Current Appointments & Affiliations
Clinical Faculty in the Department of Medicine
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2025 - Present
Medicine, Cardiology,
Medicine
Recent Publications
Effect of Intravenous Fentanyl on Ticagrelor Absorption and Platelet Inhibition Among Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: The PACIFY Randomized Clinical Trial (Platelet Aggregation With Ticagrelor Inhibition and Fentanyl).
Journal Article Circulation · January 16, 2018 Full text Link to item CiteAntiinflammatory Therapy with Canakinumab for Atherosclerotic Disease.
Journal Article N Engl J Med · September 21, 2017 BACKGROUND: Experimental and clinical data suggest that reducing inflammation without affecting lipid levels may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Yet, the inflammatory hypothesis of atherothrombosis has remained unproved. METHODS: We conducted a ... Full text Link to item CiteUsefulness of a Noninvasive Device to Identify Elevated Left Ventricular Filling Pressure Using Finger Photoplethysmography During a Valsalva Maneuver.
Journal Article Am J Cardiol · April 1, 2017 The high rate of re-hospitalization for heart failure might be reduced by improving noninvasive techniques for identifying elevated left ventricular (LV) filling pressure. We previously showed that changes in a finger photoplethysmography (PPG) waveform du ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Semaglutide Effects on Cardiovascular Outcomes in People with Overweight or Obesity
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Novo Nordisk, Inc. · 2019 - 2024A Phase 3, Multicenter, Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of CSL112 in Subjects with Acute Coronary Syndrome
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by CSL Behring LLC · 2019 - 2024A Phase 3, Multicenter, Open-Label, Single-Arm Study of PB2452 in Ticagrelor-Treated Patients with Uncontrolled Major or Life-Threatening Bleeding or Requiring Urgent Surgery or Invasive Procedure
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 2020 - 2023View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Duke University, School of Medicine ·
1982
M.D.