Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • M.D., East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine 2015
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Efird, Jimmy T., Andy C. Kiser, Patricia B. Crane, Hope Landrine, Linda C. Kindell, Margaret-Ann Nelson, Charulata Jindal, et al. “Perioperative Inotrope Therapy and Atrial Fibrillation Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Evidence of a Racial Disparity.” Pharmacotherapy 37, no. 3 (March 2017): 297–304. https://doi.org/10.1002/phar.1894.
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    • Griffin, William F., Taufiq Salahuddin, Wesley T. O’Neal, and Elsayed Z. Soliman. “Peripheral arterial disease is associated with an increased risk of atrial fibrillation in the elderly.” Europace 18, no. 6 (June 2016): 794–98. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euv369.
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    • Efird, Jimmy T., William Griffin, Wesley T. O’Neal, Stephen W. Davies, Kristin Y. Shiue, Marysia Grzybowski, Linda C. Kindell, et al. “Long-Term Survival after Cardiac Surgery in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.” Am J Crit Care 25, no. 3 (May 2016): 266–76. https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2016119.
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    • Efird, Jimmy T., William Fenner Griffin, Stephen W. Davies, Wesley T. O’Neal, Patricia B. Crane, Linda C. Kindell, Jason B. O’Neal, W Randolph Chitwood, and Alan P. Kypson. “Seasonal Incidence of Emergent Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery.” Heart Surg Forum 19, no. 2 (March 31, 2016): E048–53. https://doi.org/10.1532/hsf.1277.
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    • O’Neal, Wesley T., Sanjay Venkatesh, Stephen T. Broughton, William F. Griffin, and Elsayed Z. Soliman. “Biomarkers and the prediction of atrial fibrillation: state of the art.” Vasc Health Risk Manag 12 (2016): 297–303. https://doi.org/10.2147/VHRM.S75537.
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    • Efird, Jimmy T., William F. Griffin, Daniel F. Sarpong, Stephen W. Davies, Iulia Vann, Nathaniel T. Koutlas, Ethan J. Anderson, et al. “Increased Long-Term Mortality among Black CABG Patients Receiving Preoperative Inotropic Agents.” Int J Environ Res Public Health 12, no. 7 (July 6, 2015): 7478–90. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120707478.
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    • Efird, Jimmy T., Wesley T. O’Neal, William F. Griffin, Ethan J. Anderson, Stephen W. Davies, Hope Landrine, Jason B. O’Neal, et al. “Increased coronary artery disease severity in black women undergoing coronary bypass surgery.” Medicine (Baltimore) 94, no. 7 (February 2015): e552. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000000552.
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    • O’Neal, W. T., J. T. Efird, S. W. Davies, J. B. O’Neal, W. F. Griffin, T. B. Ferguson, W. R. Chitwood, and A. P. Kypson. “Discharge β-blocker use and race after coronary artery bypass grafting.” Frontiers in Public Health 2, no. JUL (July 29, 2014). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2014.00094.
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    • O’Neal, W. T., W. F. Griffin, S. D. Kent, F. Faiz, J. Hodges, J. Vuncannon, and J. A. I. Virag. “Deletion of the EphA2 receptor exacerbates myocardial injury and the progression of ischemic cardiomyopathy.” Frontiers in Physiology 5 APR (January 1, 2014). https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2014.00132.
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    • O’Neal, Wesley T., William F. Griffin, Jessica L. Dries-Devlin, Susan D. Kent, Jin Chen, Monte S. Willis, and Jitka A. I. Virag. “Ephrin-Eph signaling as a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of myocardial infarction.” Med Hypotheses 80, no. 6 (June 2013): 738–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2013.02.024.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Efird, Jimmy T., Preeti Gudimella, Wesley T. O’Neal, William F. Griffin, Hope Landrine, Linda C. Kindell, Stephen W. Davies, et al. “Comparison of Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in Black Versus White Patients After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.” In Am J Cardiol, 117:1095–1100, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.12.056.
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