Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellow in Cardiology, Medicine, Duke University 2001 - 2002
  • M.H.S., Duke University 2001
  • Fellow in Cardiology, Medicine, Duke University 1997 - 2000
  • Medical Resident, Medicine`, University of Pennsylvania 1994 - 1997
  • M.D., Washington University in St. Louis 1994
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Consulting Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2005 - 2009
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2002 - 2004
  • Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2002
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Pastva, AM, Duncan, PW, Reeves, GR, Nelson, MB, Whellan, DJ, O'Connor, CM, Eggebeen, JD, Hewston, LA, Taylor, KM, Mentz, RJ, Rosenberg, PB, and Kitzman, DW. "Strategies for supporting intervention fidelity in the rehabilitation therapy in older acute heart failure patients (REHAB-HF) trial." Contemporary Clinical Trials 64 (January 2018): 118-127.  Full Text
    • Whellan, DJ. "Change Is Not Always Good." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 70, no. 20 (November 2017): 2501-2503.  Full Text
    • Whellan, DJ, and Lindenfeld, J. "Easy to Predict, Difficult to Prevent." Jacc. Heart Failure 5, no. 3 (March 2017): 226-228.  Full Text
    • Whellan, David J., Melissa M. McCarey, Bradley S. Taylor, Todd K. Rosengart, Amelia S. Wallace, A Laurie W. Shroyer, James S. Gammie, and Eric D. Peterson. “Trends in Robotic-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts: A Study of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database, 2006 to 2012..” The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 102, no. 1 (July 2016): 140–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.12.059.
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    • Whellan, David J., Amanda Stebbins, Adrian F. Hernandez, Justin A. Ezekowitz, John J. V. McMurray, Paul J. Mather, Vic Hasselblad, and Christopher M. O’Connor. “Dichotomous Relationship Between Age and 30-Day Death or Rehospitalization in Heart Failure Patients Admitted With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Results From the ASCEND-HF Trial..” Journal of Cardiac Failure 22, no. 6 (June 2016): 409–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2016.02.011.
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    • Ragupathi, L., N. Fonseka, J. A. Sendecki, M. M. McCarey, S. W. Breecker, and D. J. Whellan. “Proton pump inhibitors and hypomagnesemia in patients with arrhythmias..” International Journal of Clinical Practice 69, no. 12 (December 2015): 1525–26. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.12710.
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    • Bellam, Naveen, Anita A. Kelkar, and David J. Whellan. “Team-Based Care for Managing Cardiac Comorbidities in Heart Failure..” Heart Failure Clinics 11, no. 3 (July 2015): 407–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hfc.2015.03.005.
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    • Whellan, David J., William E. Kraus, Dalane W. Kitzman, Bridget Rooney, Steven J. Keteyian, Ileana L. Piña, Stephen J. Ellis, et al. “Authorship in a multicenter clinical trial: The Heart Failure-A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training (HF-ACTION) Authorship and Publication (HAP) scoring system results..” American Heart Journal 169, no. 4 (April 2015): 457-63.e6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2014.11.022.
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    • Whellan, David J., Jay L. Goldstein, Byron L. Cryer, Glenn M. Eisen, Angel Lanas, Alan B. Miller, James M. Scheiman, John G. Fort, Ying Zhang, and Christopher O’Connor. “PA32540 (a coordinated-delivery tablet of enteric-coated aspirin 325 mg and immediate-release omeprazole 40 mg) versus enteric-coated aspirin 325 mg alone in subjects at risk for aspirin-associated gastric ulcers: results of two 6-month, phase 3 studies..” American Heart Journal 168, no. 4 (October 2014): 495-502.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2014.05.017.
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    • Whellan, David J., Shantanu Sarkar, Jodi Koehler, Roy S. Small, Andrew Boyle, Eduardo N. Warman, and William T. Abraham. “Development of a method to risk stratify patients with heart failure for 30-day readmission using implantable device diagnostics..” The American Journal of Cardiology 111, no. 1 (January 2013): 79–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.08.050.
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    • Whellan, David J., Margueritte Cox, Adrian F. Hernandez, Paul A. Heidenreich, Lesley H. Curtis, Eric D. Peterson, and Gregg C. Fonarow. “Utilization of hospice and predicted mortality risk among older patients hospitalized with heart failure: findings from GWTG-HF..” Journal of Cardiac Failure 18, no. 6 (June 2012): 471–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2012.02.006.
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    • Whellan, David J., Christopher J. Droogan, James Fitzpatrick, Suzanne Adams, Melissa M. McCarey, Jocelyn Andrel, Paul Mather, Sharon Rubin, Raphael Bonita, and Scott Keith. “Change in intrathoracic impedance measures during acute decompensated heart failure admission: results from the Diagnostic Data for Discharge in Heart Failure Patients (3D-HF) Pilot Study..” Journal of Cardiac Failure 18, no. 2 (February 2012): 107–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2011.10.017.
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    • Whellan, David J., Anil Nigam, Malcolm Arnold, Aijing Z. Starr, James Hill, Gerald Fletcher, Stephen J. Ellis, et al. “Benefit of exercise therapy for systolic heart failure in relation to disease severity and etiology-findings from the Heart Failure and A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training study..” American Heart Journal 162, no. 6 (December 2011): 1003–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2011.09.017.
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    • Whellan, David J., Suzanne Adams, and Lisa Bowerman. “Review of advanced heart failure device diagnostics examined in clinical trials and the potential benefit from monitoring capabilities..” Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases 54, no. 2 (September 2011): 107–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcad.2011.06.001.
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    • Whellan, David J., Xin Zhao, Adrian F. Hernandez, Li Liang, Eric D. Peterson, Deepak L. Bhatt, Paul A. Heidenreich, Lee H. Schwamm, and Gregg C. Fonarow. “Predictors of hospital length of stay in heart failure: findings from Get With the Guidelines..” Journal of Cardiac Failure 17, no. 8 (August 2011): 649–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2011.04.005.
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    • Whellan, David J., Kevin T. Ousdigian, Sana M. Al-Khatib, Wenji Pu, Shantanu Sarkar, Charles B. Porter, Behzad B. Pavri, Christopher M. O’Connor, and Christopher M. PARTNERS Study Investigators. “Combined heart failure device diagnostics identify patients at higher risk of subsequent heart failure hospitalizations: results from PARTNERS HF (Program to Access and Review Trending Information and Evaluate Correlation to Symptoms in Patients With Heart Failure) study..” Journal of the American College of Cardiology 55, no. 17 (April 2010): 1803–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2009.11.089.
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    • Whellan, David J., Melissa A. Greiner, Kevin A. Schulman, and Lesley H. Curtis. “Costs of inpatient care among Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure, 2001 to 2004..” Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 3, no. 1 (January 2010): 33–40. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.109.854760.
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    • Whellan, D. J., C. L. Green, J. P. Piccini, and M. W. Krucoff. “QT as a safety biomarker in drug development..” Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 86, no. 1 (July 2009): 101–4. https://doi.org/10.1038/clpt.2009.70.
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    • Whellan, DJ. "Introduction: Vasopressin therapy." Heart Failure Reviews 14, no. 2 (June 2009): 57-58.  Full Text
    • Whellan, David J., Christopher M. O’Connor, Kevin T. Ousdigian, Te-Hsin Lung, and Te-Hsin PARTNERS HF Study Investigators. “Rationale, design, and baseline characteristics of a Program to Assess and Review Trending INformation and Evaluate CorRelation to Symptoms in Patients with Heart Failure (PARTNERS HF)..” American Heart Journal 156, no. 5 (November 2008): 833-839.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2008.06.036.
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    • Whellan, David J., and Colleen Harrington. “Diastolic heart failure and continuous hemodynamic monitoring..” American Heart Journal 153, no. 4 Suppl (April 2007): 6–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2007.01.022.
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    • Whellan, DJ, O'Connor, CM, Lee, KL, Keteyian, SJ, Cooper, LS, Ellis, SJ, Leifer, ES, Kraus, WE, Kitzman, DW, Blumenthal, JA, Rendall, DS, Houston-Miller, N, Fleg, JL, Schulman, KA, Piña, IL, and HF-ACTION Trial Investigators, . "Heart failure and a controlled trial investigating outcomes of exercise training (HF-ACTION): design and rationale." American Heart Journal 153, no. 2 (February 2007): 201-211.  Full Text
    • Whellan, David J., Shelby D. Reed, Lawrence Liao, Stuart D. Gould, Christopher M. O’connor, and Kevin A. Schulman. “Financial implications of a model heart failure disease management program for providers, hospital, healthcare systems, and payer perspectives..” The American Journal of Cardiology 99, no. 2 (January 2007): 256–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.08.019.
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    • Whellan, DJ, Hasselblad, V, Peterson, E, O'Connor, CM, and Schulman, KA. "Metaanalysis and review of heart failure disease management randomized controlled clinical trials." American Heart Journal 149, no. 4 (April 2005): 722-729. (Review)  Full Text

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