Taufiek Rajab
Enriched profileAssociate Professor, Department of Surgery (Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery) · University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Taufiek Rajab is Associate Professor, Department of Surgery (Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery) at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. OpenAlex indexes 257 publications with 2,894 citations (h-index 28); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1 registered study with this person as an investigator.
Data verified 11 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 13 Oct 2026
Taufiek Rajab, MB BCHIR, is Associate Professor, Department of Surgery (Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery) at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. The public record shows 257 publications with 2,894 citations (h-index 28), centered on Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes, Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments. It also documents an investigator role on 1 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 9 companies, 1 NIH-funded awards (2026–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Artificial organs
- Top research focus: Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
- 1 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 9 companies
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Research focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 17 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 76.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Clinical trials
Updated 13 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 1 registered study on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Partial Heart Transplantation for Severe Pediatric Semilunar Valve Dysfunction
Sponsor: Medical University of South Carolina
Industry payments
Updated 13 Oct 2026
9 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Ethicon US, LLCProgram year20251 payment
- Medtronic, Inc.Program year20251 payment
- Medtronic, Inc.Program year20241 payment
NIH funding
Updated 13 Oct 2026
1 NIH research award on record, funded 2026–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Partial Heart Transplantation: Clinically Relevant Aspects of Transplant Biology
Arkansas Children'S Hospital Res Inst
FY2026$801,261R01HL177528 - Translation of vitrified partial heart transplants from piglets to humans for cryogenic banking
Kgb Associates, Inc
FY2026$441,905R61HL185592 - Evaluation of growth potential of ice-free vitrified heart valves in a pediatric porcine model.
Tissue Testing Technologies, Llc
FY2023$452,184R41HL169059
Congress activity
Updated 13 Oct 2026
2 congress contributions (2014) across ASCO per OpenAlex. The most recent:
- Advantage of adjuvant radiation therapy in octogenarians undergoing surgical resection of rectal cancer.
ASCO Annual Meeting
ASCO2014Co-author - Survival difference in octogenarians with resectable gastric GIST: Surgery versus nonsurgical management.
ASCO Annual Meeting
ASCO2014Co-author
Published abstracts are attributed via the same ORCID-disambiguated authorship as publications, so each is DOI-verified. Podium roles (invited talks, session chairs) and oral/poster type are added as program data is confirmed.
Publications
Updated 13 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Donation After Circulatory Death in Pediatric Heart Transplantation.
Pediatric transplantation
Article2026 - Viability of Partial Heart Transplant Grafts During Prolonged Cold Preservation Suggests That Longer Donor Cold Chain Logistics May Be Feasible.
Pediatric transplantation
Article2025
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01Current Strategies and Future Perspectives for Intraperitoneal Adhesion PreventionArticle150 citations2012
- 02Smart materials in cardiovascular implants: Shape memory alloys and shape memory polymersArticle121 citations2020
- 03Impact of electronic messaging on the patient-physician interactionArticle104 citations2009
- 04Bioengineering Human Lung Grafts on Porcine MatrixArticle97 citations2017
- 05A Direct Comparison of Seprafilm, Adept, Intercoat, and Spraygel for Adhesion ProphylaxisArticle85 citations2008
Network
Updated 13 Oct 2026
The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.
Background & recognition
Updated 13 Oct 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
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Secondary affiliations
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