Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellow in Cardiology, Medicine, Duke University 2002 - 2007
  • Medical Resident, Medicine, University of Texas at Dallas 1999 - 2002
  • M.D., University of Virginia 1999
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2015 - 2020
  • Member of the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Institutes and Centers 2016 - 2020
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2013 - 2015
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2007 - 2013
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  Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

  • Associate Vice Chair for Provider Experience and Development, Department of Medicine
    Faculty Director, Duke Clinical Leadership Program, Office for Faculty
    Faculty Director, ALICE Program, Office for Faculty
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • APR 15, 2022

    School of Medicine

    School of Medicine Celebrates 2022 Faculty Achievement Awards

  • NOV 22, 2019

    School of Medicine

    Building Bridges Within Duke Health
• Research
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  External Relationships

  • American College of Cardiology
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Denoble, Anna E., Julia M. Moyett, Sarah A. Goldstein, Cary C. Ward, Tracy Truong, Alaattin Erkanli, Andra H. James, and Chad A. Grotegut. “Prospective Observational Study of N-terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide Levels in Obese and Nonobese Women during Pregnancy.” Am J Perinatol 40, no. 5 (April 2023): 467–74. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1925-1532.
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    • Blumer, Vanessa, Joshua B. Parsons, D Ryan Anderson, Gerald S. Bloomfield, and Cary Ward. “Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Associated With Endocarditis: A Case Years in the Making.” Circulation 145, no. 12 (March 22, 2022): 934–39. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.057951.
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    • Minhas, Anum S., Sarah A. Goldstein, Arthur Jason Vaught, Jennifer Lewey, Cary Ward, Steven P. Schulman, and Erin D. Michos. “Instituting a Curriculum for Cardio-Obstetrics Subspecialty Fellowship Training.” Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J 18, no. 3 (2022): 14–23. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1101.
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    • Hynes, Jenna S., Jeffrey A. Kuller, Sarah A. Goldstein, Cary C. Ward, and Suheil J. Muasher. “Increased Risk of Aortic Dissection Associated With Pregnancy in Women With Turner Syndrome: A Systematic Review.” Obstet Gynecol Surv 75, no. 9 (September 2020): 566–75. https://doi.org/10.1097/OGX.0000000000000833.
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    • Kendsersky, Payton, and Cary Ward. “Right Ventricular Failure and Congenital Heart Disease.” Cardiol Clin 38, no. 2 (May 2020): 239–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccl.2020.02.002.
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    • Awerbach, Jordan D., Cary Ward, and Michael J. Campbell. “A 26-year-old man with severe right ventricular hypertrophy.” Heart 105, no. 10 (May 2019): 774–89. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2018-314123.
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    • Hopkins, Maeve K., Sarah A. Goldstein, Cary C. Ward, and Jeffrey A. Kuller. “Evaluation and Management of Maternal Congenital Heart Disease: A Review.” Obstet Gynecol Surv 73, no. 2 (February 2018): 116–24. https://doi.org/10.1097/OGX.0000000000000536.
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    • Goldstein, Sarah A., Cary C. Ward, and Sana M. Al-Khatib. “The Use of Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillators in the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: A Focus on Congenital Heart Disease and Inherited Arrhythmia Syndromes.” J Innov Card Rhythm Manag 9, no. 1 (January 2018): 2996–3005. https://doi.org/10.19102/icrm.2018.090103.
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    • Goldstein, Sarah A., and Cary C. Ward. “Congenital and Acquired Valvular Heart Disease in Pregnancy.” Curr Cardiol Rep 19, no. 10 (August 24, 2017): 96. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11886-017-0910-6.
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    • Gaeta, Stephen A., Cary Ward, and Richard A. Krasuski. “Extra-cardiac manifestations of adult congenital heart disease.” Trends Cardiovasc Med 26, no. 7 (October 2016): 627–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcm.2016.04.004.
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    • Krüger, M. U., A. Wünschmann, C. Ward, and C. D. Stauthammer. “Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum and hypoplastic right ventricle in an Arabian foal.” J Vet Cardiol 18, no. 3 (September 2016): 284–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvc.2016.04.002.
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    • Menachem, Jonathan N., Aparna C. Swaminathan, Thomas M. Bashore, Cary C. Ward, Joseph G. Rogers, Carmelo A. Milano, and Chetan B. Patel. “Initial Experience of Left Ventricular Assist Device Support for Adult Patients with Transposition of the Great Vessels.” Congenit Heart Dis 10, no. 5 (2015): 382–86. https://doi.org/10.1111/chd.12264.
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    • Ward, C., J. K. Harrison, and T. M. Bashore. “Adult Congenital Heart Disease,” October 3, 2012, 274–95. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118399378.ch10.
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    • Siddiqui, Adeel M., Zainab Samad, Nina Hakacova, James Kinsella, Cary Ward, Michael White, Anna Lisa C. Crowley, Galen S. Wagner, and J Kevin Harrison. “The utility of modified Butler-Leggett criteria for right ventricular hypertrophy in detection of clinically significant shunt ratio in ostium secundum-type atrial septal defect in adults.” J Electrocardiol 43, no. 2 (2010): 161–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2009.10.001.
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    • Stiber, Jonathan, April Hawkins, Zhu-Shan Zhang, Sunny Wang, Jarrett Burch, Victoria Graham, Cary C. Ward, et al. “STIM1 signalling controls store-operated calcium entry required for development and contractile function in skeletal muscle.” Nat Cell Biol 10, no. 6 (June 2008): 688–97. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb1731.
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    • Ward, Cary, Cheryl D. Bushnell, and Andra H. James. “The cardiovascular complications of pregnancy.” Prog Cardiovasc Dis 50, no. 2 (2007): 126–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcad.2007.02.001.
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    • Ward, C., and M. Kirby. “The secondary heart field: Understanding conotruncal defects from a developmental perspective.” Current Cardiology Reviews 2, no. 1 (January 1, 2006): 65–69. https://doi.org/10.2174/157340306775515335.
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    • Ward, Cary, Harriett Stadt, Mary Hutson, and Margaret L. Kirby. “Ablation of the secondary heart field leads to tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary atresia.” Dev Biol 284, no. 1 (August 1, 2005): 72–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.05.003.
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    • Waldo, Karen L., Mary R. Hutson, Cary C. Ward, Marzena Zdanowicz, Harriett A. Stadt, Donna Kumiski, Radwan Abu-Issa, and Margaret L. Kirby. “Secondary heart field contributes myocardium and smooth muscle to the arterial pole of the developing heart.” Dev Biol 281, no. 1 (May 1, 2005): 78–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.02.012.
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  • Book Sections

    • Ward, Cary, and Andra James. “Valvular Heart Disease in Pregnancy.” In Valvular Heart Disease, edited by Andrew Wang. Springer, 2009.

  • Conference Papers

    • Rosenberg, Paul, Jonathan Stiber, Cary C. Ward, Elizabeth Finch, April F. Hawkins, and R Sanders Williams. “Stim1/orai1 signaling controls store operated calcium entry required for signaling and contractile function in smooth and striated muscle.” In Circulation, 116:188–188. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2007.
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    • Ward, Cary C., April F. Hawkins, Victoria Graham, and Paul Rosenberg. “Tid1 interacts with TRPC6 and negatively regulates calcium entry in cardiomyocytes.” In Circulation, 116:249–249. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2007.
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    • Ward, C. C., H. A. Stadt, M. R. Hutson, and M. L. Kirby. “Ablation of the secondary heart field results in overriding aorta in chick embryos.” In Circulation, 108:308–308. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2003.
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