
Education and Training
- Cardiac Transplantation Advanced Fellowship, Cardiac Surgery, Royal Papworth Hospital (United Kingdom), 1999 - 1999
- Fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Duke University, 1997 - 1999
- Chief Resident, Surgery, Duke University, 1996 - 1997
- Resident, Surgery, Duke University, 1994 - 1996
- NRSA Fellow, Molecular Cardiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1992 - 1994
- Resident, Surgery, Duke University, 1990 - 1992
- M.D., The University of Chicago, 1990
In the News
- University Awards 24 New Distinguished ProfessorshipsMay 18, 2022
- School of Medicine Celebrates 2022 Faculty Achievement AwardsApril 15, 2022
- New Generation Artificial Heart Implanted in Patient at Duke – First in U.S.July 15, 2021
- Healing Hearts in HondurasNovember 8, 2019
- Clots tied to heart pump open debate on risks patients face in trialsDecember 10, 2013
Selected Grants
- Carmat Total Artificial Heart Early Feasibility Study
- Antiplatelet Removal and HemocompatIbility EventS with the HeartMate 3 Pump - CDR_971 - ARIES HM3
- HM3 SWIFT Implantation of the HeartMate 3 in Subjects with Heart Failure using Surgical Techniques Other Than Full Median Sternotomy
- Advanced Immunobiology Traning Program for Surgeons
- Right ventricle adaptive changes in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation
- Right Ventricular Metabolic Dysregulation after Surgery for Heart Failure
- USE OF THE NUPULSECV iVAS FOR THE TREATMENT OF BRIDGE-TO-TRANSPLANT PATIENTS
- TSF Every Heartbeat Matters Award
- TVVAD Study - Ad Star
- HeartMate III IDE Clinical Study Protocol
- Duke Resident Physician-Scientist Program - NIAID
- Duke Resident Physician-Scientist Program- NHLBI
- The Use of Two HeartMate 3¿ pumps (¿Device(s)¿) as a Total Artifact Heart for Chronic Support
- A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled, Unblinded, Multi-Center ClinicalTrial to Evaluate the HeartWare Ventricular Assist Device System for Destination Therapy of Advanced Heart Failure
- A prospective, single arm, multi-center clinical study to evaluate the thoracotomy implant technique(Heartware 006)
- Treatment of Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation in patients undergoing LVAD Implantation study: TVVAD Study
- Network for Cardiothoracic Surgical Investigations in Cardiovascular Medicine: ¿Safety & Efficacy of Intramyocardial Injection of Mesenchymal Precursor Cells on Myocardial Function in LVAD Recipients
- Development of a lightweight, portable, pneumatic drive unit for long-term counterpulsation support
- Utilization of Two Heartmate III Pumps as a Total Artificial Heart Replacement
- Cadaver Implant Studies of PABP
- Safety & Efficacy of Intramyocardial Injection of Mesenchymal Precursor Cells on Myocardial Function in LVAD Recipients
- Role of Mitochondrial Injury in the Pathogenesis of Primary Graft Dysfunction Following Cardiac Transplantation
- RECOVER RIGHT: The Use of IMPELLA RP Support System in Patients with Right Heart Failure: Continued Access Protocol
- Core Clinical Centers for the CTSN
- A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study of Levosimendan in Patients with Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction Undergoing Cardiac Surgery Requiring Cardiopulmonary Bypass
- Impella RP Support Systems in Patietns with Right Heart Failure
- A Prospective Pilot Study to Examine the Involvement of apoE Gene Variants in Intracranial Hemorrhage in LVAD Patients
- Expanding the Donor Pool for Heart Transplantation
- Proteomic Profiling of Human Heart Tissue Exposed to Microgravity
- Autologous EPC lining to improve biocompatibility of circulatory assist devices
- PTEN Gene Therapy for Vein Graft Disease
- Molecular Basis of Postoperative Delirium in the Elderly
- Skeletal Muscle Plasticity Following LVAD Support
- PeriOperative Interventional Neuroprotection Trial POINT
- Myocardial Gene Transfer during Cardiac Surgery in Swine
- Gene Transfer to Prevent Intimal Hyperplasia in a Canine Model of CABG
- Myocardial Gene Transfer During Simulated Heart Surgery
- Gene Transfer to Alter Transplanted Heart Function
- Gene Transfer to Alter Transplanted Heart Function
- Reduction of Intimal Hyperplasia by a GBY Inhibitor
- Tsh Receptor Gene Mutations In Thromboid Neoplasia
- Tsh Receptor Gene Mutations In Thyroid Neoplasia