History and Alumni
About 10 percent of practicing congenital heart surgeons trained at Duke, including two former AATS presidents (*).
Alumni of Duke Programs
- (*) Thomas Spray – CHOP, retired
- Erle Austin – Louisville
- Ross Ungerleider – UNC
- Joe Forbess – University of Maryland
- Paul Kirshbom – Charlotte
- Jeff Heinle – Texas Children’s – Baylor
- Paul Chai – Emory
- James St. Louis – Medical College of Georgia
- Andy Lodge – Duke
- Bill Gaynor – CHOP
- Ram Emani – Boston Children’s
- (*) Fred Crawford – MUSC, retired
- Joe Turek - Duke
- Immanuel Turner – Joe Dimaggio Children’s, Hollywood FL
- Richard Perryman – Joe Dimaggio Children’s, Hollywood FL
- Mark Plunkett – Children’s of Illinois, Peoria
- Gary Lofland – Children’s Mercy, Kansas City
- Nick Andersen – Duke
- Mohammad Alghaim – University of Rochester
Current Caselog
In calendar year 2019, the program performed 389 index congenital cardiac cases, encompassing all levels of complexity.
More than one-third (123) of the cases were of high complexity (STAT 4 or 5). Neonatal operations encompassed 55 of the cases.
In the most recent year (2020), the program performed 22 Norwood procedures with 100% survival, and over 60 neonatal operations.