Duke Heart Pulse — July 28, 2024
Duke Heart Pulse – July 28, 2024
Chief’s message: Sports, Cardiovascular Health, and the opening weekend of the Olympics
This last week was been highlighted by a convergence of sports, cardiovascular health topics and the opening weekend of the Olympics. I was fortunate enough to support the Joel Cornette Foundation last week that has partnered with the AHA and Duke to support several projects aimed as improving cardiovascular science and health in athletes. At the fundraiser last weekend, I was able to spend sometime with the Keynote speaker – Coach Tom Izzo – Head Basketball Coach of the Michigan State Spartans since 1995 – with 8 trips to the final four and a championship in 2000. He was thoughtful and knowledgeable about the goals to increase CPR, science for athletes heart, and the national effort for a registry with the AHA and Cornette Foundation to understand cardiac conditions in athletes with cardiac conditions. He also had thoughts on college athletics, NIL, and where the sport and amateurism is going.
Fittingly, the weekend started the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics to be hosted by France. Sports provide an opportunity for many of the people around the world to come together in community and see the similarities and humanity that unites us all, something that is much needed in our current times. Additionally, the Olympics often provide an opportunity to recognize and understand the stories of the amazing people that have worked tremendously hard, committed, and sacrificed to be as world-class as possible. Many similarities exist for those of us that see the many young men and women that we train in the cardiovascular fields of cardiology, anesthesia, vascular surgery, and cardiothoracic surgery. We were lucky enough to start our week off (based on visiting our son doing a summer quarter) in the south of France for the opening weekend seeing the national team playing soccer in the opening rounds (picture). Hopefully over the next two weeks the Olympics will be able to provide the opportunity for people to see athletes and countries competing and coming together.
Highlights of the week:
Duke Regional Earns 2024 NCDR Platinum Award for Chest Pain-MI
Duke Regional Hospital has received the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) Chest Pain-MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2024, based on 2023 data.
Duke Regional Hospital has demonstrated sustained achievement in the Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry for two consecutive years (2022 and 2023) and performed at the highest level for specific performance measures to receive this 2024 award. Additionally, they moved from 3 stars to 4 stars for the All MI care composite score.
The Chest Pain – MI Registry, part of the American College of Cardiology’s Quality Improvement measurement system, is the go-to registry for hospitals and health systems applying American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) clinical guideline recommendations.
Congratulations to all DRH team members – way to go!
ICYMI: AED Drone Delivery Research Featured by NHLBI
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has highlighted research into drone delivery for AEDs on their news site. The article features research by Dr. Monique Starks and team members with the Duke Clinical Research Institute.
Great job!
This article also appears in news coverage below.
CVRC’s Roy Earns New Investigator Travel Award
Bipradas Roy, PhD, a postdoctoral associate in the laboratory of Dr. Sudha Shenoy recently received a New Investigator Travel Award to attend the AHA’s Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Scientific Sessions held July 22-25, 2024 at the Hilton Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.
Roy’s abstract, Inflammation-induced endothelial cell activation and angiogenic sprouting are downmodulated by ubiquitin-specific peptidase 20, was selected for oral presentation in the session ‘Early Career Pre-Conference Session 2: Next Best Thing session. His co-authors include Jiao-hui Wu, Neil J. Freedman, and Sudha K. Shenoy.
Congratulations, Bipradas!
Kudos to the Heart COE team!
On behalf of the entire Duke Heart & Vascular team, Jill Engel and Manesh Patel sent the following note to our COE team:
“A big thanks and kudos to the Heart Center of Excellence team. Last week when the Crowd Strike outage occurred, the COE team rapidly deployed to support not only the Heart & Vascular Center areas, teams and interfaces but also deployed to any and all sites in need of support.
The team displayed great dedication and energy and truly impacted our ability to provide clinical care.”
Great job, everyone!
Kudos to Carroll, Ingram & Schwennesen!
We received the following note praising cardiovascular fellows, Hannah Schwennesen, Damarcus Ingram, and Aubrie Carroll this week:
“I have to give kudos to Hannah, Damarcus, and Aubrie for their extraordinary work this week. There were several very tough activations and transfers this week, and these three managed them so well. Aubrie helped to get a very sick patient over from the VA to Duke, and went beyond her role as a diagnostic fellow to stay with the patient in the PACU at the VA, verify bleeding risk and communicate to Duke, and arrange transportation herself. Hannah and Damarcus have been fielding 5-6 activations a day and dozens of calls, all while teaching new housestaff. I am convinced that no other program could match our fellows- they are smart, effective, professional and most importantly, really good people.” — Jennifer Rymer, MD
Nicely done!
Shout-out to all Move-Team Members
A big thank you to all who assisted with our unit moves in Duke University Hospital last week! Our moves were efficient and successful – great job!
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 100th birthday. Please join us!
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!
Upcoming Events & Opportunities
Cardiology Grand Rounds
Our regular 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:
NET ID and password required. Enjoy!
CD Fellows Core Curriculum Conference
July 31: Dyslipidemia with Nishant Shah. Noon, 2W96.
RFA: Health Disparities Research Curriculum, Duke CTSI & REACH Equity
The Duke CTSI and the Center for Research to Advance Healthcare Equity (REACH Equity) are pleased to announce a call for applications for the Health Disparities Research Curriculum (HDRC). PDF: HDRC RFA 2024-2025
If you’re interested in participating in the 2024-2025 curriculum, a brief online application must be submitted by August 5, 2024.
HDRC is designed to increase knowledge and skill in the design and conduct of health disparities research. Although the curriculum focuses primarily on racial and ethnic disparities, the principles, methods, and examples will be broadly applicable to other health disparity populations (e.g. socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, underserved rural populations, sexual and gender minorities, etc.).
The curriculum consists of didactic and interactive sessions approximately every two to three weeks on Thursdays from 3:30 to 5:00 pm; September 2024 through June 2025. The 2024-2025 HDRC will be entirely virtual.
The curriculum addresses:
- Foundational knowledge for design and conduct of research to address racial and ethnic health disparities, including:
- Nomenclature and framework for approaching research involving health disparities
- Contributors to health disparities
- Role of implicit bias in disparities research
- Health disparities research methods across the translational spectrum
- Conduct of health disparities research focused on the clinical encounter and health systems
- Funding sources and strategies for disparities research
Please note that this curriculum is not designed to teach basic research design, and participants should have some foundational knowledge on the general principles and issues in research design.
Acceptance into the HDRC curriculum will be determined based on capacity, commitment to conducting health disparities research, and the applicant’s rationale for taking the course. Applicants will be notified of acceptance via email. You must be affiliated with Duke University or North Carolina Central University to participate in this curriculum.
Additional program information, syllabus and the application.
For additional information or questions about the HDRC, please contact: Stephanie Molner, MSW.
RFA: Duke CTSI CDA Program
The Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute CTSI Career Development Award Program (CDA) is now accepting applications. The Duke CTSI CDA provides skilled and personalized mentoring, a coordinated and tailored scientific and career development curriculum, and the opportunity to conduct clinical or translational (bench to bedside) research. The CTSI CDA is particularly committed to increasing diversity of the research workforce. Members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
Up to two Scholars will be awarded 75% total protected effort for 2 years, up to $20,000/year for research expenses, and up to $2,500/year for travel to professional meetings. Funding will start January, 2025. Applications are due September 9, 2024.
Individuals considering applying to the Duke CTSI CDA are strongly encouraged to submit a Letter of Intent by August 1, 2024 via MyResearchProposal. For more information about the CTSI CDA and how to apply please visit: https://ctsi.duke.edu/career-development/duke-ctsi-cda.
For questions about the program, please email CTSI CDA Program Manager: Stephanie Molner, MSW or one of the program directors: Laura Svetkey, MD, MHS, Kimberly Johnson, MD, or Rasheed Gbadegesin, MBBS, MD.
New Faculty Orientation Dates Announced
October 22 & 23: 2024 School of Medicine Academic New Faculty Orientation, Trent Semans Center.
All faculty hired in the past three years are welcome to attend. While content specifically targets newer faculty, many topics are applicable to all faculty regardless of career stage. Registration is required. Questions? Contact SOM Office for Faculty at facdev@dm.duke.edu.
Duke Heart Fall 2024 CME Courses
The following symposia will be held this fall:
October 12: Duke Cardiac Imaging Symposium at Trent Semans Center, 7:55am-3:30pm. 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. – 3:15p.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.
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:
July 19 — Monique Starks
Davidson News
Drones as first responders: Enhancing emergency response with AED deliveries
July 22 — Monique Starks
KFF Health News
Rescue from above: How drones may narrow emergency response times
July 22 — Monique Starks
Journal of Emergency Medical Services
This is how drones may narrow emergency response times
July 22 — Duke Clinical Research Institute/Monique Starks
Becker’s Clinical Leadership
Medical care in the air: City to use drones for some 911 calls
July 23 — Manesh Patel
North Carolina Health News
The case against plastic waste grows as more studies point to potential harm
July 23 — Monique Starks
Medscape
How drones may narrow emergency response times
July 23 — Manesh Patel
Q City Metro (Charlotte, NC)
The case against plastic waste grows as more studies point to potential harm
July 24 — Duke University Hospital
Spectacular Magazine
4 NC Hospitals Ranked in Top 100 in the World
July 24 — Duke University Health System
Forbes
46 hospitals, health systems among best employers for women: Forbes
July 24 — Monique Starks
NHLBI News/Research Feature
To the rescue: Drones could deliver defibrillators for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests
July 25 — Nia Schwann Mitchell (Internal Medicine)
Reach MD
Why It Is Important to Think About Your Heart Risk Beyond 10 Years
July 25 — Duke University Hospital (#16)
Becker’s ASC Review
Top 25 cardiac hospitals in US: Newsweek
July 25 — Jennifer Rymer
tctMD
For Pragmatic RCTs, Patient-Reported ‘Hard’ Events Fall Short
July 26 — Monique Starks
Philly Voice
Rescue from above: how drones may narrow emergency response times
Duke Heart Pulse — July 21, 2024
Duke Heart Pulse – July 21, 2024
Chief’s message: Visiting Lectures and Global IT issues
This week was a whirlwind in the health system with inspiring talks and interaction with the Commissioner of the FDA – Robert M. Califf. He provided two talks on what the cardiovascular clinicians will need to do in the future and what the future Heart and Vascular Centers should do – with a look back at the origins of Duke Heart. It was great to see the next generation of our leaders interacting with him.
Unfortunately, the week ended with the IT issues tied to the CrowdStrike update (patch) on many of our Microsoft computer systems in the Health system and School. The command center starting early Friday morning and many of our leaders worked together to ensure systems were up as soon as possible and we were able to work through much of our patient care in the cath labs, EP labs and OR. Also wanted to give a special thanks to Jill Engel who is served as the administrative lead for a lot of the health system and service line response on Friday into this weekend and upcoming week. We ask our Faculty, Staff, and learners to read the special notes about the IT outage below to ensure we stay vigilant on many of the IT attempts to infiltrate our cyber security. The upcoming week will hopefully have some return to normalcy for our clinical and research work.
Finally – you will also see some amazing stories of new additions to our Heart and Vascular Family – with some amazing and heart warming stories of care our team provided.
Highlights of the week:
FDA Commissioner Presents CGR & 18th Annual Reves Lecture
We welcomed Robert M. Califf, MD, back to Duke Health this week. Califf, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner, gave a special Cardiology Grand Rounds presentation on Tuesday evening. On Wednesday morning, he gave the 18th Annual Jerry G. Reves, MD Lecture during Duke Anesthesiology Grand Rounds in the Great Hall of the Trent Semans Center for Health Education at Duke.
Califf’s Reves Lecture, ‘What Should a Heart and Vascular Center Do in the Next Decade,’ drew a large audience, as did his CGR presentation, ‘The Cardiovascular Specialist in a Time of Decline in American Cardiometabolic Health’. Thanks to all who joined us both in person and via Zoom.
Jerry Reves, MD, a recognized pioneer in modern anesthesiology and for whom the lectureship is named, began his Duke career when he became a faculty member with the Duke School of Medicine in 1984. The very next year he designed the anesthesia protocol for Duke’s first heart transplant. Soon thereafter, Reves – along with then-chair of surgery David C. Sabiston Jr., MD, and then-chair of medicine Joseph C. Greenfield, MD, co-founded the Duke Heart Center in 1987.
Dr. Califf is an adjunct professor of medicine in cardiology at Duke and the founding director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute. It was a delight to have him and Reves back among us this week.
Shown here, L-R, are Drs. Manesh Patel, Dawn Coleman, Jerry Reves, Robert Califf, Carmelo Milano, Mihai Podgoreanu, and Joe Mathew.
If you were unable to join us for Cardiology Grand Rounds, a link to the recording can be found here: https://warpwire.duke.edu/w/9BYIAA/ (access requires a NET ID and passcode). A link to the Reves Lecture was not yet available.
Bleecker Named DUHS VP of Finance
Leigh Bleecker, MBA, MHA, has been promoted to Vice President of Finance for Duke University Health System. She assumes this role as she continues to serve as the Divisional Chief Financial Officer for Duke Regional Hospital and Duke Raleigh Hospital. The announcement was made Thursday, July 18 by Lisa Goodlett, senior VP and CFO, Treasurer of DUHS.
Since joining Duke in 2002, Leigh has made considerable contributions to the health system and is a visionary leader for our teams. Over the past 13 years, she has served as Assistant Vice President for Finance at DUHS and as Divisional Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Duke Raleigh. She has also served as Interim President of the Duke Raleigh campus twice. In 2023, her role at Duke Raleigh expanded to Duke Regional Hospital, making her CFO of the community hospital platform.
Congratulations, Leigh!
A New Addition to Duke Heart & Vascular Family
We are excited to share that we’ve added another new family member to our growing team! Rocky Matthew Davis was born on July 3rd, weighing 9lb 5oz. Rocky is the third child of Ashlee Davis and her husband, Matt Davis. Ashlee is chief technologist for the Cardiac Diagnostic Unit at Duke University Hospital. She and the baby are doing great and “Big brother Rex and big sister Goldie are in love!”
Congratulations to the Davis family – Rocky’s a cutie and we look forward to meeting him soon!
Kudos to Peds Heart Surgery Care Teams as our Heart Family Grows Again!
We received the following note from Adam Tulp, PA-C, co-team lead, Advanced Practice Providers for the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit at Duke University Hospital, whose newborn son required care at Duke. He asked that we share his message with Pulse readers:
“My son, Patrick Tulp, was born on June 14 and admitted to the Pediatric Cardiology Intensive Care Unit (PCICU) immediately after birth for management of borderline Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. He underwent a Norwood procedure with Drs. Doug Overbey and Joe Turek on June 19; transferred to Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Stepdown on July 3 and ultimately discharged home on July 9. My wife, Kelly, and I want to express our sincere gratitude to every staff member who cared for Patrick during this time. While this was definitely a difficult experience for our entire family, it was made easier by your care and support during his admission.
As I mentioned to many of you during his hospitalization, I am in awe of your ability to provide high-quality patient care for these tiny little humans… I’ll stick to much larger humans, myself. Our experience on the ‘other side of the bed rail’ was quite eye-opening for both Kelly and me. We have learned a great deal from each of you that we will carry forward in both our personal and professional lives.
Our sincere gratitude to all members of the PCICU, cardiac OR team, anesthesia team, stepdown, echocardiogram sonographers, PT/OT, speech therapy, pharmacy, nutrition, and many other members of the multidisciplinary team. Your professionalism, expertise, and kindness led to Patrick’s (relatively) uneventful recovery from surgery and ultimately allowed us to quickly bring him home to be reunited with his big sister, Amelia.” — Adam Tulp, PA-C
We have an amazing team at Duke. Great job to everyone and on behalf of the Heart & Vascular team, a big welcome to baby Patrick — we’re glad to have another new family member among our growing team!
Global IT Outage Update: Remain Vigilant Online
Duke’s IT team has been working tirelessly this weekend to restore systems following the global IT outages caused by a CrowdStrike update and we continue to make good progress toward restoring full functionality across the health system.
Though the outage itself is not the result of a cyber-attack, there is a growing risk of hackers exploiting the situation and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned of increased phishing and malicious activity. You are urged to use extreme caution as fake websites and phishing attempts are on the rise, pretending to be CrowdStrike support.
Examples of fake sites include:
- crowdstrikebluescreen[.]com
- crowdstrikefix[.]com
To protect yourself:
- CrowdStrike will NOT contact you directly.
- Only Duke IT will apply patches or fixes.
- Duke IT will NEVER charge you to restore systems.
- Duke IT staff will NOT ask for your password or sensitive information.
- All official communication will come from an “@duke.edu” email address.
If you suspect a phishing attempt or have visited a suspicious site, contact the Duke Information Security Office (ISO) at security@duke.edu. Report suspicious emails using the “Report” button in your Duke email. Please remain vigilant.
Overall Functionality Update:
Duke continues to make good progress toward restoring full functionality across the hospital. All clinical systems appear to be online and functioning properly. As of Saturday afternoon:
- Omnicell is now fully online.
- PowerShare function has been restored.
- HAIKU is operational on phones.
- Overall functionality is at 80% for the ED and ICUs.
- Remaining inpatient units are at 50% functionality.
The team is prioritizing work to restore functionality for ambulatory clinics by Monday morning. DHTS has access to all ambulatory clinics and should not need to contact staff for assistance.
DHTS is taking care of all updates to the Power Outage Issue Tracker; staff do not need to continue this work.
Action required:
- Continue to escalate any concerns you may have about systems that should be on the priority list– as well as any system challenges or issues you continue to encounter – to your leaders.
- Monitor your emails for the latest updates regarding the outage.
Additional information:
DHTS teams have been working throughout the weekend to bring more clinical computers online to regain full functionality. If you have an urgent issue, please call the Help Desk at 919-684-2243.
They will begin to address issues with impacted office computers – including team members who are working remotely – early next week.
For guidance on manual entry of data for the Maestro Care downtime, refer to the DUHS Downtime Procedure policy.
Thank you to everyone for the tremendous effort during this time to ensure safe clinical care for our patients. Your support and cooperation are greatly appreciated. We will continue to provide updates as they become available.
Change in Move Plan for DUH 3100, 3200 & 7200
Several cardiovascular unit moves are scheduled for Duke University Hospital next week ahead of a planned 100 Tower refresh.
The global IT outage and resulting Code Black on Friday involved extensive work by multiple disciplines, diverting team members from move preparations on 6100 to instead addressing the priority Code Black. As a result, CT Surgery DUH 3100 will move to 6100 on Tuesday at 8:00 a.m. (prep work will occur on Monday) and DUH Units 3200 and 7200 (cardiology) will move to 7100 on Tuesday at 1:00 p.m.
Thanks to everyone for their efforts on Friday. We appreciate your patience as we conduct the unit relocations this week. Please call the Command Center at 919-681-6851 with any questions.
DUH, Duke Raleigh Earn GWTG Gold Awards
We are pleased to announce that both Duke University Hospital and Duke Raleigh Hospital have achieved the American Heart Association’s Get with the Guidelines Gold status awards with Target Honor Roll for the following areas:
Duke University Hospital:
- Get With The Guidelines®-Coronary Artery Disease NSTEMI Gold with Target: Type 2 Diabetes
- Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure Gold Plus
- Target: Heart Failure Honor Roll
- Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll
Duke Raleigh Hospital:
- Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure Gold Plus
- Target: Heart Failure Honor Roll
- Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll
The awards are based on each hospital’s respective Get With The Guidelines data from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023.
Congratulations to all!
Cardiac Sonographers Present to DUSON NPs
Duke Heart cardiac sonographers Andrew, Naomi, and Danny shared their cardiac ultrasound expertise with cardiology nurse practitioner students last weekend at Duke University School of Nursing. Thanks to Midge Bowers for sharing with Pulse!
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 100th birthday. Please join us!
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!
Qualtrics Update
The Duke Office of Information Technology announced this week that they had reached a pricing agreement with Qualtrics and that there is no longer a risk of disruption with the Duke University/DKU-wide Qualtrics license at the end of this calendar year. The new license covers the current volume of Qualtrics survey responses through Dec 31, 2029.
Who is covered under the new contract?
The contract that has been under negotiation includes users of the existing University and DKU service, as well as two other services used by the Health System:
- Academic CoreXM (University/DKU)
- Patient Experience (Duke Health)
- Discover for Contact Centers DHAS & DPC Triage (Duke Health)
How do I know which survey tool is right for me?
The Office of Information Technology has developed a comparison chart to help Duke community members decide among various survey and forms tools – https://oit.duke.edu/help/articles/kb0037717.
For additional information, contact the OIT Service Management Team at survey-tools@duke.edu.
Upcoming Events & Opportunities
Cardiology Grand Rounds
Our regular 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:
NET ID and password are required. Enjoy!
CD Fellows Core Curriculum Conference
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.
RFA: Duke CTSI CDA Program
The Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute CTSI Career Development Award Program (CDA) is now accepting applications. The Duke CTSI CDA provides skilled and personalized mentoring, a coordinated and tailored scientific and career development curriculum, and the opportunity to conduct clinical or translational (bench to bedside) research. The CTSI CDA is particularly committed to increasing the diversity of the research workforce. Members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
Up to two Scholars will be awarded 75% total protected effort for 2 years, up to $20,000/year for research expenses, and up to $2,500/year for travel to professional meetings. Funding will start in January 2025. Applications are due September 9, 2024.
Individuals considering applying to the Duke CTSI CDA are strongly encouraged to submit a Letter of Intent by August 1, 2024 via MyResearchProposal. For more information about the CTSI CDA and how to apply please visit: https://ctsi.duke.edu/career-development/duke-ctsi-cda.
For questions about the program, please email CTSI CDA Program Manager: Stephanie Molner, MSW, or one of the program directors: Laura Svetkey, MD, MHS, Kimberly Johnson, MD, or Rasheed Gbadegesin, MBBS, MD.
New Faculty Orientation Dates Announced
October 22 & 23: 2024 School of Medicine Academic New Faculty Orientation, Trent Semans Center.
All faculty hired in the past three years are welcome to attend. While content specifically targets newer faculty, many topics apply to all faculty regardless of career stage. Registration is required. Questions? Contact the SOM Office for Faculty at facdev@dm.duke.edu.
Duke Heart Fall 2024 CME Courses
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.
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, on Wednesdays, will be considered for inclusion that weekend.
Duke Heart in the News:
July 10 — Harry Severance
Medpage Today
The Physician and Social Media: ‘To Be or Not to Be’ On?
July 10 — Elisabetta Politi
Everyday Health
Artificial Sweetener Xylitol Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke
July 11 — Nina Nouhravesh
Everyday Health
The Last Word: Are Eggs Good (or Bad) for You?
July 11 — Michael Pencina and Mary Klotman
North Carolina Medical Journal
The Crucial Role of Academic Medical Centers in Preparing for the Future of Health AI
July 12 — Sreekanth Vemulapalli
tctMD
Valvular Heart Disease Has a Diversity Problem
July 15 — Duke University Hospital
Cardiovascular Business
The 25 best heart hospitals in the United States
July 15 — Nia Schwann Mitchell (Internal Medicine)
Heart.org
New cardiovascular risk tool could guide who needs medication for high blood pressure
July 16 — Duke University Hospital
U.S. News & World Report
America’s Best Hospitals: the 2024-2025 Honor Roll and Overview
July 16 — Duke University Hospital
Becker’s Healthcare
US News Best Hospitals 2024-25 Honor Roll
July 16 — Duke University Hospital
Business North Carolina
US News rates Duke as top N.C. hospital; ECU moves up to fifth
July 17 — William Kraus
The Grio
Stepping into wellness: How much can walking really improve your health?
July 18 — Monique Starks
CBS News
Emergency responders turning to drones to try to get people help faster
July 18 — Christina Cui (Vascular Surgery)
Vascular Specialist Online
Corner Stitch: Navigating pregnancy as a vascular surgery trainee
July 18 — Duke University Hospital
Becker’s Hospital Review
The best hospitals for cardiology, heart and vascular surgery in 2024: US News
Duke Heart Pulse — July 14, 2024
Duke Heart Pulse – July 14, 2024
Chief’s message: New Academic year, Heart and Vascular Service Line, and visiting JG Reves Lecture
Thanks for all the faculty and staff that have helped us get off to a great start of the new Academic Medicine year. We have new residents and fellows in cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, vascular surgery, and adult CT anesthesiology. Today’s Pulse has several areas below highlighting some of these important groups in the Heart and Vascular service line including those graduating and joining our team.
We are also excited at this time of re-imagining the care of our patients with heart and vascular disease to have Dr. Robert M. Califf visiting this upcoming week to give the Heart Center Jerry Reves Lecture. Jerry joined Duke in 1984 and held the following positions: Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia at Duke, founding director of the Duke Heart Center, and Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology. He left Duke in 2001 to become the Dean and Vice President for Medical Affairs at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). He will be in attendance for the lecture. Dr. Califf currently serves as the Commissioner of the FDA and has a long history in cardiovascular medicine at Duke and the DCRI. He will be providing the two lectures below (one for cardiology grand rounds aimed as the individuals, and the Reves Lecture aimed at where we should be going as a group). The talks, interactions and lectures should provide us with great opportunity to welcome our new residents and fellows and have these important conversations on where the field and work in cardiovascular medicine needs to go. Please join us if you can.
Tuesday July 16th 5 pm: Duke North: Cardiology Grand Rounds:
“The Cardiovascular Specialist in a Time of Decline in American Cardiometabolic Health”
Wednesday July 17th 7:00 AM J.G. Reves lecture – Trent Semens Great Hall :
“What Should a Heart Center do in the Next Decade?”
Highlights of the week:
Congratulations to our Duke ACTS Graduating Fellows!
We are celebrating our 14 Duke Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology (ACTA) Fellowship graduates this week. The ACTA fellowship is a year-long program for sub-specialized cardiac and thoracic anesthesiology training. Please join us in congratulating:
Rushil Bose, MD, is now an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He served as Quality & Safety chief during his fellowship. His final project, Reducing Prolonged Ventilation after Cardiac Surgery: a Quality Improvement Project was presented during a poster presentation session at the 2024 Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiology (SCA), held in April. Negmeldeen Mamoun, MD served as his primary mentor.
Bryan Chow, MD, has joined the Duke Department of Anesthesiology as an assistant professor in the Critical Care Medicine division. As a fellow, he served as Recruitment and Outreach Chair. He presented two projects at the 2024 SCA — Pulmonary Artery Dissection after Pulmonary Artery Mass Excision during the Super Echo session (primary mentor Michael Cutrone, MD); and Interoperative Mannitol and Acute Kidney Injury in Lung Transplantation during the Best of Meeting Oral Abstracts session. Brandi Bottiger, MD, served as his primary mentor.
Jussle Lawrence Del Rosario has joined the faculty at Emory University as an assistant professor. His project, Perioperative Management of a Mediastinal Mass Causing Superior Vena Cava and Right Atrial Obstruction was presented at the 2024 SCA during the Fellow/Resident Complex Cases Session (primary mentor Yasmin Maisonave, MD); he also presented Comparison of Right Ventricular Function Assessment via Pre-Procedure Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE) Versus Intra-op Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) in Adult Cardiac Surgical Patients during a SCA poster presentation. Anne Cherry, MD served as his primary mentor for that project.
Liliane Ernst, MD, has joined the faculty at Wake Forest University as an assistant professor in the Obstetric and Gynecologic Anesthesia section. Her project, Preexisting Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter in Pregnancy are Associated with Increased Severe Maternal Morbidity: A Retrospective Cohort Study was presented last October during the 8th annual Cardiac Problems in Pregnancy (CPP) Congress which was held in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Ernst presented her research during the Siu Family Young Investigator Competition Session.
Ethan Garrigan, MD has joined the faculty of the University of Kansas as an assistant professor focused on Critical Care Medicine. Ethan served as the Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE) Quality Representative during the fellowship. He presented his project, Healthcare Resource Cost Utilization in Surgery for Advanced Heart Failure during the poster presentation session of the 2024 SCA. Sharon McCartney, MD served as his primary mentor.
Ryan Gessouroun, MD has joined the Duke Department of Anesthesiology faculty as an assistant professor in the General, Vascular and Transplant (GVT) and Veterans Affairs (VA) Service divisions. He presented his project, Intraoperative Transvalvular Gradients Following Aortic Valve Replacement: Do They Matter? during a poster session at the 2024 SCA. His primary mentor is Michael Cutrone, MD.
Craig Grosshuesch, MD is now a faculty member at the University of North Carolina as an assistant professor. He presented two projects at the 2024 SCA. Not a Coronary Button Problem: Acute Left Anterior Descending Myocardial Infarction after the Bentall Procedure was presented during the Fellow/Resident Complex Cases session while Preoperative Anemia in Lung Transplant Recipients: Understanding Prevalence, Risk and Outcomes was presented during the Best of Meeting Oral Abstracts session. Angela Pollak, MD served as his primary mentor.
Sophie Higgins, MD, is continuing her training – she has entered the Duke Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine fellowship. She presented her project, Mitral Valve Replacement following Unsuccessful MitraClip during the Fellow/Resident Complex Cases session at the 2024 SCA. Angela Pollak, MD, served as her primary mentor.
Jason Liao, MD, has taken a position as a cardiac anesthesiologist with Northstar Anesthesia at Inova Fairfax Hospital in VA. He served as the GME Committee Representative during his fellowship. He presented his project, Pulmonary Hypertension in Pregnancy: A Single Center Case Series of 13 Pregnancies during a poster presentation at the 2024 SCA. Marie-Louise Meng, MD served as his primary mentor.
Jason Pang, MD has taken a position as a cardiac anesthesiologist at U.S. Anesthesia Partners in Houston. He presented Preoperative Predictors of Acute Kidney Injury in Cardiac Surgery during a poster presentation at the 2024 SCA. Negmeldeen Mamoun, MD served as his primary mentor.
Rodrigo Pereira, MD, has taken a cardiac anesthesiologist position with UnityPoint Health in Waterloo, IA.
Katherine Sun, MD, has joined the Duke Department of Anesthesiology as an associate professor in the Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and the GVT divisions. She served as Administrative Chief during her fellowship. She presented Right Ventricle-Pulmonary Artery Coupling as a Predictor of Major Organ Morbidity and Mortality after Cardiac Surgery during the Best of Meeting Oral Abstracts Session, which earned her an Early Career Investigator Award. Her primary mentor is Alina Nicoara, MD.
Marina Tumino, MD, is now a partner at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Harrisburg, PA. She served as Academic Chief during her fellowship. She presented Pain Trajectories Comparing Thoracic Epidural Analgesia, Erector Spinae Plane Block, Intercostal Nerve Block, and Medical Management after Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgical Lobectomy during the Best of Meeting Oral Abstracts session at the 2024 SCA. Rebecca Klinger, MD served as her primary mentor.
Miguel Yaport, MD has joined the Duke Department of Anesthesiology faculty as an assistant professor in the Critical Care Medicine division. He presented Group-specific morbidity in pregnant patients with Pulmonary Hypertension during a poster presentation at the 2024 SCA. His primary mentor is Marie Louise Meng, MD. At the same meeting, on behalf of Liliane Ernst, he presented Trends in Management Among Pregnant Patients with Pre-existing Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter: A Retrospective Study Using the Premier Healthcare Database. Dr. Meng served as Ernst’s primary mentor for that project.
Here are some photos representing their ACTA training year at Duke:
Congratulations to all!
New ACTA Fellows Starting July & August 2024
Please join us in welcoming our new class of Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology fellows who joined us on July 1:
- Brian Barron joined us from Duke
- Ryan Best is from the University of British Columbia
- Andrea Rivero is from Mayo Clinic- Jacksonville
- Kevin Merola joined us from Duke
- Monica Arndt has come to us from Yale
- Jessica Liu joined us from Duke; she will serve as Administrative Chief
- Thomas Bunning is also from Duke
- Yen Yen Gee is from the University of Chicago
- Blake Winston is from Tulane
- Sherman Yu is from the University of Chicago
- Drew Phillips has come to us from the University of Kansas-Wichita
- Adam Lepkowsky is from Case Western
Joining us on August 1 are Matthew Stiles, coming from Penn State, and EJ Collins who is joining us from the University of Florida.
Photos of the new fellows are not yet available. Once the CTA team has them, we’ll share them here in Pulse.
Please give all of our ACTA trainees a warm welcome!
Daemar Jones Joins as Vascular Surgery Trainee
Daemar Jones, MD, a recent graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, TX, has joined our Vascular Surgery training program as a Vascular Integrated PGY-1 resident.
Welcome to Duke, Daemar!
COVID-19 Vax Not Associated with Kidney Disease in Black Adults at High Risk
Using data from studies based at Duke Kannapolis, researchers found that COVID vaccination was not associated with new onset of APOL1-related kidney disease in African American adults who were at high risk for the condition.
CTSI’s Duke Kannapolis research site is part of the new Center for Precision Health. The COVID vaccination research used data from the MURDOCK Study, led by cardiologist Svati Shah, MD, MHS, and the Duke APOL1 Study, led by Opeyemi Olabisi, MD.
Read the full paper here.
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 100th birthday. Please join us!
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!
Upcoming Events & Opportunities
Special CGR with FDA Commissioner Califf
July 16: The Cardiovascular Specialist in a Time of Decline in American Cardiometabolic Health with Robert Califf, MD, Commissioner of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. 5 p.m., 2002 Duke North and via Zoom.
Our regular 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:
NET ID and password required. Enjoy!
CD Fellows Core Curriculum Conference
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.
New Faculty Orientation Dates Announced
October 22 & 23: 2024 School of Medicine Academic New Faculty Orientation, Trent Semans Center.
All faculty hired in the past three years are welcome to attend. While content specifically targets newer faculty, many topics apply to all faculty regardless of career stage. Registration is required. Questions? Contact the SOM Office for Faculty at facdev@dm.duke.edu.
Duke Heart Fall 2024 CME Courses
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.
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:
July 5 — Duke University Hospital
98.7 FM, Black Information Network
4 North Carolina Hospitals Named Among The ‘Best Hospitals’ In America
July 6 — Sarah Snow
Health Central
What Is Peripartum Cardiomyopathy?
*updates a 12/23 article
July 8 — Joe Turek
Boston Globe
First partial heart transplant in New England helps 4-year-old boy: ‘Jack was in the right hands’ (links to PDF)
July 8 — Marat Fudim
Health Central
The Four Stages of Congestive Heart Failure
*updates a 12/23 article
July 9 — Jonathan Piccini
Health Central
How Cardioversion Can Help Your Heart
*updates a 4/24 article
July 12 — Daniel Edmonston (nephrology)
Cardiology Advisor/Health Day News
Few With Type 2 Diabetes Receive Guideline-Recommended CKD Screening
Link to study: https://duke.is/n/uhy7
Duke Heart Pulse — July 7, 2024
Chief’s message: Academic year Transition
Our Duke Heart group continued the Academic year transitions. In this weeks edition of the Pulse you 
will find updates from our CT surgical groups end of year gathering. Congratulations to the award winners in the training program and CT surgery faculty. We also welcome in our new CT surgery residents. Additionally, we had our new cardiology fellows completing orientation this weekend with 4 days packed with didactic talks, practical management approaches, simulation lab training, and CICU bootcamp. I was lucky enough to be able to stop by on weekend call to see them and welcome them to the group. Told them time goes by fast and there maybe times when they are “drinking from the fire hose,” but the key to the fellowship years is to appreciate the moments, colleagues, and opportunities that they get as they will be gaining skills and forming lifetime friends and memories.
In the upcoming weeks we will be celebrating our Vascular Surgery Residents and Cardiac Anesthesia in-coming residents.
Highlights of the week:
CTS Gathering Celebrates Graduating Residents, Academic Achievement
Our graduating cardiovascular & thoracic surgery trainees were celebrated on Saturday, June 22 at The Cotton
Room in Durham.
Congratulations to Drs. Muath Bishawi, Alejandro Murillo-Berlioz, Aaron Williams, Adam Shoffner, and Zach Fitch (Fitch officially completes training at the end of July; his plans will be announced in a few weeks).
We are pleased to share:
- Aaron Williams, MD is taking an academic faculty position in cardiothoracic surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.
- Muath Bishawi, MD, PhD, MPH is taking an academic faculty position in cardiothoracic surgery at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.
- Alejandro Murillo-Berlioz, MD is entering private practice in cardiothoracic surgery at St. Anthony’s Hospital, Oklahoma City, OK.
- Adam Shoffner, MD, PhD, is heading into a Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Michigan.
The graduating CTS chief residents and Jacob Schroder, MD, recipient of the inaugural Thomas D’Amico Teaching Award — the Division of CT Surgery’s new faculty award — are shown here. (L-R are Drs. Bishawi, Williams, Schroder, Fitch, and Murillo-Berlioz). Congrats, Jacob!!
The evening included the annual presentation of awards for academic achievement which go to those receiving the highest scores on the in-training exam. Congrats to (L-R) Drs. Andrew Vekstein, Rebekah Boyd, Alejandro Murillo-Berlioz, and Neel Probhu. Also receiving the academic achievement award was Dr. Vignesh Raman, who is not pictured.
Congratulations to Aaron, Muath, Alejandro, and Adam for completing your Duke training, and to Zach who will finish very soon. Each of you will be missed! We look forward to watching your careers continue to blossom!
Newest Trainees for Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
Please join us in welcoming three of our newest trainees to their training programs within CTS. They joined us on July 1:
Allison Navarrete-Welton, MD has joined us from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, RI. She is starting the six-year Integrated Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program.
Juliann Kosovec, MD, and Lillian Kang, MD recently completed their general
surgery training at Duke and, as part of the Joint General Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program, are entering their thoracic surgery training with our CT surgery team.
Welcome Allison, Juliann, and Lillian – we are pleased to have you with us!
We will welcome seven additional cardiovascular and thoracic surgery (CTS) residents and fellows over the coming months. Next week: We will celebrate the graduating and incoming trainees for cardiac anesthesia and vascular surgery.
Duke Heart Grows By One!
We are thrilled to share the newest addition to the Duke Heart family. Please join us in welcoming Beck Allen Kusner, 8 lbs., 1 oz, who arrived on Friday! Congratulations to his parents, Jon and Mary Cate Kusner. Jon is a first-year cardiology fellow.
He’s adorable and we can’t wait to meet him!
Kudos to McDermott
Allison Lindgren shared a terrific note she received this week regarding cardiology nurse practitioner, Jamie McDermott:
“Hi Allison, I really wanted to make sure someone in your leadership team was aware of a situation that evolved over the past
week in which Jaime McDermott went absolutely above and beyond to ensure that a patient was able to get what they needed.
The patient was admitted who is not one of our LVADs (patient is followed by Prisma Health in South Carolina) but fell and broke a leg while visiting family in NC. The whole thing turned into an absolute mess and Jaime spearheaded coordinating everything to ensure they would be safe, comfortable and could have their pain managed well at home. There were times that the patient was difficult yet Jaime approached them in a gentle but firm way that opened the door for fruitful conversation about their overall plan of care. She listened to the patient’s concerns making them feel heard and understood. She spent hours figuring out how to get the patient their needed prescriptions, (patient has SC Medicaid and we couldn’t fill medications via a NC pharmacy.) She coordinated with the Prisma team, the family of the patient (and me) beautifully to ensure that a safe discharge plan was created, including multiple bedside meetings with the patient.
I love all of the APPs that we work with and I always feel that they have the patient’s best interest in mind and do the best they can for all patients, but I was truly impressed by how well Jaime handled this impossibly complicated situation with care and I did not want it to go unnoticed! She is patient, dedicated, knowledgeable, and an exceptional problem solver and is truly an asset to our team.
Thank you for everything y’all do.” — Riley Yang, Clinical Social Worker & Transplant Case Manager, Advanced Heart Failure Therapies, Duke Transplant Center
Amazing work, Jaime!!!
2024 AANP Annual Meeting
The 2024 American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) National Conference was held last weekend (June 25-June 30) in Nashville, TN and we had excellent representation from Duke Heart. Presenters included Callie Tennyson, Allison Dimsdale, and Midge Bowers.
Bowers was a speaker during the seminar entitled “The Intersection of Cardiac, Diabetes, Chronic Kidney Disease and Lipids in Cardiometabolic Disease.”
Tennyson presented Cardiorenal Syndrome: A Love Story during the Cardiorenal Syndrome Updates session.
Dimsdale presented during several sessions including, “Chronic Coronary Disease and Strategies for Tackling Dizziness”. 
Great job!
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 100th birthday. Please join us!
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!
Upcoming Events & Opportunities
Duke Heart Fall 2024 CME Courses
The following symposia will be held this fall:
October 12: Duke Cardiac Imaging Symposium at Trent Semans Center, 7:55am-3:30pm. 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. – 3:15p.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:
NET ID and password required. Enjoy!
CD Fellows Core Curriculum Conference
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 26 — Jonathan Piccini
Health Central
Why Your Heart Beats Faster When You Bend Over and Stand Up
June 28 – Adrian Hernandez
American Heart Association/newsroom
What might the next century hold for cardiovascular disease prevention and care?
June 29 – Duke University Health System (Monique Starks/AED, drone delivery)
Fox 8 News/WGHP (Greensboro, NC)
Forsyth County to use drones in medical emergencies, sheriff’s office says
July 5 — Adrian Hernandez
Japan Today
What might next 100 years hold for cardiovascular disease prevention and care?
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