hybrid stage I palliation in infancy: successful staged left-ventricular rehabilitation and conversion to biventricular circulation after fetal diagnosis of aortic stenosis. Pediatr Cardiol. 2011 Feb; 32(2):211-4.
  11. Shinkawa T, Anagnostopoulos PV, Johnson NC, Watanabe N, Sapru A, Azakie A. Performance of bovine pericardial valves in the pulmonary position. Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Oct; 90(4):1295-300.
  12. Block AJ, McQuillen PS, Chau V, Glass H, Poskitt KJ, Barkovich AJ, Esch M, Soulikias W, Azakie A, Campbell A, Miller SP. Clinically silent preoperative brain injuries do not worsen with surgery in neonates with congenital heart disease. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010 Sep; 140(3):550-7.
  13. Huang JJ, Azakie A, Russell IA. Echo rounds: discrete subvalvular aortic stenosis. Anesth Analg. 2010 Apr 1; 110(4):1003-5.
  14. Oishi PE, Wiseman DA, Sharma S, Kumar S, Hou Y, Datar SA, Azakie A, Johengen MJ, Harmon C, Fratz S, Fineman JR, Black SM. Progressive dysfunction of nitric oxide synthase in a lamb model of chronically increased pulmonary blood flow: a role for oxidative stress. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2008 Nov; 295(5):L756-66.
  15. Guy TS, Tseng E, Ratcliffe MB, Azakie A, Karl TR. A simple correction for anomalous coronary arteries in adults. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Jan; 137(1):e50-1.
  16. Hsu JH, Oishi PE, Keller RL, Chikovani O, Karl TR, Azakie A, Adatia I, Fineman JR. Perioperative B-type natriuretic peptide levels predict outcome after bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis and total cavopulmonary connection. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Apr; 135(4):746-53.
  17. Miller SP, McQuillen PS, Hamrick S, Xu D, Glidden DV, Charlton N, Karl T, Azakie A, Ferriero DM, Barkovich AJ, Vigneron DB. Abnormal brain development in newborns with congenital heart disease. N Engl J Med. 2007 Nov 8; 357(19):1928-38.
  18. Chikovani O, Hsu JH, Keller R, Karl TR, Azakie A, Adatia I, Oishi P, Fineman JR. B-type natriuretic peptide levels predict outcomes for children on extracorporeal life support after cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007 Nov; 134(5):1179-87.
  19. Oishi P, Sharma S, Grobe A, Azakie A, Harmon C, Johengen MJ, Hsu JH, Fratz S, Black SM, Fineman JR. Alterations in cGMP, soluble guanylate cyclase, phosphodiesterase 5, and B-type natriuretic peptide induced by chronic increased pulmonary blood flow in lambs. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2007 Nov; 42(11):1057-71.
  20. Hsu JH, Keller RL, Chikovani O, Cheng H, Hollander SA, Karl TR, Azakie A, Adatia I, Oishi P, Fineman JR. B-type natriuretic peptide levels predict outcome after neonatal cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007 Oct; 134(4):939-45.

Publications are derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and provided by UCSF Profiles, a service of the Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at UCSF. Researchers can make corrections and additions by logging on to UCSF Profiles.

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