Current Position, Affiliation
- Professor & Pro-vice-Chancellor, Department of Chemical Science and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience and Applied Chemistry, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan
Education / Training
- 1991, PhD., Graduate school, Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
- 1980, B.S, Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Professional and Research Experience
- 2013 - Present, Professor, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan
- 1999 - 2013, Associate Professor/ Professor, Shonan Institute of Technology, Kanagawa, Japan
- 1991 - 1999, Assistant Professor, Kyushu Institute of Technology at Iizuka, Fukuoka, Japan
- 1980 - 1986, Researcher, Yokohama Dai-ichi Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
Awards & Honors
- 2023, Best Presentation Award, 39th annual conference of the Japanese Society for High Performance Membrane
- 2022, Best Presentation Award, 38th annual conference of the Japanese Society for High Performance Membrane
- 2020, Best Paper Award, Japanese Society of Artificial Organs
- 2020, Best Presentation Award, 58th annual congress of the Japanese Society of Artificial Organs
- 2020, Best Presentation Award, 26th annual conference of the Japanese Society of Peritoneal Dialysis
Selected Publications
- Tadashi Tomo, Kazuhiro Matsuyama, Katsuhiro Hanada, Sung-Teh Kim, Akihiro C. Yamashita, Hiroyuki Hamada: Alpha-1-microglobulin profile in patients on maintenance hemodialysis and its removal by blood purification, Renal Failure 2025, 47(1), 2512403, https://doi.org/10.1080/0886022X.2025.2512403
- Hiroyuki Hamada, Tadashi Tomo, Sung-Teh Kim, Akihiro C. Yamashita: The impact of potassium dynamics on cardiomyocyte beating in hemodialysis treatment, 2024, J Clin Med 13, 2289. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13082289
- Changjun Mu, Akihiro C. Yamashita: A practical design equation for accurate quanrification of CRRT filter design factors and convection effects, The International Journal of Artificial Organs,2023, 46(6), 337-343, DOI: 10.1177/03913988231172786
- Akihiro C. Yamashita, Toshiki Kakee, Takahisa Ono, Jun Motegi, Satoru Yamaguchi, Takashi Sunohara: Semi-quantitative evaluation of asymmetricity of dialysis membrane using forward and backward ultrafiltration, June 2022, Membranes 12(6):624, DOI: 10.3390/membranes12060624
- Akihiro C. Yamashita, Kenji Sakurai: Clinical effect of pre-dilution hemodiafiltration based on the permeation of the hemodiafilter, “Chronic kidney disease – Recent advances in clinical and basic research”, Contributions to Nephrology, 185, 1-7, Basel, Karger, 2015, https://doi.org/10.1159/000380964.