Iki Adachi MD

Dr. Iki Adachi, MD is a Surgical Director of Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support at the Texas Children's Hospital. Dr. Adachi is a board-certified cardiac surgeon specializing in congenitally malformed hearts both in pediatric and adult patients. Dr. Adachi performs a full range of congenital heart surgeries, including neonatal single ventricle repairs and operative procedures in adults with a history of previous cardiac repairs. Dr. Adachi is recognized as one of the few leading surgeons worldwide in the field of surgical heart failure management, including heart transplant and mechanical circulatory support. Dr. Adachi also has surgical expertise in pediatric lung transplants. Dr. Adachi’s academic interest includes the development of mechanical circulatory support devices for pediatric patients, such as implantable ventricular assist devices and total artificial heart supported with federal grants through the U.S. National Institutes of Health*1. Dr. Adachi has also a long-standing interest in translational research with his basic science partners at Baylor College of Medicine; one of theirs.