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Duke Heart Pulse — June 30, 2024

By Tracey Koepke in Uncategorized on June 30, 2024.

Duke Heart Pulse – June 30, 2024

Chief’s message: Welcome to the New Academic Year

Each year as the Academic year ends we have the bittersweet work of saying goodbye to finishing residents and fellows and welcoming in the new learners. This is a time of excitement and work to ensure we can welcome our new partners to Duke Heart (cardiology, CT surgery, Anesthesia, and Vascular Surgery). We want to especially thank our faculty and fellows/fellowship leaders who spend the upcoming weeks ensuring we get these teams off on the right foot.

So this week in the Pulse you will see lots of end of year celebrations and some of the young stars joining our team. If you worry about the state of healthcare and future of Cardiovascular Medicine, I would say seeing the people we have the honor of working with, train, and graduate from our programs should give you some confidence in where Duke CV and the Health are going.

Highlights of the week:

Jones to serve as Rawson Director

Congratulations to interventional cardiologist W. Schuyler Jones, MD, director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories at Duke. He will serve as the Endowed Kent and Siri Rawson Director for Advanced Coronary Artery Disease in the Duke Heart Center, a position last held by Magnus Ohman, MD. To be appointed the honor requires the recipient to be a clinical physician in the Duke University Health System (DUHS), a faculty member in the Duke School of Medicine, and a scholar of excellence in Advanced Coronary Artery Disease.

The announcement was made by Dr. Craig Albanese, chief executive officer of DUHS, in a letter to Jones adding, “Endowed directorships are an incredibly high honor that Duke bestows on its faculty members and you are fully deserving of this honor.”

The Directorship Endowment is made possible through the generosity of the Rawson family of Belleair, FL. E. Kent Rawson, an engineer originally from Scranton, PA, was a renowned expert and industry leader in commercial HVAC systems and manufacturing. His career began with service in the U.S. Marine Corps and then blossomed in commercial HVAC sales. Rawson founded Environmental Technologies, Inc. in the Tampa Bay area and led it for nearly 30 years before retiring. He and his wife, Siri Rawson, established the Rawson Charitable Foundation, Inc., which she now leads. Mr. Rawson died in 2013.

“It truly is an honor to serve as the Rawson Director and nice to be recognized for the interventional cardiology work being done in the cath lab,” said Jones. “The directorship endowment supports the progress that has taken place within the Duke Cardiac Catheterization Lab over the last few years, and I am deeply grateful.”

The directorship serves to bolster operational leadership efforts and support further development of what can be offered in Duke’s catheterization lab — including new procedures and those that have not typically occurred there. It also supports research and discovery efforts to bring new devices and technology to our patients, further enhancing our ability to care for those with advanced coronary artery disease.

Congrats and well-deserved, Schuyler!

Welcome the Newest Cardiovascular Disease Fellows

Our newest Duke Heart team members have arrived to begin training with us this week. Please give a warm welcome to our Cardiovascular Disease Year-1 fellows:

Tess Allan, Cosette Champion, Vincent Delgado, Jemi Galani, Hubert Haywood, Mugdha Joshi, Jonathan Kusner, Hannah Schwennesen, Nishkala Shivakumar, and Josh Sink.

Year-End Gatherings Celebrate Finishing Fellows

The remainder of our advanced training fellowships held their year-end dinners this past week.

The Adult Congenital Heart Disease fellowship team celebrated Toi Spates, MD on Monday evening, June 24 with a dinner at Rooftop at the Durham Hotel. Spates’ husband, Dan Koback, and their beautiful baby boy were on hand for the fun. Toi is heading to Providence, RI to join the cardiology faculty at Rhode Island Hospital.

Congratulations, Toi!

On Tuesday evening, June 25, the finishing Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology fellows were celebrated with a dinner at Hawthorne and Wood.

Karen Flores Rosario, MD will join the Duke Heart faculty in August
Josephine Harrington, MD is joining the faculty of the University of Colorado, Aurora
Anthony Peters, MD is heading to Atrium Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, NC.

Shown L-R are: Brandon Sheridan and Karen Rosario Flores, MD; Ashley and Anthony Peters, MD; fellowship program coordinator, Brianna Small; Josephine Harrington, MD, and Drs. Adam DeVore, Chet Patel, and Richa Agarwal.

Congratulations, Karen, Anthony, and Joey!!

The Interventional Cardiology and Structural Heart fellowships celebrated with their end-of-year dinner at Rooftop at the Durham Hotel on Friday evening, June 28. Our completing IC fellows are:

Alyssa Corley, MD who is heading into private practice at Southern Oregon Cardiology in Medford, OR
Todd Looney, MD who is entering military practice at Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Liberty, NC
Sameer Prasada, MD who is joining the faculty of UNC Chapel Hill.

The annual Warren S. and Gloria R. Newman Fellowship in Cardiology award was presented to Sameer Prasada.

Our completing Structural Heart fellow is:

Ezequiel “Zeke” Munoz, MD who is heading to Ascension St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, IN

Congratulations, Alyssa, Todd, Sameer, and Zeke!

The Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship program held their year-end dinner on Friday, June 21 at the Rooftop at the Durham Hotel. Completing fellows include:

Kelly Arps, MD is joining the faculty of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI
Navid Nafissi, MD is joining the practice at Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute at Atrium Health in Charlotte, NC
Francis Ugowe, MD is joining the faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC

Congratulations, Kelly, Navid, and Francis!

All of you will be missed! Please stay in touch. Next week: a celebration of our graduating cardiovascular and thoracic surgery trainees.

Kudos to Goodwin!

Program Director Anna Lisa Chamis received a great note this week regarding cardiology fellow, Nate Goodwin.

“Nathan did an excellent job today in the ECHO lab. We had 16 procedures today, most of which were TEE. Nathan diligently and efficiently did all this. His TEE skills are excellent. We had some complex valve cases, and I did not need to help him with anything. Another thing I observed with him today is that after the procedure, he calls the primary team and delivers the message. This shows his professionalism and work ethic. Even at 7 p.m. today he asked thoughtful questions, showing his interest in learning. We are very fortunate to have him.” — Regards, Bharathi Upadhya, MD

Nicely done and way to go, Nate!

2024 AAHFN Annual Meeting

The 20th annual American Association of Heart Failure Nurses (AAHFN) meeting was held June 19-22, 2024 at Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, FL.

Duke Heart was well represented in planning the annual meeting and with speakers during session presentations!

Allison Fox, CNS, assisted in the development and execution of simulation sessions.
Steve Greene, MD was a speaker and panelist.
Stephanie Barnes, a member of AAHFN’s Board of Directors, served on the overall planning committee for the meeting, and as chair of the Mechanical Circulatory Support Hands-On Pre-conference session. She was also a presenter.

Solid work!

Duke HF Nurses Help Author, Edit Newly Published Book

Several Duke Heart team members contributed to the newly published Heart Failure Nursing Certification Core Curriculum Review (Revised 3rd edition). Stephanie Barnes is an editor and chapter author. Midge Bowers and Jaime McDermott contributed as chapter authors.

This is a comprehensive guide for all nurses who provide care to patients with heart failure. Using the most recent guidelines and evidence-based data, the Core Curriculum Review 3rd edition outlines the process of planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care for heart failure patients. This is the official study guide for the AAHFN Heart Failure Nurses Certification Exam.

Congratulations to all!

Seeking Coaches & Walkers: Heart Walk 2024

Duke Health’s recruitment of Coaches and Walkers for the 2024 American Heart Association’s Triangle Heart Walk, scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 8, is well underway, but we are not yet at our goal! Won’t you join us?

Join Manesh Patel’s team: Duke Heart and Sole or start your own team under “Duke Heart & Vascular”. We want to have a huge team representing Duke Heart this year to celebrate not only the AHA’s Centennial, but Duke University’s 100^th birthday. Please join us!

Register Here!

To sign up as a Coach, click the button above and on the AHA site, choose the red “Create a Team” button. Walkers can also sign up and join teams on the same site by clicking the red “Join a Team” button.

Let’s come together to make this our best year yet and demonstrate our unwavering dedication to cardiovascular health. Together, we can make a significant impact and pave the way for a healthier future.

The 2024 Heart Walk will be a terrific event and a wonderful way to support our cardiovascular patients. We’ll be talking about Heart Walk all summer with lots of opportunities to join in the fun. Thank you for your ongoing support!

Digital Heart Campaign

Duke Heart is launching a new direct-to-consumer digital awareness campaign focused on heart health and access to Duke Heart. Potential patients in our primary market area – including the counties of Alamance, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person, Vance, and Wake – will see and hear ads including banner, video, native, streaming TV, and audio. Potential patients will be directed to Heart care pages on DukeHealth.org to help them schedule an appointment. This campaign will run through September.

DUH Valet Parking Increase

The cost for valet parking at Duke University Hospital is increasing to $14 (from $12) starting Monday, July 1, 2024. The price change will be in effect for all valet locations:

Duke North
Duke South
Duke Medicine Pavilion
Cancer Center
Eye Center

New signage reflecting this change will be posted this weekend.

Improving DHIP’s Onboarding Process

In an effort to streamline the onboarding process and facilitate a smooth transition to Duke Health within a team member’s first 90 days, onboarding guides will be available for leaders and new team members beginning tomorrow, July 1.

Leaders who are onboarding and welcoming new team members should utilize the onboarding guide to set clear expectations. This will ensure new team members are empowered and prepared for their new career at Duke Health. A short video about these guides is available on Vimeo.

Upcoming Events & Opportunities

New Duke Heart CME Course Dates Announced

The following symposia will be held this fall:

October 12: Duke Cardiac Imaging Symposium at Trent Semans Center, 7:55 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Course directors are Drs. Sreekanth Vemulapalli and Anita Kelsey.

November 1: the 16th Annual NC Research Triangle Pulmonary Hypertension Symposium at Durham Convention Center, 8:00 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Course directors are Dr. Terry Fortin and Dr. Jimmy Ford (of UNC).

Registration/landing pages are not yet available, but will be shared in Pulse once they are. Questions? Contact Christy Darnell.

Cardiology Grand Rounds

Our CGR season has ended. We will resume in August/September.

All Duke Cardiology Grand Rounds recordings are housed on Warpwire. To access recordings please visit:

2024 CGR Recordings

NET ID and password are required for access. Enjoy!

CD Fellows Core Curriculum Conference

*No cardiology core conference lectures this week. Happy July 4^th!*

July 10: Rapid Fire ECG with Neil Friedman. Noon, DMP 2W96.

July 12: Management of NSTEMI with Jennifer Rymer. Noon, Zoom only.

July 17: Malignant Hypertension with Nishant Shah. Noon, DMP 2W96.

July 19: LVAD Basics with Richa Agarwal. Noon, Zoom only.

July 24: Basics of Heart Failure with Stuart Russell. Noon, DMP 2W96.

July 26: Wide Complex Tachycardias with Zak Loring. Noon, Zoom only.

July 31: Dyslipidemia with Nishant Shah. Noon, 2W96.

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. Submissions by Noon, Wednesdays, to be considered for weekend inclusion.

Duke Heart in the News:

June 21 — Nishant Shah

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June 25 — Aferdita Spahillari

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Quadruple therapy favored by accelerated remote titration

June 25 — Manesh Patel

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Duke Health launches cardiology AI testing lab

June 25 — Nishant Shah

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