Skip to main content

Search form

You are here

Peter Kent Smith, MD

Mary and Deryl Hart Professor of Surgery, in the School of Medicine
Chief, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Professor of Surgery
Division: 
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Program: 
General Surgery Residency Program
Office: 8660 Hafs Building, Durham, NC 27710
Campus Mail: DUMC Box 3442 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710

Dr. Smith is the Prinicpal Investigator for the Duke site in the Cardiothoracic Surgery Clinical Trials Network (CTSN) and in recent years has focused his research efforts in clinical research. The CTSN is an NHLBI sponsored network developed to promote clinical research in cardiac surgery, and is now entering its 7th year of funding with a commitment now for an additional 5 years. Dr. Smith is the national PI for a randomized clinical trial comparing CABG alone to CABG with mitral repair for moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation. This trial is nearing completion of enrollment, and he is now the PI of a clinical trial of FFR vs angiographically guided CABG expected to begin national enrollment in September of 2013. Duke has participated as a site in 3 additional CTSN trials, and is one of two sites awarded NHLBI funding as a Clinical Skills Education Core. This funding is designed to formally develop surgical clinical trialists and promote clinical research capacity within our specialty. The Duke site has thus far sponsored 6 CTSN scholars who have all received Masters degrees in clinical research, participated in CTSN protocols and other activities of the Network. Additionally, Dr. Smith has been awarded site funding from the Veteran’s Administration to begin VA cooperative clinical research trials at the Durham VA. Through all of these activities, an integration of clinical research, publications, and scholarship with the advancement of clinically effective Thoracic Surgery is the goal.

Education and Training

  • M.D., Duke University, 1977

In the News

Selected Grants

Weight: 
-20

Publications

Williams, Judson B., Asad A. Shah, Shuaiqi Zhang, Sin-Ho Jung, Babatunde Yerokun, Sreekanth Vemulapalli, Peter K. Smith, James S. Gammie, and Jeffrey G. Gaca. “Impact of Microbiological Organism Type on Surgically Managed Endocarditis..” Ann Thorac Surg 108, no. 5 (November 2019): 1325–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.04.025.

Full Text

Wang, Alice, Zhuokai Li, Jennifer A. Rymer, Andrzej S. Kosinski, Babatunde Yerokun, Morgan L. Cox, Brian C. Gulack, et al. “Relation of Postdischarge Care Fragmentation and Outcomes in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation from the STS/ACC TVT Registry..” Am J Cardiol 124, no. 6 (September 15, 2019): 912–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.06.005.

Full Text

Iribarne, Alexander, Stephanie Pan, Jock N. McCullough, Joseph P. Mathew, Judy Hung, Xin Zeng, Pierre Voisine, et al. “Impact of Aortic Atherosclerosis Burden on Outcomes of Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement..” Ann Thorac Surg, August 7, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.06.037.

Full Text

Ferket, Bart S., Vinod H. Thourani, Pierre Voisine, Samuel F. Hohmann, Helena L. Chang, Peter K. Smith, Robert E. Michler, et al. “Cost-effectiveness of coronary artery bypass grafting plus mitral valve repair versus coronary artery bypass grafting alone for moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation..” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, July 2, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.06.040.

Full Text

Klinger, Rebecca Y., Mary Cooter, Tiffany Bisanar, Niccolò Terrando, Miles Berger, Mihai V. Podgoreanu, Mark Stafford-Smith, Mark F. Newman, Joseph P. Mathew, and Joseph P. Neurologic Outcomes Research Group of the Duke Heart Center. “Intravenous Lidocaine Does Not Improve Neurologic Outcomes after Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial..” Anesthesiology 130, no. 6 (June 2019): 958–70. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000002668.

Full Text

Giustino, Gennaro, Jessica Overbey, Doris Taylor, Gorav Ailawadi, Katherine Kirkwood, Joseph DeRose, Marc A. Gillinov, et al. “Sex-Based Differences in Outcomes After Mitral Valve Surgery for Severe Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: From the Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network..” Jacc Heart Fail 7, no. 6 (June 2019): 481–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2019.03.001.

Full Text

DeRose, Joseph J., Donna M. Mancini, Helena L. Chang, Michael Argenziano, François Dagenais, Gorav Ailawadi, Louis P. Perrault, et al. “Pacemaker Implantation After Mitral Valve Surgery With Atrial Fibrillation Ablation..” J Am Coll Cardiol 73, no. 19 (May 21, 2019): 2427–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2019.02.062.

Full Text

Williams, Judson B., Gina McConnell, J Erin Allender, Patricia Woltz, Kathy Kane, Peter K. Smith, Daniel T. Engelman, and William T. Bradford. “One-year results from the first US-based enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery (ERAS Cardiac) program..” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 157, no. 5 (May 2019): 1881–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.10.164.

Full Text

Patel, M. R., J. H. Calhoon, G. J. Dehmer, J. A. Grantham, T. M. Maddox, D. J. Maron, P. K. Smith, et al. “ACC/AATS/AHA/ASE/ASNC/SCAI/SCCT/STS 2017 appropriate use criteria for coronary revascularization in patients with stable ischemic heart disease: A report of the American College of Cardiology Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons.” Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 157, no. 3 (March 1, 2019): e131–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.11.027.

Full Text

Blackstone, Eugene H., Helena L. Chang, Jeevanantham Rajeswaran, Michael K. Parides, Hemant Ishwaran, Liang Li, John Ehrlinger, et al. “Biatrial maze procedure versus pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation during mitral valve surgery: New analytical approaches and end points..” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 157, no. 1 (January 2019): 234-243.e9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.06.093.

Full Text

Pages