Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Medicine
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2014 - Present
Medicine, Cardiology,
Medicine
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
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2002 - Present
Duke Clinical Research Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Scholarly Works
Residual Risk Despite Quadruple Medical Therapy for Men vs Women Hospitalized for Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction.
Journal article JACC Heart Fail · July 2026 Full text Link to item CiteComparative Prognosis of Chagas and Other Cardiomyopathies.
Journal article J Am Coll Cardiol · June 30, 2026 BACKGROUND: Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi parasites, is a common cause of heart failure (HF) in Latin America and has recently been declared endemic in the United States. The authors compared outcomes in Chagasic HF vs ischemic and other noni ... Full text Link to item CiteMetformin on the Presence of COVID-19 Symptoms 6 Months after Infection: The ACTIV-6 Randomized Clinical Trial.
Journal article Clin Infect Dis · June 4, 2026 BACKGROUND: We conducted a quadruple-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of metformin for treating acute SARS-CoV-2 infection to prevent long COVID symptoms in low-risk adults. METHODS: The ACTIV-6 platform evaluated repurposed medications for mi ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Omecamtiv Mecarbil CV Outcomes Trial
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Cytokinetics, Inc. · 2024 - 2028Mid-Atlantic praGmatic NETwork for Involving many different, scientifically representative populations in Clinical trials in emergency care (MAGNETIC)
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2023 - 2028Role of the Splanchnic Vascular Compartment in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
ResearchMentor · Awarded by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Inc. · 2022 - 2027View All Grants
Education
Duke University ·
1993
M.D.