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Duke Heart Highlights week ending October 20th 2019

October 20, 2019 / Leave a comment

Inaugural Research Week

The School of Medicine held their inaugural Research Week this past week. Thanks to all who participated! There were a number of great presentations and discussions, including a talk on the Duke Precision Medicine Collaboratory by Svati Shah, keynote lecture by Richard Lifton entitled from “Genes and Genomes to Biology and Health.” The innovation jam sponsored by DIHI led by Suresh Balu was also held with many great presentations. Our own Carmelo Milano presented a novel catheter for venting the LV during ECMO. Thanks to Adrian Hernandez and the School of Medicine for a great week on research.

The week ended with the Blue-White basketball game for Duke Basketball to start the season. Outside the game – William Kaelin – Duke Alum and 2019 Nobel Prize winner was spotted and we were able to get a selfie with him and his signed Basketball. You can see Adrian Hernandez trying to lean in to get into the picture.

National Respiratory Care Week: Oct. 20-26

National Respiratory Care Week begins today. Please take some time this week to recognize the efforts of the very talented respiratory therapists (RTs) working throughout Duke to help care for and educate patients with lung diseases and disorders. They are an incredibly valuable part of the Duke Heart team and have a long history of living our core value of caring for our patients, their loved ones, and each other.

Their clinical expertise is pivotal in Duke’s delivery of the highest quality care. On behalf of the leadership team, we thank them for all they do each and every day. Keep up the great work! #RCWeek19

Wofford Named Young Healthcare Executive of the Year

We are pleased to announce that Brian Wofford, Duke Heart’s Vice President of Heart Operations for Durham County, has been named the 2019 Young Healthcare Executive of the Year by the National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE). The award was announced at the 34th Annual NAHSE Educational Conference held Oct. 9-11 at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC.

The award is given annually to a NAHSE member under the age of 40 in recognition of their contributions and dedicated commitment to the healthcare industry and NAHSE. The award selection committee seeks a professional with progressive management experience who has a demonstrated commitment to the development and career of young healthcare professionals and who is active in community organizations.

This is excellent news! Congratulations, Brian!

AANP Fall Conference

Duke Heart was well represented at the American Association of Nurse Practitioners annual conference held Oct. 10-13 at Bally’s Las Vegas Hotel in Las Vegas, NV.

Presenters included Midge Bowers, Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) – Acute and Chronic Management in the Ambulatory Setting; Allison Dimsdale, Hypertension: Simple to Resistant Care Transformation: Managing Cardiometabolic Risk to Prevent Disease; Carolina Tennyson, Admitted with Heart Failure: From Clinic to Transplant; and Carolyn Lekavich with two presentations: The Many Faces of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF): The Cardiometabolic Profile and Clinical Challenges of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF): Diagnosis and Treatment.

Great job everyone!

Duke Emergency Alerts Update

Duke University Health System (DUHS) and the Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC) are updating our operational (non-clinical) emergency alerts to make sure everyone in our three hospitals and PDC clinics understands what’s happening during an emergency situation, and knows how to respond.

Beginning on Wednesday, October 23, the operational emergency codes across DUHS and the PDC clinics will be replaced with easy-to-understand intercom alerts that tell staff and providers, patients, and visitors exactly what’s happening during emergencies.

This approach is referred to as using plain language, and is a nationally-recognized best practice that is being implemented in health care organizations across the country. It is also becoming the new standard for health care organizations in North Carolina. The goal is to make sure everyone in our hospitals, including our visitors, has the needed information during an operational emergency situation and can respond as appropriate.

Doximity Deadline, Oct. 31

All of you are busy and we know some of you are not as interested in social media platforms as others, but… Doximity registration is the only way to ensure you will absolutely have the opportunity to vote online in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals survey.

Please take a moment to claim your profile in Doximity. If you do not know if you are registered or not, please contact Tracey Koepke, Director of Communication for Duke Heart. She has the full list of faculty who are (and who aren’t!) registered. If you have questions about how to utilize Doximity, she can help with that, too.

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Upcoming Opportunities/Save the Date:

Cardiology Grand Rounds

This week we look forward to the Cardiology Fellows Conference with Sounok Sen. Please join us on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 5 p.m., DN, 2003.

Upcoming Grand Rounds:

29: Euan Ashley from Stanford, “Towards Precision Medicine.” 5 p.m.
5: Renato Lopes will present “AF and PCI: Triple Trouble? Double Therapy? Where do we stand in 2019?”
8 (Friday): Kim Eagle, Michigan, will be presenting the Eugene Stead Lecture
12: Javed Butler, University of Mississippi

Talent from All Corners Symposium, Nov. 4

Science and discovery thrive in environments that welcome and foster the free exchange of talent and ideas. The U.S. has for decades been a worldwide leader in science. Its universities and research centers, public and private, have been on the cutting edge of many discoveries that have improved lives and transformed societies.

In this panel discussion on Talent from all corners: how immigration helps shape American scientific leadership, a group of prominent and highly promising scientists, led by Duke cardiologist and Nobel Laureate Professor Robert Lefkowitz, will share their own stories as first, second, or third-generation immigrants, their research and its significance, and their perspective on immigration and its role in shaping American scientific leadership. 3-6 p.m., Searle Center. Registration is required. Refreshments will be served. To learn more or to register, please visit: https://scienceandsociety.duke.edu/events/talent-from-all-corners-how-immigration-helps-shape-scientific-leadership/

Duke Heart Safe Choices, Nov. 6

Our next Duke Heart Safe Choices workshop will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 6 from 4 – 6:30 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Trent Semans Center.

The workshop includes presentations from Duke Health patient safety officers and Duke Heart leadership, as well as break-out discussions to discuss past safety events. In the small groups, you’ll review an actual case in order to identify and analyze risks taken and potential solutions to enhance patient safety.

These workshops are some of the most important events we offer to our care teams in Duke Heart. They offer a time to gather and intentionally reflect on the role each of us plays in the safety of our patients and each other. We need participation from all teams and each type of provider. Join us!

Dinner will be provided. Please register here: https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cHhouKiZ19cm0Bv

Save the Date: 3^rd Annual Cardio-Oncology Symposium

The third annual Duke Cardio-Oncology Symposium will be held at the Washington Duke Inn on Feb. 22, 2020. Chiara Melloni and medical oncologist Susan Dent are co-chairs. Stay tuned for more information!

Have news to share?

If you have news to share with the Pulse readership, please contact Tracey Koepke, director of communications for Duke Heart at tracey.koepke@duke.edu. We would love to hear about your latest accomplishments, professional news, cool happenings, and any events or opportunities that may be of interest to our Duke Heart family. Please call with any questions: 919-681-2868. Feedback on Pulse is welcome and encouraged.

Duke Heart in the News:

October 11 — Robert Califf

MedPage Today

Real-World Data Playing a Bigger Role in Drug Development

https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/fdageneral/82711

Highlights of the Week – October 13th 2019

October 13, 2019 / Leave a comment

Cath/EP Waiting Room Opens Monday, Oct. 14

Our newly renovated and enhanced waiting area for the Adult Cardiac Catheterization and Electrophysiology Labs at Duke University Hospital is fully operational and open to patients and visitors starting tomorrow, Oct. 14. The renovation expanded the available seating area from 26 to 46 seats. We’ve added a physician consultation room, an open check-in area with a second window, a quiet area, outer glass wall for a modern and spacious feel, two entrances and additional signage. Each modification was made to give patients and families greater comfort and more privacy, which we believe will enhance their experience. Members of the Duke Heart Patient Family Advisory Council weighed in on our design.

Many thanks to Brian Wofford, Mary Lindsay, Elizabeth Watts and Greg Shelton from Duke Heart for their efforts on this project; a big thank you to project manager Dane Van Enwyck, interior designer Amy Young, and maintenance and construction supervisor Ray Doss, as well as our PFAC members. Great job everyone – the space is gorgeous!

Superhero Kudos to Truby & Lowenstern

We received a terrific note this week from our colleague, Dr. Suchita Sata, in Duke Internal Medicine: “I cannot say enough good things about your fellows Lauren Truby and Angela Lowenstern for their excellent care for a patient of mine earlier this week.

“A patient of mine on the hospitalist service had a STEMI on the floor. The 115 STEMI activation worked beautifully. These two phenomenal women rushed in, white coats flying like superhero capes, and saved this patient’s life. Their calm control of the situation and also clinical prowess was amazing to witness. It was some of the best clinical care delivered by fellows I have seen in my time here at Duke.Thank you for building a team for excellence.”

Awesome job, Lauren and Angela!

Thanks to you and to all of our fellows for representing Duke Heart so well! Thanks to Anna Lisa Crowley for forwarding this note to share in Pulse.

Shout-Out to Lovell

On a recent visit to Nashville, TN, Taylor Lovell, a nurse in our cardiothoracic ICU, rushed to the aid of a bus passenger who was found unconscious, turning blue and without a pulse. Taylor performed CPR, got a pulse and turned the patient over to EMS. Although we are unable to report on the condition of the patient, we are so proud to know our Duke Heart providers are ready to spring into action at a moment’s notice no matter where they are.

Well done, Taylor! Many thanks to Pam Pennigar (Duke Sarcoma Program) and Jill Engel for bringing this to our attention.

Cardiovascular MR Practicum Held

The semi-annual Duke Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center (DCMRC) Cardiovascular MR Practicum was held Oct. 7 – 11 at the Searle Center. In attendance were physicians, technologists, and fellows. During the Practicum, participants are provided with an understanding of the principles of magnetic resonance imaging, safety issues in performing cardiac MR, and imaging protocols currently available for the evaluation of the structure and function of the cardiovascular system. Case presentations, one-on-one discussions, and observation of actual patient imaging were provided.

Pictured here are some of the DCMRC faculty, leadership, and staff.

Doximity Deadline, Oct. 31

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Duke SOM Research Week

The inaugural Duke University School of Medicine Research Week is this week! Activities for the week include presentations from four School of Medicine faculty members (including Duke Heart’s Svati Shah!), a Duke Office of Scientific Integrity (DOSI) Research Town Hall, the Robert J. Lefkowitz, MD, Distinguished Lecture, Innovation Jam, a Clinical Keynote Lecture, and a poster session featuring the research of residents, trainees and PhD students from clinical and basic science departments. To learn more: https://medschool.duke.edu/research/research-week.

Cardiology Grand Rounds

In lieu of grand rounds this week, we will hold the Cardiology Faculty Meeting. Please join us on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 5 p.m., DN, 2003.

Upcoming Grand Rounds:

22: Cardiology Fellows Conference with Sounok Sen
29: Euan Ashley from Stanford, “Towards Precision Medicine.” 5 p.m.
5: Renato Lopes will present “AF and PCI: Triple Trouble? Double Therapy? Where do we stand in 2019?”
8 (Friday): Kim Eagle, Michigan, will be presenting the Eugene Stead Lecture
12: Javed Butler, University of Mississippi

Duke Heart Safe Choices, Nov. 6

Our next Duke Heart Safe Choices workshop will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 6 from 4 – 6:30 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Trent Semans Center.

Dinner will be provided. Please register here: https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cHhouKiZ19cm0Bv

Save the Date: 3^rd Annual Cardio-Oncology Symposium

The third annual Duke Cardio-Oncology Symposium will be held on Feb. 22, 2020. Chiara Melloni and medical oncologist Susan Dent are co-chairs. Stay tuned for more information!

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Duke Heart in the News:

October 10 — L. Kristin Newby

tctMD/the heart beat

Any Troponin Bump in Suspected ACS—MI or Not—Signals High CV Risk: High-STEACS

https://www.tctmd.com/news/any-troponin-bump-suspected-acs-mi-or-not-signals-high-cv-risk-high-steacs

October 9 — Mitchell Krucoff

Healio/Intervention

Another study finds no evidence of increased long-term mortality with paclitaxel-coated devices

http://bit.ly/2IGjgzL

October 8 — Sarah Cross (Sanford School of Public Policy)

Cardiovascular Business

Homes overtake hospitals as most common site of CV death

http://bit.ly/2MwBOUa

Duke Heart Week ending October 6th 2019

October 6, 2019 / Leave a comment

Highlights of the week Ending October 6th 2019:

Recognition Week: Physician Assistants

This coming week (Oct. 6-12) is National Physician Assistant Week in recognition of the PA profession and its contributions to the nation’s health. The week offers us the opportunity to offer thanks to these vital members of the Duke Heart team (and elsewhere!) as well as to help raise awareness and visibility of the overall profession. Please take some time this week to personally thank the PAs within your area.

Prior to become a week-long event, PA Day was first celebrated on October 6, 1987, in honor of the 20th anniversary of the first graduating class of physician assistants from Duke University’s Physician Assistant program; October 6 is the birthday of the profession’s founder, Eugene A. Stead, Jr., MD, former chair of the Department of Medicine and founder of the Duke Cardiovascular Disease Research Database. To read about the history of the profession at Duke, please visit: https://fmch.duke.edu/duke-physician-assistant-program/about-pa-program.

Congratulations and many thanks to each of the PAs throughout Duke Heart and Duke Health. If you are on social media and wish to post messaging about your favorite PAs, the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) is using #PAWeek as their official tag. Have a great week!

Lung Transplant Milestone Celebrations Held

As many of you know, the Duke Lung Transplant Program reached a milestone in August: they completed their 2000^th lung transplant. This week, the group held a variety of celebrations at Duke to thank all of the DUHS teams for their support and work with the program and patients. A larger event will be held in the Spring to include all active lung transplant patients.

Congratulations to all of members of the Lung Transplant program and to the many care providers and staff across Duke Heart who work on a daily basis to ensure the safety, care and support of all lung transplant recipients at Duke. These collaborations enable groups across Duke to reach significant milestones, such as this one. Great job, everyone!

Swaminathan to Serve CART-CL Research Committee

Rajesh Swaminathan, associate professor of medicine in cardiology at Duke and director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories at the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, has been selected to the Research and Publications Committee of the Cardiovascular Assessment, Reporting and Tracking System for Catheterization Labs (CART-CL), the national cath lab database for the Veterans Health Association. In this capacity, Raj will be part of the team that determines the research direction of the National VA Interventional Cardiology program and reviews research proposals.

This is terrific news, Raj — congratulations!

Team Huddle Roll-Out Continues

Two weeks ago, we announced that DMP 7East went live as the Duke Heart pilot unit for implementation of the Duke Quality Management System initiative, Commit to Zero. This initiative allows Duke care providers and staff to take a transformative approach to teamwork by creating systems based on our individual and collective integrity, leading to enhanced patient safety and zero harm to patients and to one another.

One of the tools we are using are tiered team huddles. The huddles are taking place throughout all service areas within Duke Health and are being implemented on a rolling basis. Huddles occur daily and are designed to last approximately 15 minutes. The huddle offers an opportunity to proactively review key metrics, get updates on work in progress and to share any new safety issues that may have arisen, allowing us to move into problem solving. It offers a structured approach to identify, escalate and solve safety problems using the team’s collective knowledge. The huddles also offer an important opportunity to provide moments of recognition and celebration of team members.

This week, units 3100, 3300, 7100, 7200 and 7300, and Respiratory Care Services will officially come online with their use of huddles as part of Duke Heart Wave I. Additional teams will follow in Waves II and III over the next two months.

Wave II: Heart ICUs (7700 and 7 West); Adult Cardiac Catheterization Labs, Electrophysiology Labs, Cardiovascular Short Stay Unit (CVSSU), Heart Center Bed Control and Cardiothoracic Operating Room (CTOR) Schedulers, and Perfusion.

Wave III: Cardiac Diagnostic Unit, Cardiac MRI, EKG; Cardiopulmonary Rehab; Heart Center Communications/Heart Center Financial Administration.

We are grateful for the significant effort being made across Duke Heart in order to implement the huddles – it has required a change in how we spend our time and how we approach problems together; we are already seeing great results and improved teamwork. Thanks to everyone who is working to make this effort a huge success for us. You make Duke Heart an amazing place to be and will lead to an even safer quality-driven culture for our patients and each other. Great work!

Duke Heart Family Expands!

We are pleased to announce that our Duke Heart family has expanded by one! Congratulations to Khyati Baxi and her husband, Jatin Roper (faculty member in the Duke division of gastroenterology) on the birth of their son, Aarav Jatin Roper, on Sept. 25! Aarav joins big brother, Rahul. We are so happy for you and we look forward to meeting him soon.

HARMONEE Update

Congratulations to the DCRI HARMONEE study team and to all site partners! The OrbusNeich COMBO drug-eluting stent (DES) with endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) capture technology has just been approved for clinical use in Japan. As some of you may know, the Japan-USA HARMONEE study was conducted as a proof-of-concept in global regulatory harmonization, and provided the pivotal evidence supporting this decision by the Japanese Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Agency and Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. This milestone is not just a huge success for the COMBO DES as a new technology. It is also a first-ever, formal “proof of concept” program conducting a randomized, prospective coronary device study using a single protocol on both sides of the Pacific as part of the Japan-USA Harmonization By Doing program. This represents a fundamental change in the landscape of global device evaluation for innovative new devices.

In a message sent to all site teams, Shirgeru Saito, vice director of Cardiovascular Medicine at Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, and Mitchell Krucoff wrote, “We want to thank each and every one of you and your site teams for your significant contributions to this truly global HARMONEE effort. We would not be here without your amazing efforts on behalf of your patients.”

To read the formal statement from OrbusNeich, please visit: http://bit.ly/2VnzNOk. To see a copy of the journal article regarding the Harmonization by Doing Program, please visit: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/circj/77/7/77_CJ-12-1431/_article.

Great work, everyone!

Heart Fellows Win NC/SC ACC FIT Jeopardy

Great news from the 26^th Annual Joint Meeting of the NC and SC State ACC Chapters which was held last weekend at the Omni Grove Park Inn in Asheville. Dave Manly, Zak Loring and Marat Fudim won the Fellows-in-Training (FIT) Jeopardy competition, beating out teams of players from UNC, MUSC and Prisma Health (SC). Marat hopes it’s a good omen for the upcoming Duke Football and Basketball season!

FIT Jeopardy is a friendly competition that promotes a healthy rivalry between state chapter FIT teams, fosters FIT engagement in their local state chapter and provides educational value to the contestants and audience. Each team is made up of three fellows-in-training. The Duke trio will represent at the national level next spring.

Congrats and way to represent Duke Heart!

Update from Eldoret, Kenya

Jerry Bloomfield shared an update from Mike Foster who is adjusting to life on his new adventure in Kenya. Mike wrote:

“As some of you know, my first priority was the American Society of Echocardiography Foundation event that Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) hosted recently. This event was held at three schools in the area. We scanned over 1200 kids in four days. We had a great team of sonographers/MD’s from all over the USA and one from New Zealand, as well as our Kenyan team of nurses, clinical officers (sort of like what you know as Advanced Practice Providers at Duke) and a sonographer. Most kids [had normal scans]. We identified a little over 80 kids with either obvious rheumatic or congenital abnormalities or who were borderline rheumatic according to the WHO criteria (of which I’m critical). Of these, a few are definitely going to need an invasive intervention in their future. All 80 plus kids and parents will now be invited to come to Dr. Maghasi’s pediatric cardiac clinic for care.

It was nice to have Titus show up and be part of the event. I ended up having him teach some of the older kids while they were waiting for their echocardiogram.

Hitachi USA and GE Kenya were generous with loaning equipment for this event. We had three laptops and 5 Vscans. We started the week staffing a one-day symposium on Pediatric Echocardiography for the Kenyan Cardiac Society in Nairobi, which was sponsored by GE. Many of the sonographers/MD’s from our team gave lectures, including Brittany Byrd (former Duke Pediatrics tech) and Greg Tatum from the Duke Pediatrics lab.

This brings us to over 2300 kids screened from six schools from around the area –some urban, some rural. Although it’s not a good sample, we figure it gives MTRH a starting point while helping some kids and families.

After the event, I switched gears into my “element.” We have two doctors who started their cardiology fellowship in September. I’m spending time introducing them to echocardiography, parasternal long axis, patient positioning and all those knobs and buttons on machines.

I’m also working with Dr. Barasa who is director of the Cardiac Centre at MTRH to improve the Cardiac Diagnostic Unit (they took your name) with workflow, digital reporting, and an archiving system.

I’m in talks with MTRH HR about my contract for teaching a new “diagnostic cardiology” program which mostly includes teaching clinical officers to become sonographers. I expect to start in January.

I’ve lost 5 pounds already. Enjoyed seeing friends here in Kenya as well as from the USA. You should know that I’m grateful, once again, to the Duke Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health — they continue to be supportive of my efforts and Duke’s collaboration here. ASE and ASEF are really cool organizations to get involved with their work and help support.

The Duke Cardiac Diagnostic Unit and its culture of support, learning and professional advancement is second to none in this world. I wouldn’t have had the opportunity, skills, critical thinking and confidence to embark on this endeavor had it not been for you guys. Take advantage of it. Support Sreek and our attendings.” — Mike

We followed up with Titus Ngeno regarding the teaching experience Mike mentioned above.

Titus wrote, “I had the pleasure of joining Mike in his herculean undertaking, promoting CVD awareness and developing treatment capacity in Eldoret, Kenya. He called me into a classroom after the inquisitive 7th grade students asked him why the left side of the heart is bigger than the right side. A poignant reminder to me of the effects of rheumatic heart disease and unexplained pulmonary hypertension in the region. The CV fellowship and collaborative research efforts led by Duke is touching and improving lives globally.” — Titus

Many thanks to Jerry for sharing this update with us!

Global Cardio-Oncology Summit This Last Week in São Paulo

The Global Cardio-Onc Summit was in São Paulo this week. Susan Dent and Chiara Melloni attended from Duke. Susan is part of the organizing committee. Susan tweeted several meeting updates over the week, and it seems like it was a great meeting. There were more than 500 attendees from 17 countries around the globe!!! It is increasing every year. We hope to have a bigger presence from Duke next year in Toronto. Below are few pics from the event.

Cybersecurity Awareness Month

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Duke faces daily attacks from hackers, and we need everyone’s help to protect Duke. This year Duke’s IT Security Office has launched a new “Report Phish” button that allows you to report any suspicious email with one click. The button is now available at the top of your email in Outlook and is labelled “Report Phish to Duke”/Phish Alert.

Upcoming Opportunities/Save the Date:

Duke SOM Research Week

The inaugural Duke University School of Medicine Research Week will be held from Monday, October 14 through Thursday, October 17 on the sixth floor of the Trent Semans Center for Health Education.

Activities for the week will include presentations from four School of Medicine faculty members (including Duke Heart’s Svati Shah!), a Duke Office of Scientific Integrity (DOSI) Research Town Hall, the Robert J. Lefkowitz, MD, Distinguished Lecture, Innovation Jam – with DIHI that Manesh Patel will emcee, a Clinical Keynote Lecture, and a poster session featuring the research of residents, trainees and PhD students from clinical and basic science departments. To learn more about events being held as part of Research Week, please visit: https://medschool.duke.edu/research/research-week.

Cardiology Grand Rounds

Our grand rounds this week will be the Cardiology Fellows Conference with Zak Loring. Please join us on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 7:15 a.m., DN, 2003.

Upcoming Grand Rounds:

15: Faculty Staff Meeting, 5 p.m.
22: Cardiology Fellows Conference with Sounok Sen
29: Euan Ashley from Stanford, “Towards Precision Medicine.” 5 p.m.
5: Renato Lopes will present “AF and PCI: Triple Trouble? Double Therapy? Where do we stand in 2019?”
8 (Friday): Kim Eagle, Michigan, will be presenting the Eugene Stead Lecture
12: Javed Butler, University of Mississippi

3^rd Annual Invented at Duke Celebration, Nov. 5

Co-hosted by the Duke Office of Licensing & Ventures and & Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Invented at Duke celebrates and promotes the diverse accomplishments of Duke innovators and entrepreneurs.

The event showcases select technologies, inventions, and novel ideas–illustrating the breadth of Duke discoveries–while also highlighting Duke’s innovation and entrepreneurship resources and facilitating discussions among Duke inventors and the broader Duke community.

Join us to celebrate innovations coming out of Duke, learn about Duke’s resources, and engage with inventors, the local investment community, alumni, Duke leadership, and researchers. The event will be held at Penn Pavilion on Tuesday, Nov. 5 from 5-7 p.m. (remarks begin at 5:30).

This year’s guest speaker is Derek Jantz, CSO of Precision BioSciences, a recently-made-public company spun out of the Duke School of Medicine. Precision uses a proprietary genome editing method called ARCUS to overcome cancers, cure genetic diseases, and create safer, more productive food sources.

If you’re an inventor, entrepreneur, researcher, licensee, investor, or someone interested in partnering with Duke, we hope you’ll join us for our 3rd Annual #InventedAtDuke Celebration. To learn more or to register, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/3rd-annual-invented-at-duke-celebration-tickets-65802486007.

Highlights of the Week – September 29th 2019

September 29, 2019 / Leave a comment

Califf Taking Larger Role with Alphabet Company

Duke cardiologist Robert Califf, MD, Vice Chancellor for Data Sciences for Duke Health and Director of Duke Forge, will transition to a full-time role with the Alphabet Company, serving as Head of Medical Strategy and Policy and working across the Google Health and Verily enterprises, beginning November 18. The news was announced on Thursday by A. Eugene Washington, MD, Duke Chancellor for Health Affairs.

“Califf has been a tremendous leader for this institution for more than 35 years, and we want to thank him for his dedication and commitment to Duke,” said Washington.

Califf, the Donald F. Fortin, M.D. Professor of Cardiology in the School of Medicine, is the founding director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute. He served as Vice Chancellor for Clinical and Translational Research at Duke and as Director of the Duke Translational Medicine Institute. After leaving Duke to serve as Deputy Commissioner for Medical Products and Tobacco and then Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Califf returned to Duke in 2017 to lead health data science and launch Duke Forge, the University’s new health data science center. Most recently, he has been instrumental in development of the Duke AI for Health initiative.

Califf attended Duke University and in 1978 graduated from the Duke University School of Medicine and began his residency training at the University of California, San Francisco. He returned to Duke in 1980 to complete a fellowship in cardiology and joined the faculty in 1982. He will remain on faculty at Duke University as an adjunct professor in the School of Medicine.

“This is bittersweet,” said Califf. “It has been 50 years since I arrived at Duke. All but four of those years, I have spent here. Lydia and I have made great friends, and together with Duke colleagues we’ve made real progress in our quest to improve lives. Duke University has an incredibly bright future, and I am proud to always call it home.”

The mark Rob Califf has made at Duke is undeniable. We are deeply grateful for all he and Lydia have done to support and further cardiovascular care and research at Duke and beyond.

Duke Heart at TCT, HFSA 2019

The Duke Heart team was well represented at the annual meetings for both TCT and HFSA!

Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2019 is underway through the end of this weekend at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Duke Heart fellow Jenn Rymer met up with prior and current Duke Clinical Research Institute fellows Take Inohara and Adam Nelson; she also presented The Association of Health-Related Quality of Life Scores with Cardiovascular and Limb Outcomes in Patients with Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease: Insights from the EUCLID Trial (Manesh Patel and Schuyler Jones are co-authors).

We know there are a number of faculty presenting/attending including Rob Califf, Schuyler Jones, David Kong, Mitch Krucoff, Renato Lopes, Magnus Ohman, Manesh Patel and Sunil Rao; additionally, some former Dukies are out there: Bob Harrington and Amit Vora.

We saw a really great shout out to Amit Vora (now on faculty at UPMC) from Renato Lopes on Twitter and it seems particularly fitting to share here: “Amit was the official fellow on the AUGUSTUS trial and helped us to run the trial. He just did a fantastic job today in presenting important and novel data on hospitalization in patients with AF and ACS/PCI at TCT. Paper is available in Circulation. Proud of you.” Way to go, Amit!

The Heart Failure Society of America’s 2019 Scientific Meeting was held Sept. 13-16 at the Philadelphia Convention Center in Philadelphia. Richa Agarwal is shown during her presentation, “Right Heart Failure Risk after LVAD,” which was very well received. In addition to Agarwal, presenters from Duke included Mike Felker, Marat Fudim, Steve Greene, Stu Russell, Rob Mentz and Joe Rogers; Adam DeVore was a moderator.

Well done, everyone!

Shout-Out for Nafissi

The second fellows’ journal club was held this week. Navid Nafissi discussed CHIP and the risk of atherosclerotic disease (N Engl J Med 2017;377:111-21). Svati Shah was the faculty host and discussant and in the center of the great photo below. She gave the following kudos to Navid for his presentation:

“I just wanted to let you know what a fantastic job Navid Nafissi did with journal club yesterday. He did a huge amount of research, presented a clearly laid out and thoughtful outline to me, and delivered a fantastic presentation that was engaging and interesting.”

Shah added, “Thank you so much for the opportunity to host him and the fellows!” Many thanks to Anna Lisa Crowley for sharing this with us!

Upcoming Opportunities/Save the Date:

Pulmonary Hypertension Symposium: Nov. 1

The 11^th Annual North Carolina Research Triangle Pulmonary Hypertension Symposium will take place on November 1 at the Durham Convention Center. Co-directors of the event are Terry Fortin and H. James Ford (UNC) Registration is open. To learn more and/or register, please visit: http://bit.ly/2m3oZrq

Cardiology Grand Rounds

Please join us this week when we welcome Davis Kass, Johns Hopkins, for “Increasing Heart Contractility: A Renaissance.” Tuesday, Oct. 1, 7:15 a.m., DN, 2003.

Upcoming Grand Rounds:

8: Cardiology Fellows Conference
15: Faculty Staff Meeting, 5 p.m.
29: Euan Ashley from Stanford, “Towards Precision Medicine.” 5 p.m.
5: Renato Lopes
8 (Friday): Kim Eagle, Michigan, will be presenting the Eugene Stead Lecture
12: Javed Butler, University of Mississippi

Have news to share?

Duke Heart in the News:

September 23 — Stephen Greene

Healio

Sacubitril/valsartan beneficial in real-world HFrEF population

https://www.healio.com/cardiology/hf-transplantation/news/online/%7B1a211c9a-6d21-4f17-93c5-fbddc71b274f%7D/sacubitrilvalsartan-beneficial-in-real-world-hfref-population

September 26 — E. Magnus Ohman

tctMD/the heart beat

Safe to Drop P2Y12 Inhibitor at 3 Months in High-Bleeding-Risk Patients: EVOLVE Short DAPT

https://www.tctmd.com/news/safe-drop-p2y12-inhibitor-3-months-high-bleeding-risk-patients-evolve-short-dapt

September 26 — Renato Lopes

tctMD/the heart beat

AUGUSTUS: Apixaban-Based Dual Therapy Best Across Major Subgroups

https://www.tctmd.com/news/augustus-apixaban-based-dual-therapy-best-across-major-subgroups

September 26 — Ying Xian (Neurology & Duke Clinical Research Institute)

HealthDay

AHA News: Why Aren’t More Stroke Survivors Getting Statins?

https://consumer.healthday.com/cardiovascular-health-information-20/heart-stroke-related-stroke-353/aha-news-why-aren-t-more-stroke-survivors-getting-statins-750670.html

September 26 — Pamela Douglas

Medscape

An ACC First: Health Policy Statement on Equal Pay, Opportunity

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/919006?src=rss

Highlights from week of September 22nd 2019

September 22, 2019 / Leave a comment

Highlights of the week:

2019 Triangle Heart Walk Success!

We had an absolutely great time today at the Triangle Heart Walk due to the outstanding support of our team captains, walkers and volunteers from across Duke Heart, Duke Stroke Center and the Health System for not only doing their part as fundraisers, but through their efforts to work at the Duke tents and help make sure Duke Health was well represented this year. Together, we raised nearly $200,000 to support the American Heart Association (final numbers available next weekend). We began rolling out our Life Is Why sponsorship by offering blood pressure screenings – we were able to measure just over 100 walkers so that they would “Know Their Numbers” and have a better understanding of why it is important to measure regularly. (Did you know that the AHA recommends people check their BP twice per month?). Thanks to Manesh Patel for leading our PACE team: Partnering to Advance Cardiovascular health through community Engagement as part of our Life Is Why rollout.

Thank you to Sean Sondej, Jill Engel, Laura Dickerson, and Kelly Kester for taking the lead with the t-shirt tent and making sure all of our volunteers were fed, and thanks to Tracey Koepke for coordinating our sponsorship tent. Many, many thanks to our volunteers: Carolyn Gary, Melissa Williams, Latitia McNeil, Luz Pura, Mollie Kettle, Shari Starr (and husband!), Tayler Santorella, Terri Demuro and Brian Coyne for their help with blood pressure screenings and distribution of shirts. You’re all amazing!

We are very happy to have partnered with our Duke Stroke Center colleagues and appreciate their volunteers today: Margaret Fenu, Taylor Bennett, Vanessa Hutchins, Gerardine Granjean, Rebecca Horn, Donalyn Heilman, Amanda Taylor, Anna Southerland, Melissa Freeman, Shannon Chesney, Carey Unger, Nilam Patel and Emily Bulkley. We look forward to working with them again soon.

2^nd Annual Duke Heart APP Symposium Held

Hosted by course directors Jill Engel and Manesh Patel, the 2^nd Annual Duke Heart Symposium for APPs was held on Saturday, 9/21. We had excellent turnout (on a gorgeous day!) with more than 200 registered attendees from 12 different states. Duke Heart APPs moderated the sessions led by Jill Engel, Manesh Patel, Ann Marie Navar, Islam Othman, Jon Piccini, Adam Williams, Don Glower, Ben Bryner, Stephanie Barnes, Stu Russell, Terry Fortin and Michel Khouri. Topics included lipid management, chronic total occlusion, atrial fibrillation, aortic valve replacement, mitral interventions, endocarditis, LVAD therapies, heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, cardiac amyloidosis, and echocardiography.

This event has quickly become one of Duke Heart’s most well-attended events. Many thanks to the APP team for all of their hard work with particular appreciation to Jill Engel, Ashley Barba, Diane Sauro, Stephanie Barnes, Roman Ross, Peg Murphy, and Lynn McGugan for making the day so successful!

DeVore Accepted to ACC Leadership Academy

Congratulations to Adam DeVore on his acceptance into the 2019 American College of Cardiology Rick Nishimura, MD, MACC and Patrick T. O’Gara, MD, MACC Emerging Faculty Leadership Academy. This is great news, Adam – we are really happy for you!

Lowenstern Awarded 2019 CVRI Travel Grant

Congratulations to Duke Heart fellow Angela Lowenstern! She has been selected by the American Heart Association’s Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention (CVRI) for a 2019 CVRI Early Career Investigator Travel Grant. This award supports the research efforts of early career investigators and trainees of all backgrounds. She will be acknowledged as a Travel Grant recipient at the CVRI Awards Reception and Annual Business Meeting on Nov. 16 during the AHA Annual Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia.

STEMI Team & Piloting of LifeNet

Jamie Jollis presented at our STEMI meeting this week regarding an upcoming pilot of LifeNet, an application that allows EMS in many of our surrounding counties to push 12 lead EKGs from their machines to a computer in the CICU and ED at Duke. This will improve overall efficiency and quality of care, as LifeNet will offer improved EKG image quality, make transmission easier, and improve care for STEMI patients. This should also help reduce our false activation rates. We expect to begin the pilot in the next few weeks at DUH and DRH.

Cardio-Obstetrics Clinic Opens – Helps High Risk Moms

Congratulations to Sarah Goldstein and Cary Ward who, together, held their first multi-disciplinary cardio-obstetrics clinic this past week. The service is now offered at Lakeview Clinic side by side with Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM). It allows our physicians to easily interact with our obstetrics colleagues around high risk patients, and is also highly patient-centered because the moms can see Cardiology and MFM all in the same place. We are starting with a half day clinic once per month, but plan to increase the number of days once we are operating smoothly.

Very special thanks to Nick Nguyen, division administrator for Duke Cardiology and Herly Joseph-Andre from the Department of Medicine who helped get this clinic set up and ready to go. Great job, everyone!

QMS Goes Live with DMP 7East as Pilot Unit

DMP 7East went live on Wednesday as the Duke Heart pilot unit for implementation of the Duke Quality Management System. Eric McClenny, 7E Nurse Manager and Cierra Ashley, 7E Clinical Lead are pictured here with the 7East staff during the morning huddle.

Shout-out to Duke Heart Nurse Managers and Clinical Leads

Many thanks to our Duke Heart Nurse Managers and Clinical Leads for all of their hard work and overall efforts to support our patients and team.

We managed to capture a shot of a group of them enjoying some sunshine and camaraderie out on the Trent Semans patio this week.

ECMO Team Wins Best Abstract at 30^th Annual ELSO Conference

Congratulations to Sarah Mausert and Mike Wilson of the Duke ECMO team for winning Best Abstract at the 30th Annual Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Conference held from Sept. 12-15 at the Hilton Austin in Austin, TX. Their abstract “RT ECMO Specialist Driven Sweep Trials Reduce Time to Sweep Trial Initiation and ECMO Duration in Patients Requiring VV-ECMO for ARDS.” We have heard that this was, without a doubt, the best content of the entire meeting. Our MICU ECMO Specialists all deserve a round of applause. We are very pleased and proud of this terrific team. Way to go!

EP Summit: 9^th Annual CME Event Held Sept. 7

The 9th Annual Duke Electrophysiology Summit, directed by Jim Daubert, was hosted on Saturday, Sept. 7. Duke speakers included Sana Al-Khatib, Brett Atwater, Kristen Campbell, Camille Frazier-Mills, Kevin Jackson, Renato Lopes, Dan Mark, Jason Koontz, Ruth Lehan, Jane Schutz, Al Sun, Rob Lewis, and Kevin Thomas. The keynote speaker was Anthony Tang, professor of medicine at Western University in Ontario. More than 170 attendees registered for the live event and online webinar. Topics included the intersection of heart failure with arrhythmias and devices, rhythm control and stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation, device management and many interesting and challenging cases.

Great job, everyone!

Upcoming Opportunities/Save the Date:

Cardiology Grand Rounds

This month we have had two great presentations on different aspects of cardio-oncology by Michael Fradley and Ron Witteles. Thanks to those of you who were able to join us!

This week, we continue that discussion and focus on cardio-oncology care at Duke. Susan Dent and Michel Khouri, the directors of the Duke CardioOncology program, will be speaking. The title of their talk is, “CardioOncology: Past, Present and Future.” Tuesday, Sept. 24, 7:15 a.m., DN, 2001.

Upcoming Grand Rounds:

25 (Wednesday): Association of Women Surgeons Grand Rounds: “Gender in Leadership.” This event is a collaboration among various departments, including Surgery, Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, Anesthesiology, Ophthalmology, and Medicine. All Duke Health professionals are welcome to attend.
1: Davis Kass, Johns Hopkins, “Increasing Heart Contractility: A Renaissance.”
8: Cardiology Fellows Conference
15: Faculty Staff Meeting, 5 p.m.
29: Euan Ashley from Stanford, “Towards Precision Medicine.” 5 p.m.
5: Renato Lopes
8 (Friday): Kim Eagle, Michigan, will be presenting the Eugene Stead Lecture
12: Javed Butler, University of Mississippi

Have news to share?

Duke Heart in the News:

September 17 — Pamela Douglas

tctMD/the heart beat

American College of Cardiology Steps Up: Equal Pay, Opportunities for All

https://www.tctmd.com/news/american-college-cardiology-steps-equal-pay-opportunities-all

September 19 — Jennifer Rymer

Cardiovascular Business

Failed TAVR more common in women, those with PAD

cardiovascularbusiness.com/topics/structural-congenital-heart-disease/failed-tavr-more-common-women-those-pad

September 19 — Renato Lopes

Medscape

ENTRUST-AF PCI Supports Safety of Dual Therapy With Edoxaban

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/918713

Highlights Week of September 15th 2019

September 15, 2019 / Leave a comment

Highlights of the week:

Douglas Receives ASNC 2019 Distinguished Career Award

We are very pleased to announce that the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology named Pamela S. Douglas as the 2019 recipient of their Distinguished Career Achievement Award! The award was presented at the Annual Scientific Session of the ASNC, held this weekend at the Chicago Marriott Magnificent Mile Hotel in Chicago. Well deserved! Go #WIC!

CVRC Grand Opening

The Duke Cardiovascular Research Center (CVRC) celebrated their recently renovated space in the Carl Building with a grand opening celebration on Friday evening. Speakers included Victor Dzau, Robert Lefkowitz, Howard Rockman, Manesh Patel and Maria Price Rapoza. The state of the art space is now large enough to bring the majority of our basic science investigators into closer proximity, and offer greater collaboration among lab members. Thanks to the continued leadership of Howard Rockman and Maria Rapoza in helping bring this vision to fruition. This space will provide the environment that our faculty and research teams need to make the critical insights needed in cardiovascular medicine. The space looks great and if you haven’t seen it, you should stop by to check it out. First floor, Carl building.

Laura Blue Celebrates 40 years with Duke!

September 10^th marked a milestone for our very own Laura Blue! She has been with Duke for 40 years. Congratulations, Laura! Your compassion and skill have benefitted not only thousands of our Duke Heart patients, but all of your colleagues as well.

Press Ganey Award 2F/2G

Congratulations to the 2F/2G team! Clinic 2F/2G won Press Ganey’s 2019 Pinnacle of Excellence award for Medical Practice/CGCAHPS. The award recognizes practices with sustained extraordinary performance (three consecutive years May 2016- April 2019) in “Likelihood to Recommend,” “Overall Rating,” and “Teamwork.” This is a highly competitive award with only four winners in this category.

Way to go, everyone!

Rasesh Desai Joins Anesthesiology; CTOR, CTICU Team

Please join us in welcoming Rasesh Desai, MD, to the Duke Heart team – he is the newest faculty member in Duke’s Department of Anesthesiology with specialized training in cardiothoracic care. Rasesh obtained his medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina; completed residency at Vanderbilt; an adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia fellowship training at Cleveland Clinic, and Critical Care Medicine fellowship training at Vanderbilt.

He will start in the CTOR next week, and in the CTICU in October. Please welcome him when you see him!

‘Hitting With Heart’ Fundraiser Held

Our 5th Annual Hitting with Heart softball tournament to benefit the American Heart Association’s Triangle Heart Walk was held last weekend. The one-day, co-ed tournament included 12 teams from throughout DUHS including two teams from 7 West/DMP, 3100, 3300, 7 East/DMP, 7700, Duke Birthing Center, Vascular Interventional Radiology, Clinical Engineering, DHTS, Perfusion, and Respiratory Care Services. Congratulations to the winning team: DHTS! The tournament generated $2775, but the teams are continuing to collect donations up until the Heart Walk next Sunday.

Way to go! Many thanks to all who contributed to planning this fun event and to the teams who joined us. We’re especially grateful to our 2019 tournament sponsors: Fred’s Towing & Transport; Moon Runners Saloon; Rutledge Mini Storage & Climate Control and Greystone Tru-Light.

ICYMI: NEW BOOK RELEASE Mechanical Circulatory Support: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease, 2nd Edition!

From Elsevier: Offering comprehensive, authoritative coverage of mechanical circulatory support (MCS), this fully revised companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease provides the clinically relevant information you need to effectively use this therapy to treat and manage end-stage heart failure. New editors and authors – experts in both cardiology and cardiovascular surgery – bring you fully up to date with the newest technology and devices, as well as basic science, clinical applications, adverse event monitoring and management, socioeconomic implications, future directions, and more. NOTE: One of the co-authors is our own Joe Rogers! Learn more:

http://bit.ly/2mbsrjd

Commemorative 25^th Anniversary Books Still Available

Own a piece of history! We have a few remaining copies of the Duke Heart Center 25th anniversary commemorative photo book available. They are located on the 8^th floor of the HAFS building and are available on a first come, first served basis at no cost. Please see Renee Story in person this week if you would like a copy.

Upcoming Opportunities/Save the Date:

Triangle Heart Walk: September 22.

Check in starts at 12:30 p.m.; the walk is at 2 p.m. at PNC Arena. Have you registered? Help Duke beat UNC – we need more walkers!

This is it: The Heart Walk is next weekend!! We look forward to seeing as many members of the Duke Heart team there as possible.

Consider joining our Heart Center team aimed at partnering to advance cardiovascular health through community engagement (PACE). Here is the link (or search for “PACE”): http://www2.heart.org/goto/PACEHeartWalkTeam

La Pluma: A Narrative Essay Writing Group

Have you ever considered writing an essay for publication describing a patient encounter, or an opinion on a controversial topic? Giving the medical community a “piece of your mind”? Or perhaps a short story that ties into your medical experiences? Then please join us for a brief initial interest meeting for a new writing group for Duke Medical School faculty and residents to be held September 18, 2019 in room 212C, Seeley Mudd Building, at 5:30 PM.

We are planning a monthly evening group meeting to share ideas and take turns reading and responding one another’s work. We believe that through this practice, we will not only improve the essays in question, but also refine our own listening and editing skills; and this in turn will enable us to better understand and honor the stories told to us by our patients.

Planned benefits of the group include:

Have your work read and commented on prior to submitting for publication
Learn from others with similar interests
Brainstorm for new ideas
Identify potential journals for publication
Share recommendations for useful writing guides

The group leaders will include Ray Barfield, MD, PhD, Sneha Mantri, MD, MA, Frank Neelon, MD, and Brian Quaranta, MD, MA, of the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and History of Medicine. At the initial meeting, we plan to give further information about the purpose of the group, as well as assess interest level and potential group size.

If you are interested but cannot attend the initial meeting, do not be discouraged. Please email Brian Quaranta at brian.quaranta@duke.edu. We hope to see you there!

Cardiology Grand Rounds

Join us for Cardiology Grand Rounds with Ron Witteles of Stanford Medicine. He will present Amyloidosis – A Journey from Esoteric Untreatable to Common/Treatable. Tuesday, Sept. 17, 7:15 a.m., DN, 2001.

Upcoming Grand Rounds:

24: Susan Dent, Duke Cancer Institute.
1: David Kass, Johns Hopkins.

Have news to share?

Duke Heart in the News:

September 10 — Sunil Rao

Medscape

Heparin Dosing Oddities in the Cath Lab: A ‘Red Flag’ Raises Questions

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/918035?src=rss

September 11 — Robert Califf

Cardiovascular Business

Fluoroquinolone use predicts aortic, mitral regurgitation

https://www.cardiovascularbusiness.com/topics/structural-congenital-heart-disease/fluoroquinolone-use-predicts-aortic-mitral-regurgitation

September 11 — Adrian Hernandez

Medscape

Cardiac ‘Shrinkage’ on Sacubitril/Valsartan May Rival CRT in Reduced-EF Heart Failure: PROVE-HF

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/918131

September 11 — Robert Califf

Medpage Today

Antibiotic Class Associated With Heart Valve Problems

https://www.medpagetoday.com/cardiology/chf/82088

Highlights September 8th Week

September 8, 2019 / Leave a comment

Former Fellows Reunite at ESC 2019

Peter Quigley, Peter Clemmensen and Magnus Ohman were able to catch up with one another while at the European Society of Cardiology held last weekend in Paris. They all worked together in the late 1980s and worked with Galen Wagner and Richard Stack.

The meeting was highlighted by several important clinical trials and presentations by many of the Duke Heart Faculty. We will have a full list of presentations and publications forthcoming. Several advances in Heart Failure, management of diabetes, and patients needing complete revascularization at the time of acute MI were presented.

CSTI Announces TransPop Expansion; MURDOCK Celebrates 10^th Anniversary

In conjunction with the 10th anniversary of the first participant enrolled in the landmark MURDOCK Study, the Duke CTSI Translational Population Health Research group has announced plans to double its clinical research space at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis.

“The MURDOCK Study is our foundational study and has paved the way for TransPop’s growing clinical research presence in Kannapolis,” said L. Kristin Newby, MD, principal investigator for the MURDOCK Study and director for Translational Population Health Research (TransPop). “The value of the MURDOCK Study is its ability to help researchers answer big questions to better understand health and disease. We could not do this work without our dedicated participants.”

One of the largest community-based research studies of its kind, the MURDOCK Study Community Registry and Biorepository has more than 12,500 participants and about 430,000 biological samples. People from 20 zip codes in and around Kannapolis and Cabarrus County joined the study. Participants complete a follow-up form every year, and researchers track changes to their health over time.

The study has more than 50 collaborations, including 150 collaborators across 21 institutions, and 47 peer reviewed publications. More than 100 Duke faculty members have used MURDOCK Study samples and data to explore a broad range of research questions, and two new cohorts launched this year, the MURDOCK Fractures and Falls Study and MURDOCK Kidney Health Study.

“I’m excited about all that has been accomplished over the past decade through the MURDOCK Study, and I’m confident and excited about what the future holds. Our core values in the School of Medicine remind us that we are here to accelerate discovery, advance the care of patients, and to train the next generation of heath care providers,” said Mary E. Klotman, M.D., Dean, Duke University School of Medicine. “I can think of few projects that are a better example than the MURDOCK Study of how we are living out these values in the work we all do at Duke.”

To continue to support a growing network of investigators and their research projects and to better serve participants and study staff, TransPop will double its state-of-the-art clinical office to 10,100 square feet, giving the group much-needed space to onboard new studies based in Kannapolis, Newby said. Construction is expected to take place this fall on the third floor of the North Carolina Research Campus Medical Office Building.

“The planned expansion will create an ideal research environment for our investigators, study participants, and our staff,” Newby said. She noted the TransPop expansion coincides with an ambitious overhaul of downtown Kannapolis and encouraged Duke collaborators to visit.

Duke CTSI is observing the MURDOCK Study 10th anniversary throughout the year. The celebration continues Oct. 12 with the Duke Dash 5K & Healthfest at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis.

MURDOCK stands for Measurement to Understand the Reclassification of Disease Of Cabarrus and Kannapolis. Duke University School of Medicine received a generous from David H. Murdock through the David H. Murdock Institute for Business and Culture to establish the MURDOCK Study in September 2007. The first participant was enrolled in 2009.

To learn more about collaborating with the MURDOCK Study and Duke CTSI TransPop, go to duketranspop.org.

Project Baseline Update

Svati Shah discusses advancing health science to improve heart attack and stroke prevention in a new Project Baseline Q&A. Shah is Duke’s principal investigator for the Project Baseline Health Study and also partners on the new Project Baseline Heart Biomarker Study. She’s director of the Duke Adult Cardiovascular Genetics Clinic.

The Health Study is the first initiative of Project Baseline, an ambitious effort to develop a well-defined “baseline” of human health, and a rich data platform to help researchers better understand health and disease and the transitions between them. Collaborators include Duke, Verily, Stanford Medicine and Google.

Department of Medicine Grand Rounds

Neha Pagidipati, Svati Shah, and Sreekanth Vemulapalli presented at the Friday, Sept. 6 Department of Medicine Grand Rounds. The grand rounds focused on data science projects that were supported by the Department of Medicine and our Division. Neha focused on cardiometabolic disease and obesity and Svati and Sreek presented around the imaging relationships between echo and the underlying genetics and myocardial disease.

Great Job!

Shout Outs to CCU Fellows; Jade Clausen

Jen Rymer sent kudos out the week ending Sept. 1 to CCU fellows Vanessa, Chris and Jeff. She said, “Thanks to the hard work of all the CCU fellows! We appreciated their clear and timely communication and their hard work to transition patients in and out of the Cath lab when the hospital was very busy.” Many thanks to Anna Lisa Crowley for sharing this with us!

Special thanks to Jade Clausen, NP for inpatient cardiology transplant! She went above and beyond for a patient family this week ahead of Hurricane Dorian. Per Adam Devore: “This week we had a heart transplant patient completing PLEX and ATG for rejection but hoping to get home before the Hurricane Dorian landed. Jade came in early to make sure the patient was discharged before 7 am so that the patient could make it home to his family.” Todd McVeigh, co-team lead for Cardiology APPs, shared with us that Jade came to the hospital well ahead of the start of her shift in order to discharge the patient, putting him and his family at ease.

Great job, Vanessa, Chris, Jeff and Jade!

Commemorative 25^th Anniversary Books Available

Own a piece of history! We have a limited number of extra copies of the Duke Heart Center 25th anniversary commemorative photo book available while supplies last. They are located on the 8^th floor of the HAFS building and are available on a first come, first served basis at no cost. Please see Renee Story in person this week if you would like a copy.

Upcoming Opportunities/Save the Date:

September 22: Triangle Heart Walk.

Check in starts at 12:30 p.m.; the walk is at 2 p.m. at PNC Arena. Have you registered? Help Duke beat UNC – we need more walkers!

It is not too late to register as a team captain or to join an already formed team (there are several to join as part of Duke Heart as well as all major DUHS entities) – please visit: https://www2.heart.org/site/TR?company_id=209022&fr_id=4327&pg=company

Cardiology Grand Rounds

Join us for Cardiology Grand Rounds with Michael Fradley of USF Health. He will present Nuts and Bolts of Cardio-Oncology: From pathophysiology to program development. Monday, Sept. 9, 7:15 a.m., DN, 2001. Breakfast will be available, but please arrive early if you want dibs on your favorites!

Upcoming Grand Rounds:

17: Ron Witteles, of Stanford Medicine. Cardiac Amyloidosis. 7:15 a.m., DN, 2003.

Have news to share?

Duke Heart in the News:

August 30 — Yaron Barac

Cardiovascular Business

TBI donor hearts found viable for transplant

https://www.cardiovascularbusiness.com/topics/coronary-intervention-surgery/tbi-donor-hearts-found-viable-transplant

August 31 — Matthew Roe

Medscape

Bleeding in ACS Patients on DAPT Should Prompt Cancer Search

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/917535

August 31 — E. Magnus Ohman

tctMD/the heart beat

Evolocumab in Acute ACS Safely Reduces LDL Cholesterol: EVOPACS

https://www.tctmd.com/news/evolocumab-acute-acs-safely-reduces-ldl-cholesterol-evopacs

September 1 — Sana Al-Khatib

MedicineNet

Take a Vacation, Your Heart Will Thank You

https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=214853

September 2 — Christopher Granger

tctMD/the heart beat

BMI Not the Best Option for Predicting CV Events, Global Analysis Suggests

https://www.tctmd.com/news/bmi-not-best-option-predicting-cv-events-global-analysis-suggests

September 2 — Sana Al-Khatib

Healio/Cardiology Today

Periodic repolarization dynamics may identify ICD candidates

https://www.healio.com/cardiology/arrhythmia-disorders/news/online/%7Ba241edc9-c141-46e9-8da5-86c84ae4ff87%7D/periodic-repolarization-dynamics-may-identify-icd-candidates

September 3 — Sana Al-Khatib

Medpage Today

ICDs Still Save Lives in HF

https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/esc/81945

September 4 — Christopher Granger and Renato Lopes

Medpage Today

Dual Tx With Edoxaban Noninferior to Standard Triple Tx

https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/esc/81980

September 5 — James Blumenthal (Psychiatry)

Inc.

Want a Healthy Brain? Stanford Neuroscientists Say Doing This 1 Easy Activity Improves Memory, Boosts Mood, and Prevents Dementia

https://www.inc.com/melanie-curtin/want-a-healthy-brain-stanford-neuroscientists-say-doing-this-1-easy-activity-improves-memory-boosts-mood-prevents-dementia.html

Highlights of week ending September 1st 2019

September 1, 2019 / Leave a comment

Highlights of the week:
Bryner Joins CT Surgery Faculty
Please join us in welcoming Benjamin S. Bryner, MD, MS, to the Duke Heart team! Bryner has been with Duke since 2016 when he arrived as a thoracic surgery resident. Having completed his CT surgery training in June, he has officially joined the faculty in the Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery as an assistant professor of surgery. He specializes in heart and lung transplantation.
Bryner earned his medical degree, with distinction in research, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. There, Bryner spent a significant amount of time researching ECMO under the mentorship of Dr. Robert Bartlett. Throughout his general surgery training, also at Michigan, he earned several research excellence and teaching awards, including the James W. Crudup Award, given for excellence in research.

He says he was drawn to Duke because he wanted the experience in organ transplantation he knew he would get from our program, as well as the fact that Duke has one of the largest and busiest ECMO programs in the U.S.

Bryner is originally from Utah and here with his wife who is a PhD student in public policy and political science at Duke. He is looking forward to meeting and connecting with even more of the Duke Heart team and looks forward to expanding his research collaborations and to participating in the expansion of new programs and services.
We are happy to have him on faculty with us. Please introduce yourself to Ben when you have the opportunity to do so!

Welcome, Jillian Ream!
Please join us in welcoming Jillian Ream as she begins her new role as Executive Director of Development in the Department of Medicine. She fills the leadership role last held by Blue Dean, who departed Duke Health after eight years to oversee the development efforts for University Libraries at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Jillian will collaborate with Kathleen Cooney and Magnus Ohman, Vice Chair for Development and Innovation, as well as the other division chiefs, to increase development efforts in the coming year.

Jillian joined Duke Health Development and Alumni Affairs in 2013 and has served as chief fundraiser and manager of philanthropic giving for the Duke Eye Center since 2015. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Wake Forest University and a master’s degree in social work administration, as well as a certificate in nonprofit management, philanthropic studies and volunteerism from The University of Texas at Austin. Jillian has spent the majority of her development career in academic medical settings, including at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Jillian will manage a team of Duke Health Development professionals dedicated to the Department of Medicine, including Sally Schatz and others to be selected soon. Jillian will work closely with Duke Heart Center on our fundraising activities. We look forward to working with her!

Walton Departing Duke, December 2019; Seabrooks Named CTOR Scheduler

As many of you know, Mary Walton, our cardiovascular and thoracic operating room (CTOR) scheduling manager has decided to retire in early December after more than 42 years of service at Duke University Hospital. Mary has been a tremendous asset to the Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and Duke Heart Center. She has built excellent relationships through the years and participated in processes to enhance our CTOR scheduling processes.

With Mary’s pending retirement, Jessica Seabrooks, RN, CCRN, will transfer into the CTOR scheduler role. Many of you know Jessica from 7W. Jessica has more than 13 years of experience with Duke including time with MICU, 3100, the CT Step Down Unit, and most recently, her 6.5 years on 7W. There, she successfully championed the unit’s efforts to reduce patient falls. Jessica has presented her work at multiple local and national conferences. We believe Jessica’s experience in bed flow, as a charge nurse, and as a preceptor will provide great value in her transition to the CTOR scheduler position.

Many thanks to Mary for her incredible years of service to all of us! Please congratulate and welcome Jessica to the CTOR scheduling role when you see her.

Good Catch, Shannon Brennan, 3300!
Another “eagle eyed” Duke Heart team member makes a good catch! Shannon Brennan, one of our amazing nurses on 3300, caught an incorrect order of magnesium
at discharge for a patient with heart transplant and end stage renal disease. This helped prevent complications due to hypermagnesium. Way to go, Shannon — keep up the great work!

Rivera, Zhang Achieve Advanced Certification in Sonography
The Duke Heart Clinical Diagnostic Unit is proud to announce that two of our sonographers, Danny Rivera and Jian Zhang, successfully passed the Advanced Cardiac Sonographer (ACS) examination. ACS sonographers practice at an advanced level in the echocardiography laboratory improving lab quality and efficiency; performing advanced echocardiograms and mentoring fellows, students, residents and staff; developing and implementing educational plans; facilitating continuous quality improvement, and coordinating cardiac ultrasound research.

Danny and Jian join the ranks of Hillary Hrabak, Batina Kight, Mike Foster, Ashlee Davis, Josh Lander, and John Toptine as Duke Sonographers who have all achieved the Advanced Cardiac Sonographer certification.

The regular advancement in learning and achievement demonstrated by our sonography team is one of the reasons Duke is able to provide the highest levels of care to our patients. Good Work Danny and Jian!

Kudos to Chris Wrobel!
We learned this week of outstanding support offered by Chris Wrobel, a first-year cardiology fellow. According to Mike Nanna, also a fellow with the division of cardiology, Wrobel was having an extremely busy night as the CCU fellow on call when two patients simultaneously required somewhat challenging procedures. Chris managed to keep his cool in a stressful situation, took advantage of the resources he had available, prioritized effectively, and successfully provided the necessary care to his patients. His technical competence, effective team management, and leadership abilities were under full display. Chris’s clinical skill and ability to maintain his composure as an early first-year fellow were truly impressive.

Way to go, Chris! Thanks for being an exemplary part of our team. Many thanks to Mike Nanna and to Anna Lisa Crowley for sharing this with the Pulse!

Duke Heart team expands by two!
The Duke Heart team is twice-blessed thanks to the recent arrival of newborns. Hooray!

The Doberne & Chien family is pleased to introduce Adrian Isaac Chien, born Aug. 17. Julie Doberne, MD, PhD, is a trainee in our Integrated CT Surgery Training Program. Doberne reports that all are doing well; she and husband Christopher Chien, along with Adrian’s big sister, Samantha, thank everyone for their ongoing support.

We are happy to report that Tiffany & Cale Sito, as well as big sister, Hazel, welcomed a baby boy named Hunter on Aug. 22, weighing 7 lbs., 3 oz. Tiffany Sito is one of our cardiology nurse practitioners; she reports that everyone is doing well and that her family appreciates everyone’s well wishes. She adds, “See y’all in November!”

Congratulations to both families!

Fifth Annual Hitting with Heart Softball Tourney: Sept. 8
Calling all softball fans…and fans of food trucks and bounce houses! The 5th Annual Hitting with Heart softball tournament will take place on Sunday, Sept. 8 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Valley Springs Park, (3805 Valley Springs Road, Durham). Although teams are finalized, we are looking for volunteers to help at the event, which raises funds for the upcoming American Heart Association Heart Walk. If you have time and the willingness to help, please contact Heather Pena at heather.pena@duke.edu. We encourage everyone to join us for any part of the day – it is a fun gathering for a great cause. Many thanks to everyone who works hard to plan this event. (And yes – there will be food trucks and a bounce house!)

Commemorative 25th Anniversary Books Available
Own a piece of history! We have a limited number of extra copies of the Duke Heart Center 25th anniversary commemorative photo book available while supplies last. They are located on the 8th floor of the HAFS building and are available on a first come, first served basis at no cost. Please see Renee Storey in person, or send an email to Tracey Koepke if you would like a copy.

Reminder: CVRC Open House
The Duke Cardiovascular Research Center (CVRC) will hold an open house on Friday, Sept. 13 from 5-6:30 p.m. to celebrate their newly renovated space in the Carl Building. Everyone from Duke Heart is welcome to attend. There will be opening remarks from leadership, refreshments, and a tour of the space. We look forward to seeing you there and to celebrating with our CVRC team! Please let Cheryl Woodard know by Sept. 9 if you plan to attend. Her email is cheryl.woodard@duke.edu.

ICYMI: Triangle Now Fourth Largest Life Science Hub in U.S.
The rankings are based on life science employment concentration and growth, company concentration, venture capital funding, NIH funding and patents. See the news story here: https://www.wraltechwire.com/2019/08/29/triangle-now-4th-largest-life-science-hub-in-us-says-new-report/

ATTN: Duke Heart Alumni/DUCCS
Hey, Duke Heart alumni… are you planning a trip to Durham, NC? Duke’s new alumni center is now open! The Karsh Alumni and Visitors Center located at 2080 Duke University Road, is a 48,000 square foot complex with three main buildings — an events building with atrium/lobby, a market for snacks and beverages, a hall with state-of-the-art, interactive technology wall and a board room; the Forlines House with a lounge, library and meeting room; and an office building for Alumni Affairs staff members. There is also a grassy quad in the middle of the complex that can be tented for gatherings, receptions and dinners. Be sure to stop in and check it out the next time you are on campus.

Karsh Official Grand Opening/Founders’ Weekend
Saturday, Sept. 28
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Duke Community Open House/Homecoming Weekend
Sunday, Oct. 13
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Upcoming Opportunities/Save the Date:
September 22: Triangle Heart Walk.
Check in starts at 12:30 p.m.; the walk is at 2 p.m. at PNC Arena. Have you registered? Help Duke beat UNC – we need more walkers!

Consider joining our Heart Center team aimed at partnering to advance cardiovascular health through community engagement (PACE). Here is the link (or search for “PACE”): http://www2.heart.org/goto/PACEHeartWalkTeam

The Return of Cardiology Grand Rounds
We know you have missed it! Please join us as we resume Cardiology Grand Rounds with Michael Fradley of USF Health as our first guest. He will present Nuts and Bolts of Cardio-Oncology: From pathophysiology to program development. Monday, Sept. 9, 7:15 a.m., DN, 2001. Breakfast will be available, but please arrive early if you want dibs on your favorites!
Upcoming Grand Rounds:
• Sept. 17: Ron Witteles, of Stanford Medicine. Cardiac Amyloidosis. 7:15 a.m., DN, 2003.

Have news to share?
If you have news to share with the Pulse readership, please contact Tracey Koepke, director of communications for Duke Heart at tracey.koepke@duke.edu. We would love to hear about your latest accomplishments, professional news, cool happenings, and any events or opportunities that may be of interest to our Duke Heart family. Please call with any questions: 919-681-2868. Feedback on Pulse is welcome and encouraged.

Duke Heart in the News:
August 26 — Thomas Owens and Duke University Hospital
The New York Times
Inside North Carolina’s Big Effort to Transform Health Care

August 28 — Jennifer Rymer
tctMD/the heart beat
Aborted TAVR Procedures Are Waning in the US
https://www.tctmd.com/news/aborted-tavr-procedures-are-waning-us

Highlights of Week Ending August 25th 2019

August 25, 2019 / Leave a comment

Highlights of the week:

Chapel Climb in Honor of Pam Douglas this week!

Some of you may be aware that Pamela Douglas is having health issues and has taken a temporary step back from her duties. To show support for her during this time, Academic Affairs and colleagues at DCRI organized a small fundraiser to benefit causes that are dear to Pam’s heart and indicative of the extraordinary work she pursues here at Duke Heart.

The group held a Duke Chapel Climb Wednesday, Aug. 21 with two teams being led by Kristen Tuminski and Lori Betz. The group embarked between 8:30-8:45 a.m. They did a collective 3,346 steps up and 3,346 down for a total of 6,692 steps! See the great photos included. The Climbers in no particular order included: David Sielaty, Brenda Pattison, Lori Betz, Michael Nanna, Trish Cowper, Eric Peterson, Lori Snyder, Regina McNair, Kathleen Miller, Aurea Gagliardotto, Chiarra Melloni, Ann Brown, Kristen Tuminski, and Geoff (hubby).

The money raised will support one of three funds at Duke:

Douglas Ginsberg Fund for Gender Equity in Academic Medicine
Pamela S. Douglas, MD Visiting Scholar in Cardiovascular Imaging
Pamela S. Douglas, MD Cardiovascular Imaging Research Fund

Speaking with Geoff and Pam this weekend, they are clearly touched by the show of support from this event and all that the Duke Family have done in reaching out to help support them. Thank you all. Wishing Pam a speedy recovery.

Nishant Shah Joins Duke Heart

Please join us in welcoming Nishant Shah, MD to the Duke Heart team! Shah officially joined the cardiology faculty on Monday, August 19 as assistant professor in medicine and we are excited for his assistance with our mission to prevent and treat cardiovascular disease in our community.

Shah recently completed his fellowship training at the Cleveland Clinic, where he excelled both clinically and academically. Throughout his training, he worked with leaders in the field of cardiovascular prevention as he pursued his clinical and research interests in genetic hyperlipidemia disorders, complex cholesterol management, and cholesterol biomarkers such as lipoprotein(a). While in Cleveland, he led initiatives to understand the pathogenic mechanisms of lipoprotein(a), as well as its role in diabetes and calcific aortic valve disease.

He says he gravitated to the field of cardiology because it offers the ability to provide comprehensive care to patients with a mix of procedures and imaging, as well as the ability to build long-term relationships with patients.

With Duke Heart, he will continue to advance his clinical and research interests by collaborating across teams within Duke’s CRU and the Duke Clinical Research Institute. Given his background and clinical experience, he will help expand our preventive efforts in both Wake and Durham counties, as he will see patients at Duke Cardiology of Raleigh and Duke Cardiology of South Durham as well as round at both Duke Raleigh Hospital and Duke University Hospital.

Shah earned his MD in 2013 at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He then completed his internal medicine residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital before moving on to his cardiovascular medicine fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. Shah is a 2009 graduate of North Carolina State University (B.S., Biochemistry).

Nishant and wife Nikita are Triangle-area natives, as well as proud parents to Amara, their newborn daughter (4 weeks old this week). They are excited to be back in the area and look forward to raising a family as they start this next adventure with us. Please join us in welcoming him to Duke when you see him!

VAD Team Earns Recertification

We are pleased to announce that our Mechanical Circulatory Support Program successfully completed their bi-annual Joint Commission review on August 20. The reviewer stated that is was the first time, ever, that she had zero findings with a program. Congratulations to the full MCS staff and to our multidisciplinary teams who support VAD patients throughout Duke who helped make this such a successful visit! Special thanks to Carmelo Milano, Laura Blue, Stu Russell, Maria Carroll and Jill Engel for their leadership and commitment to the MCS program. Great job, everyone!

Kudos to 7300

Stephanie Barnes, co-team leader of our cardiology APPs, sent us a note this week commending the DUH 7300 staff for their exemplary exhibit of teamwork at shift change on Tuesday night. A rapid response had been called for a patient, and the team worked calmly and seamlessly to navigate the RRT. In particular, she noted the teamwork between day and night shifts, and Monica, the nurse manager for 7300, coming down to help. Great job to everyone, especially Emily, Diana, Edna, Erin, Melinda, Marylou and Lindsay, and many thanks to Kelly V. and Sas for coming back to help in this situation. Barnes stated, “It is an honor to get to work with this excellent team.” We concur!

Flu Vaccination Drill: Sept. 19; Time to Prep

It is time to start preparing for the 2019 Duke Health Flu Vaccination Campaign. Each year all healthcare team members who perform their duties in a Duke Health facility or a community home-based setting are required to comply with our flu vaccination policies by either being vaccinated annually against the flu or receiving an approved exemption. This is in alignment with our core value of “caring for our patients, their loved ones and each other.”

To help vaccinate our team and comply with this policy, we will hold the 24-hour Mass Vaccination Drill again this year. This year’s drill will begin on Thursday, Sept. 19 and conclude on Friday, Sept. 20. The first step to prepare for the drill is to order your peer-to-peer vaccination supply for your unit (see management email from Aug. 22). If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jason Zivica.

Duke’s Lynda.com is Now LinkedIn Learning

Duke’s Office of Information Technology announced this week that Duke has transitioned from LinkedIn’s popular learning site lynda.com to their new platform LinkedIn Learning. To access LinkedIn Learning at Duke, connect here: http://training.oit.duke.edu/lil.

LinkedIn Learning is a great way for staff members to develop and refine skills as well as learn new programs and serves as a supplement to offerings by Duke’s Office of Learning and Organization Development.

If you have saved or shared lynda.com tutorials, please check and update links, as appropriate. A video tutorial on how to use LinkedIn Learning is available online. If you have any questions or concerns, email oit-training@duke.edu.

Upcoming Opportunities/Save the Date:

September 22: Triangle Heart Walk.

Check in starts at 12:30 p.m.; the walk is at 2 p.m. at PNC Arena. Have you registered? Please consider joining us. It is not too late to register as a team captain or to join an already formed team (there are several to join as part of Duke Heart as well as all major DUHS entities) – please visit: https://www2.heart.org/site/TR?company_id=209022&fr_id=4327&pg=company

Consider joining our Heart Center team aimed at partnering to advance cardiovascular health through community engagement (PACE). I am team Captain and walkers that join will have some fun walk day activities with the Patel Clan. Here is the link (or search for “PACE”): http://www2.heart.org/goto/PACEHeartWalkTeam

DIHI RFA Funding Cycle Open for applications

Duke Institute for Health Innovation has announced the next emerging ideas and innovation funding cycle for demonstration pilots. Proposed innovation projects should address actual and important problems encountered by care providers, patients and their loved ones, and represent urgent health challenges nationally. For the upcoming funding cycle, DIHI is specifically interested in problems and solutions that align with the following thematic areas:

Novel strategies (care models) to improve value of care delivery
Enhancing provider and staff experience and well-being
Enhancing patient engagement and experience
Accelerating population health solutions and strategies

Please visit www.dihi.org/funding for additional information and instructions. DEADLINE for submitting applications is 6 p.m. Friday, October 4, 2019. All proposals are required to have a DUHS operational lead as a co-sponsor.

If the DIHI team can be of any assistance in the formulation of ideas or connections, please contact Suresh Balu (suresh.balu@duke.edu). We look forward to your innovative solutions.

Have news to share?

Duke Heart in the News:

August 19 — Yuichirio Yano (Family Medicine & Community Health)

Reuters Health

African Americans need 24-hour blood pressure checks

https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-blood-pressure-blacks/african-americans-need-24-hour-blood-pressure-checks-idUKKCN1V91YG

August 20 — William Yancy (Internal Medicine/Duke Diet & Fitness Center)

The New York Times

The Keto Diet Is Popular, but Is It Good for You?

Highlights of the Week of August 18th

August 18, 2019 / Leave a comment

Highlights of the week:

2000th Duke Lung Transplant Performed

Congratulations to John Haney and team for performing the 2000^th lung transplant at Duke last weekend. Haney was assisted in the surgery by R. Patrick Davis, one of our cardiovascular and thoracic surgery residents. This is an extraordinary milestone. Way to go!

Good Catch, Sturdevant!

Thank you to Missy Sturdevant, one of our amazing nurses on 3100, for her good catch! She caught that oxycodone discharge instructions were not correct based on the ordered medication. An investigation revealed that the SMART phrase being used by providers in discharge instructions told patient to take 1-3 tablets every 3 hours as needed (Rx was for 5 mg Oxycodone)! The Good Catch Award was presented on Thursday by Judy Milne, DUH patient safety officer, and Tracy Gosselin, DUH chief nursing and patient care services officer.

Safe Choices Held

Our 12^th Safe Choices event was held on Wednesday evening, August 14 in the Great Hall of the Trent Semans Center. It was an informative evening with excellent discussion. Many thanks to all who joined us as participants and as speakers. Thanks to the staff, faculty, fellows, and residents that came to the meeting.

Softball Season Opens with a Win!

We are delighted to report that our favorite softball team, Number Needed to Harm, won their season opener against Moore & Van Allen, 12-5. The game was held at Valley Springs Park. NNH is part of the Durham Co-Rec Softball league and captained by cardiology fellow, Michael Nanna. Congratulations, everyone!

Happy Birthday, August Babies!

We have a number of Duke Heart team members celebrating birthdays in August! Happy birthday to Anna Lisa Crowley (8/11), L. Kristin Newby (8/13), Jill Engel (8/15), Magnus Ohman (8/17), and Brian Costa – all celebrating birthdays in the past week. Earlier this month: Dee Gunn (8/1), Dan Mark (8/1), Tracey Koepke (8/1), Chris Walters (8/1), Tracy Wang (8/3), Carl Chmielewski (8/6), Deepak Voora (8/6), and Joe Kisslo (8/10). Coming up: Mike Sketch (8/21), Ken Morris (8/24) and Tristram Bahnson (8/28).We wish you many, many more!

Upcoming Opportunities/Save the Date:

September 22: Triangle Heart Walk.

Check in starts at 12:30 p.m.; the walk is at 2 p.m. at PNC Arena. Have you registered? Please consider joining us. It is not too late to register as a team captain or to join an already formed team (there are several to join as part of Duke Heart as well as all major DUHS entities) – please visit: https://www2.heart.org/site/TR?company_id=209022&fr_id=4327&pg=company

Consider Joining our Heart Center team aimed at partnering to advance cardiovascular health through community engagement (PACE).

Here is the link for the team or search PACE

http://www2.heart.org/goto/PACEHeartWalkTeam

Have news to share?

Duke Heart in the News:

August 12 — Tony Gutierrez

Gizmodo

Can You Laugh to Death?

https://gizmodo.com/can-you-laugh-to-death-1837166366

August 14 — Yuichiro Yano (Family Medicine)

Healio/Cardiology Today

Higher daytime, nighttime BP increases CV, mortality risk in black adults

http://tiny.cc/6jyabz

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