Akiko Fujioka

Compassionate Pediatrician aiming to apply 8 years of child development and pediatric care knowledge to assist in perpetuating high standard of care. Communicative and empathetic with passion for driving and instilling excellent habits in youth to cultivate continuous health. Possesses extensive experience in pediatric endocrinology, with in-depth knowledge of pediatric obesity, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, precocious puberty, and thyroid disorders.

• Japan Pediatric Society
• Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology
• Asia Pacific Paediatric Endocrine Society

• Board Certification in Pediatrics

Visiting Researcher (07/2011-12/2011)

Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

• Conducted research on the mechanisms of hypoxia sensing in carotid bodies.
• Hands-on experience with mouse anesthesia, PCR, and immunohistochemistry techniques.

• Fujioka A et al. "Two sibling cases treated as congenital syphilis born to mother with untreated syphilis. " The Journal of the Japan Pediatric Society, Vol. 125, No. 7, 2021. (First author).
• Kostuk E. W., Balbir A., Fujii K., Fujioka A., Pichard L. E., Shirahata M. "Divergent Postnatal Development of the Carotid Body in DBA/2J and A/J Strains of Mice." Journal of Applied Physiology, 2012.

• "A Case of Duplicated Pituitary Gland Plus Syndrome Complicated with Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism."
  56th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology, October 2023. Poster presentation
• "A Case of Turner Syndrome with an Uncomplicated Spontaneous Pregnancy."
  2022 Asia Pacific Pediatric Endocrine Society Meeting, November 2022. Poster presentation
• "A Case of Congenital Syphilis Born to a Mother with Negative Serologic Results for Syphilis in Mid-pregnancy."
  51st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, September 2019. Oral presentation.
• "The Usefulness of Ultrasonography in Pediatric Fractures: A Case of a 1-Year-Old Girl with Toddler’s Fracture."
  29th Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Regional Society of Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine, October 2019. Oral presentation.

Young Investigator Award 

29th Annual Meeting of the Kyushu Regional Society of Japan Society of Ultrasonics in Medicine, October 2019