Current Appointments & Affiliations
Clinical Faculty in the Department of Surgery
·
2025 - Present
Community General Surgery,
Surgery
Recent Publications
Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist pre-treatment and early post-treatment to minimize reperfusion injury after ST-elevation myocardial infarction: The MINIMIZE STEMI trial.
Journal Article Am Heart J · May 2019 BACKGROUND: Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA) therapy has been shown to prevent adverse left ventricular (LV) remodeling in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients with heart failure. Whether initiating MRA therapy prior to pr ... Full text Link to item CiteIncidence and outcomes of emergent cardiac surgery during transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI): insights from the European Registry on Emergent Cardiac Surgery during TAVI (EuRECS-TAVI).
Journal Article Eur Heart J · February 21, 2018 AIMS: Life-threatening complications occur during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) which can require emergent cardiac surgery (ECS). Risks and outcomes of patients needing ECS during or immediately after TAVI are still unclear. METHODS AND RE ... Full text Link to item CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School of Medicine ·
1995
M.D.