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Bindu Akkanti
Advanced in Lung Transplant

Dr. Bindu Akkanti

Intensive Care Medicine
Wellspring Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery PA
6400 Fannin St, 
Houston, TX 

Advanced in Lung Transplant
Wellspring Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery PA
6400 Fannin St, 
Houston, TX 
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Overview

Bindu Akkanti is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Houston, Texas. Dr. Akkanti is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Lung Transplant. Her top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Hypertension, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Lung Metastases, Lung Transplant, and Sleeve Gastrectomy.

Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 77 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 4 articles in the study of Lung Transplant.

Specialties
Intensive Care Medicine
Licenses
Critical Care Medicine in TX
Hospital Affiliations
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Female

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Locations

Wellspring Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery PA
6400 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030
Call: 713-704-4300
Other Locations
University of Texas Medical Foundation
6431 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030
Call: 713-704-4300

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


76 Total Publications

Decoding Fibrosis in Non-Resolvable COVID-19: a role for myeloid-specific HIF1A deletion.
Decoding Fibrosis in Non-Resolvable COVID-19: a role for myeloid-specific HIF1A deletion.
Journal: American journal of physiology. Cell physiology
Published: October 25, 2025
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Pulmonary Medicine | Intensive Care Medicine

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6620 Main St, Ste 11B.09, 
Houston, TX 
 (0.5 miles away)
713-798-2400
Languages Spoken:
English
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