Matt Roe to Leave to become Chief Medical Officer of Verana Health
This week we share the bittersweet news around the transition of one of our Faculty members. Matthew Roe will be leaving the Duke at the end of January to join Verana Health as their Chief Medical Officer, an exciting new role created within this dynamic start-up company. Although we surely will miss Matt, this is a notable opportunity for him to leverage his wealth of experience to help lead an up-and-coming company in the health data science sector.
Matt has been a real leader at Duke both in clinical care and a champion for the DCRI. He has led significant trials and studies across the organization over the past 20 years, in addition to serving as a senior cardiologist at Duke Heart. Matt established his legacy here with outstanding clinical care and leadership of the DCRI Fellowship program, the reinvigoration of the DCRI Think Tanks program, and his role helping to co-lead the innovative ADAPTABLE trial along with other faculty and operational colleagues. Furthermore, Matt has been dedicated to building new and exciting partnerships with our industry sponsors and global academic collaborators.
Matt will be adjunct faculty position in the Division of Cardiology, and he intends to catalyze new partnership and collaboration opportunities for the DCRI in his new role. Matt has been a selfless team member, leader, and role model for many of our fellows and faculty. He will be missed, but we look forward to working with him in the future. When you see him – please wish him the best.
2019 Year in Review: Call for Accomplishments
We are in the process of capturing our accomplishments and highlights for 2019. We don’t always capture or hear about all the great things you are doing. We are looking for important discoveries, grants, papers of note, clinical programs, or innovations that we can highlight for the School of Medicine and the Health System.
Please send an email to Tracey Koepke and Manesh Patel so that we can work to catalog your accomplishments from the past year. Once we have them all compiled with will share the 2019 highlights with you all. Many thanks to those of you who have shared your work with us so far!
Faculty and Fellows Gather to Get Ready for next phase of Cardiovascular Critical Care Trials Network
Thanks Chris and Bradi for hosting – sounds like it was a great time.
Meng Joins CT Anesthesia Faculty
Please join us in welcoming Marie-Louise Meng, MD to the Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology faculty. Meng obtained her medical degree from Harvard and completed residency and fellowships in adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Obstetrical Anesthesiology at Columbia University, where she was on faculty for three years prior to joining our Duke team this month. She brings unique areas of expertise in the management of high risk obstetric patients with advanced cardiac conditions and in peripartum hemorrhage. She will divide her time between providing Cardiothoracic and Obstetric anesthesia care. Many thanks to Mihai Podgoreanu for sharing this great news with us. Welcome to Duke, Marie-Louise!
Shout-out to the CTICU APP team:
Our inpatient Cardiology APP team leaders would like to recognize and thank the CTICU APP team leaders for working creatively and collaboratively to cover shifts during a last minute staffing shortage in Cardiology. When no one from the Cardiology APP team was able to cover a shift where we were down by two staff members, Lynn McGugan and Peg Murphy were able to float a staff member, Dayana Ramos, to the Cardiology team. This led to much safer care for the patients. Hats off to Dayana for joining our team for two days in a row! We appreciate the camaraderie and team work. – Stephanie Barnes, Todd McVeigh. Great job, everyone – this is what being on a team is all about!
CT Surgery Evidence Based Care Update
Heart nursing leadership team members from Duke Regional and Duke University Hospitals met up this week for a dress rehearsal and final planning for rolling out the Duke CT Surgery Evidence Based Care; the rollout will take place on February 10. The multidisciplinary committee met January 9 for a final approval and implementation planning session that included updated order sets and patient and staff educational materials.
A special thanks to the project leaders including Jill Engel, Myra Ellis, Ashley Barba, Kelly Kester, and Drs. Annemarie Thompson, Jeff Gaca, Peter Smith and Carmelo Milano. This is an amazing example of teamwork and Duke Heart leading in the field!
Many thanks to the planning team members who were able to join our dinner event on Jan. 9th.
Duke Health ‘Live’: The Power of You
Duke Health reached new heights of excellence and impact this past year. Whether in patient care, research, education or building healthy communities, we advanced health together. And there is a reason we’ve been so successful. Please join Dr. Eugene Washington, Chancellor, and your Duke Health colleagues on January 28 to learn more about the vital role each of us play in the success of Duke Health, and how we will continue to excel in 2020. Note: many of the highlights include work done by our Duke Heart team members!
SAVE THE DATE:
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
4 -5 p.m.
Great Hall, Trent Semans Center
Reception to follow
The event will be available through a live stream for those who cannot join in person; details for how to view the live stream will be shared prior to the 28th. All faculty, staff and students from Duke Health are invited and encouraged to attend.
Duke Cardio-Oncology Conference, Feb. 22
The Duke Cardio-Oncology Conference: Improving Cancer Outcomes and Optimizing Cardiovascular Health will be held on Saturday, Feb. 22 from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. at the Washington Duke Inn & Conference Center, Durham, NC. To learn more or to register, please visit: http://www.dukecancerinstitute.org/events/duke-cardio-oncology-conference-0
ICYMI
Congratulations to Todd McVeigh and Chelsey Moore, two of our Duke Heart physician assistants, for their recent paper published in the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. They submitted a complicated patient case write up, “What is causing this patient’s recurrent cough and dyspnea?” Their paper can be found here: https://insights.ovid.com/crossref?an=01720610-202001000-00012. Nice job!
Shout-out to Capps
We are sending a belated shout-out to Gabrielle Capps, RN for quickly identifying an OSH transfer who needed immediate triage and escalation of care, and helped with a smooth RRT on the evening of Dec. 27. You did a great job, Gabrielle, and we thank Jordan Hausladen and Stephanie Barnes for letting us know. Keep up the great work!
Upcoming Opportunities/Save the Date:
Cardiology Grand Rounds
This week, on Tuesday, Jan. 14, Karen Alexander and an invited patient/clinical trial participant will discuss the ISCHEMIA trial results. Please join us! 7:15 a.m., DN 2003.
Upcoming Grand Rounds:
- January 21 5 pm (Special Time): Jeroen Bax, Leiden University, Netherlands – Visiting Pam Douglas Lecture in Cardiovascular Imaging. There will be a reception to follow.
- January 28: Erin Michos, Johns Hopkins
- February 4: Fellow presentation by Titus Ngeno
- February 11: Cary Ward
- February 18: Chris Longenecker, Case Western
- March 24: Carolyn Lam, Duke-NUS
- April 14: Ryan Tedford, MUSC
- May 12: Michelle Kittleson, Cedars Sinai
Save the Date: ACC 2020 Reception, Chicago!
The annual Duke ACC Reception will be held March 28 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. in the Grant Park Room at the Hyatt Regency, Chicago. The DCRI event planning team will be sending additional information later this week. Be sure to check your email!
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:
December 21 — Adam DeVore
Medscape
Sacubitril/valsartan Switch Further Curbs NT-proBNP Levels in HF Patients
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/922916
December 27 — Richard C. Becker/Duke School of Medicine (adjunct)
Medscape
Many US Adults Unaware of Basic MI Symptoms
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/923166?src=rss#vp_2
December 28 — Jacob Schroder
Live Science
How Long Can Organs Stay Outside the Body Before Being Transplanted?
https://www.livescience.com/how-long-can-donated-organs-last-before-transplant.html
December 30 — Duke mention
WRAL Tech Wire
Duke University gets $130 million in funding to accelerate drug discovery
Duke University gets $130 million in funding to accelerate drug discovery
December 30 — Audrey Blewer (Family Medicine & Community Health)
HealthDay
AHA News: Bystander CPR Less Common in Hispanic Neighborhoods
http://bit.ly/39Y8yR5
January 1 — Renato Lopes
Reuters
Cutting out alcohol may reduce atrial fibrillation episodes
https://reut.rs/36CwxDy
January 6 — Chiara Melloni
HealthDay/AHA News
AHA News: Statins May Do Double Duty on Heart Disease and Cancer
http://bit.ly/35BwEOo
January 7 — Chiara Melloni
Beloit Daily News (Madison, WI)/AHA News
Statins May Do Double Duty on Heart Disease and Cancer
https://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20200106/AP/301069856
January 7 — Duke University Health System mention
Becker’s Hospital Review/Hospital CFO Report
7 health systems with strong finances
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/7-health-systems-with-strong-finances-01072020.html
January 7 — Cris Slentz
International Business Times
Remove Dangerous Belly Fat By Performing This Exercise Every Day
https://www.ibtimes.com/remove-dangerous-belly-fat-performing-exercise-every-day-2897001
January 8 — Patrick Pun (Nephrology)
Healio/Nephrology
Patients with ESKD had lower resuscitation scores, similar cardiac arrest survivorship vs controls
http://bit.ly/2R1nFAz
January 9 — DCRI mention
Bloomberg.com
Two Big Drug Flops Show How Health-Care Economics Have Changed
https://bloom.bg/37YjkF5
January 9 — Sunil Rao
TCTMD/the heart beat
Diabetes Does Not Appear to Hinder FFR Insights for CAD
https://www.tctmd.com/news/diabetes-does-not-appear-hinder-ffr-insights-cad
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