Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor of Surgery
·
2023 - Present
Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery,
Surgery
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Recent Scholarly Works
Rethinking Neonatal Surgical Urgency: Effective Delay with Internal Flow Restrictors.
Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · June 23, 2026 BACKGROUND: Neonates with complex congenital heart disease frequently develop pulmonary overcirculation, but early surgical intervention may be poorly tolerated due to physiologic instability, prematurity, or comorbidities. Percutaneous internal pulmonary ... Full text Link to item CiteInitial Clinical Experience With Partial Heart Transplantation for Mitral Valve Replacement: An Experimental Approach.
Journal article Ann Thorac Surg · June 23, 2026 BACKGROUND: Mitral valve replacement in children is limited by the need for anticoagulation, lack of growth potential, and high reoperation rates. Partial heart transplantation (PHT) offers a living, growth-capable alternative. While successfully applied t ... Full text Link to item CitePartial Heart Transplantation: A Review for Critical Care and Advanced Practice Nurses.
Journal article AACN Adv Crit Care · June 15, 2026 Partial heart transplantation has emerged as a novel, innovative solution to the problem of valvular cardiac disease in children, allowing the transplantation of living donor tissue that retains cellular viability and growth potential. Since the first pedi ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Partial Heart Transplant Registry.
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The Brett Boyer Foundation · 2025 - 2027Impact of Extracellular Matrix versus Cellular viability in partial heart transplant
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The Graeme McDaniel Foundation · 2025 - 2026Partial Heart Transplantation: Expanding to Atrioventricular Valves
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The Graeme McDaniel Foundation · 2024 - 2025View All Grants
Education
University of Colorado, School of Public Health ·
2017
M.P.H.
University of Missouri, Columbia School of Medicine ·
2012
M.D.
University of Missouri, Columbia ·
2008
B.S.