Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellow in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine 2014 - 2017
  • Chief Resident in General Surgery, Surgery, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida 2013 - 2014
  • Senior Resident in General Surgery, Surgery, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida 2011 - 2013
  • Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Surgery, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida 2009 - 2011
  • Junior Resident in General Surgery, Surgery, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine 2007 - 2009
  • M.D., University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine 2007
  • B.S., Vanderbilt University 2001
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Kulandavelu, S, Karantalis, V, Fritsch, J, Hatzistergos, KE, Loescher, VY, McCall, F, Wang, B, Bagno, L, Golpanian, S, Wolf, A, Grenet, J, Williams, A, Kupin, A, Rosenfeld, A, Mohsin, S, Sussman, MA, Morales, A, Balkan, W, and Hare, JM. "Pim1 Kinase Overexpression Enhances ckit+ Cardiac Stem Cell Cardiac Repair Following Myocardial Infarction in Swine." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 68, no. 22 (December 2016): 2454-2464.  Full Text
    • Williams, AR, Wang, A, Kim, H, and Milano, CA. "Resection of Carcinoid Tumor Metastatic to the Right Ventricle and Tricuspid Valve." The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 100, no. 6 (December 2015): 2348-2350.  Full Text
    • Suncion, VY, Ghersin, E, Fishman, JE, Zambrano, JP, Karantalis, V, Mandel, N, Nelson, KH, Gerstenblith, G, DiFede Velazquez, DL, Breton, E, Sitammagari, K, Schulman, IH, Taldone, SN, Williams, AR, Sanina, C, Johnston, PV, Brinker, J, Altman, P, Mushtaq, M, Trachtenberg, B, Mendizabal, AM, Tracy, M, Da Silva, J, McNiece, IK, Lardo, AC, George, RT, Hare, JM, and Heldman, AW. "Does transendocardial injection of mesenchymal stem cells improve myocardial function locally or globally?: An analysis from the Percutaneous Stem Cell Injection Delivery Effects on Neomyogenesis (POSEIDON) randomized trial." Circulation Research 114, no. 8 (April 2014): 1292-1301.  Full Text
    • Heldman, AW, DiFede, DL, Fishman, JE, Zambrano, JP, Trachtenberg, BH, Karantalis, V, Mushtaq, M, Williams, AR, Suncion, VY, McNiece, IK, Ghersin, E, Soto, V, Lopera, G, Miki, R, Willens, H, Hendel, R, Mitrani, R, Pattany, P, Feigenbaum, G, Oskouei, B, Byrnes, J, Lowery, MH, Sierra, J, Pujol, MV, Delgado, C, Gonzalez, PJ, Rodriguez, JE, Bagno, LL, Rouy, D, Altman, P, Foo, CWP, da Silva, J, Anderson, E, Schwarz, R, Mendizabal, A, and Hare, JM. "Transendocardial mesenchymal stem cells and mononuclear bone marrow cells for ischemic cardiomyopathy: the TAC-HFT randomized trial." Jama 311, no. 1 (January 2014): 62-73.  Full Text
    • Joffe, SW, Webster, K, McManus, DD, Kiernan, MS, Lessard, D, Yarzebski, J, Darling, C, Gore, JM, and Goldberg, RJ. "Improved Survival After Heart Failure: A Community‐Based Perspective." Journal of the American Heart Association 2, no. 3 (May 20, 2013).  Full Text
    • Williams, AR, Suncion, VY, McCall, F, Guerra, D, Mather, J, Zambrano, JP, Heldman, AW, and Hare, JM. "Durable scar size reduction due to allogeneic mesenchymal stem cell therapy regulates whole-chamber remodeling." Journal of the American Heart Association 2, no. 3 (May 17, 2013): e000140-null.  Full Text
    • Williams, AR, Hatzistergos, KE, Addicott, B, McCall, F, Carvalho, D, Suncion, V, Morales, AR, Da Silva, J, Sussman, MA, Heldman, AW, and Hare, JM. "Enhanced effect of combining human cardiac stem cells and bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells to reduce infarct size and to restore cardiac function after myocardial infarction." Circulation 127, no. 2 (January 2013): 213-223.  Full Text
    • McCall, FC, Telukuntla, KS, Karantalis, V, Suncion, VY, Heldman, AW, Mushtaq, M, Williams, AR, and Hare, JM. "Myocardial infarction and intramyocardial injection models in swine." Nature Protocols 7, no. 8 (July 12, 2012): 1479-1496.  Full Text
    • Junttila, MJ, Fishman, JE, Lopera, GA, Pattany, PM, Velazquez, DL, Williams, AR, Trachtenberg, BH, Sanina, C, Mather, J, and Hare, JM. "Safety of serial MRI in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators." Heart (British Cardiac Society) 97, no. 22 (November 2011): 1852-1856.  Full Text
    • Williams, AR, and Hare, JM. "Mesenchymal stem cells: biology, pathophysiology, translational findings, and therapeutic implications for cardiac disease." Circulation Research 109, no. 8 (September 2011): 923-940. (Review)  Full Text
    • Williams, AR, Trachtenberg, B, Velazquez, DL, McNiece, I, Altman, P, Rouy, D, Mendizabal, AM, Pattany, PM, Lopera, GA, Fishman, J, Zambrano, JP, Heldman, AW, and Hare, JM. "Intramyocardial stem cell injection in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy: functional recovery and reverse remodeling." Circulation Research 108, no. 7 (April 2011): 792-796.  Full Text
    • Trachtenberg, B, Velazquez, DL, Williams, AR, McNiece, I, Fishman, J, Nguyen, K, Rouy, D, Altman, P, Schwarz, R, Mendizabal, A, Oskouei, B, Byrnes, J, Soto, V, Tracy, M, Zambrano, JP, Heldman, AW, and Hare, JM. "Rationale and design of the Transendocardial Injection of Autologous Human Cells (bone marrow or mesenchymal) in Chronic Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction and Heart Failure Secondary to Myocardial Infarction (TAC-HFT) trial: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of safety and efficacy." American Heart Journal 161, no. 3 (March 2011): 487-493.  Full Text
    • Williams, A, and Hennekens, CH. "The role of aspirin in cardiovascular diseases--forgotten benefits?." Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy 5, no. 1 (January 2004): 109-115. (Review)  Full Text

  • Conference Papers

    • Lamas, GA, and Williams, A. "Have the results of randomized clinical trials of pacing altered the practice of cardiac pacing?." September 2003.  Full Text

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