Biography
Prof. Ken Suzuki, MD, PhD is a physician-scientist in cardiac surgery. Following his 10-year clinical training with PhD study on myocardial gene therapy in Osaka University, Japan, he was recruited to the Harefield Heart Science Centre, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, UK in 1998. In this distinguished Centre headed by Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub, Suzuki completed a series of research projects on stem cell therapy and gene therapy for heart diseases, in parallel to his surgical training. Subsequently, he took up the Chair of a research group within the William Harvey Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK in 2007. Here, he continues to expand his basic and translational research to develop innovative therapies for heart failure, with a particular focus on cell-based therapy for myocardial repair and regeneration.
Title of presentation:
Mesenchymal stem cell therapy for myocardial repair
Highlights:
- Myocardial tissue repair by stem cell transplantation.
- Different sources for mesenchymal stem cells.
- Epicardial placement as a highly effective cell delivery route to the heart.
- The secondary paracrine effect through local reparative macrophages.
Prof. Ken Suzuki