Team
Koichi Yuki, M.D.
Principal Investigator
Dept of Immunology, Harvard Medical School
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Professor of Anaesthesia
Harvard Medical School
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Clinical Senior Associate of Cardiac Anesthesia
Dept of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital
Director of Cardiac Anesthesia Research
Boston Children's Hospital
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Associate Member
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Dr. Koichi Yuki obtained his M.D. from the University of Tokyo, Japan in 1999. He finished his Surgical Internship at University of Hawaii in 2002 and his Anesthesia Residency at Massachusetts General Hospital in 2005. At Boston Children's Hospital, Dr. Yuki pursued two fellowship trainings: Pediatric Anesthesia in 2006 and Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia in 2007. Under Drs. Timothy Springer and Motomu Shimaoka (Immune Disease Institute), he completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in 2012.
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As a Board-Certified Anesthesiologist, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology is Dr. Yuki's area of expertise. He has been serving as an attending physician at Boston Children's Hospital since 2009. When not practicing as a clinician, he is a scientist who conducts research. His work aims to clarify how myeloid cells and systemic inflammation might cause organ injury in sepsis. His lab has also looked into the impact of anesthetics on perioperative immune function and postoperative outcomes. Dr. Yuki is also the Director of Cardiac Anesthesia Research at Boston Children's Hospital. His research has been funded by NIH grant since 2012.
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Dr. Yuki's Harvard Catalyst Profile:
https://connects.catalyst.harvard.edu/Profiles/display/Person/88546
Federal Grants Funding:
NIGMS (R01GM148392) Feb 2023 - Dec 2026
CD11c as a novel target to improve neutrophil effector functions and sepsis outcome
Role: Principal Investigator: Koichi Yuki
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NICHD (R21HD109119) Aug 2022 - Jul 2024
The role of damage-associated molecular patterns in perioperative morbidities and mortalities of pediatric congenital heart diseases
Role: Principal Investigator: Koichi Yuki
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NIGMS (R01GM1276oo) May 2022 - Apr 2024
Surgical site infections and the role of anesthesia and bacterial ion transporters
Role: Principal Investigator: Koichi Yuki
NIAID (R21AI15886) Feb 2021 - Jan 2024
Optimization of anesthetic/sedative regimen for pulmonary pathophysiology in cystic fibrosis patients
Role: Principal Investigator: Koichi Yuki
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NICHD (R21HD099194) Apr 2020 - Mar 2023
Neutrophil-mediated multiple organ dysfunction during sepsis
Role Principal Investigators: Koichi Yuki & Sophia Koutsogiannaki
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NIGMS (R01GM118277) Apr 2016 - Mar 2022
The impact of anesthetic selection on sepsis outcome and its mechanism
Role: Principal Investigator: Koichi Yuki
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NIGMS (K08GM101345) Apr 2012 - Sep 2018
Immunomodulatory mechanism of volatile anesthetics
Role: Principal Investigator: Koichi Yuki
