Gerald Bloomfield | Scholars@Duke

Gerald Bloomfield
Associate Professor of Medicine

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2018
Assistant Research Professor of Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2011
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Institutes and Centers 2011

Contact Information

2400 Pratt Street, Room 0311 Terrace Level, Durham, NC 27705
Department of Medicine, DUMC Box 3850, Durham, NC 27705
gerald.bloomfield@duke.edu (919) 668-8702
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Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Fellowship in Cardiology, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine 2010 - 2011
- Fellowship in Cardiology, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine 2007 - 2011
- Fellowship in Global Health, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine 2009 - 2010
- Residency, Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 2002 - 2005
- M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 2002
Duke Appointment History
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2011 - 2018
- Instructor Temporary in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2011
Recognition
Awards & Honors
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Research
  - Kenya (Country)
- Teaching
  - Kenya (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- Postdoctoral Training in Cardiovascular Clinical Research awarded by National Institutes of Health 2003 - 2024
- Pathways to cardiovascular disease prevention and impact of specialty referral in under-represented racial/ethnic minorities with HIV awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2023
- A nurse-led intervention to extend the HIV treatment cascade for cardiovascular disease prevention (EXTRA-CVD) awarded by Case Western Reserve University 2018 - 2022
- Bridging Income Generation with GrouP Integrated Care (BIGPIC) awarded by New York University 2019 - 2020
- The Aga Khan University-Pakistan Initiative for NCDs (AKUPI-NCDs) awarded by Aga Khan University 2019
- GE Stress AFI awarded by General Electric Company 2017 - 2019
- Bridging Income Generation with GrouP Integrated Care (BIGPIC) awarded by Mount Sinai Medical Center 2015 - 2018
- Vanderbilt-Emory-Cornell-Duke Consortium for Global Health Fellows (VECDor) awarded by Vanderbilt University 2016 - 2018
- Indiana University Intramural Grant - Echocardiographic Image Analysis awarded by The Trustees of Indiana University 2015 - 2016
- Risk Factors for Atherosclerosis among Patients with Heart Failure in Kenya awarded by National Institutes of Health 2011 - 2015
- Indiana University Intramural Grant - Genetic Biorepsitory awarded by Indiana University 2012 - 2015
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Hertz, JT, Madut, DB, Tesha, RA, William, G, Simmons, RA, Galson, SW, Sakita, FM, Maro, VP, Bloomfield, GS, Crump, JA, and Rubach, MP. "Knowledge of myocardial infarction symptoms and perceptions of self-risk in Tanzania." American Heart Journal 210 (April 2019): 69-74. Full Text
  - Alenezi, F, Fudim, M, Rymer, J, Dunning, A, Chiswell, K, Swaminathan, M, Bottiger, B, Velagapudi, P, Nicoara, A, Kisslo, J, Velazquez, E, Vemulapalli, S, Bloomfield, GS, and Samad, Z. "Predictors and Changes in Cardiac Hemodynamics and Geometry With Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation." The American Journal of Cardiology 123, no. 5 (March 2019): 813-819. Full Text
  - Bloomfield, GS, Kirwa, K, Agarwal, A, Eliot, MN, Alenezi, F, Carter, EJ, Foster, MC, Kimaiyo, S, Lumsden, R, Menya, D, Mitter, SS, Velazquez, EJ, Vedanthan, R, and Wellenius, GA. "Effects of a Cookstove Intervention on Cardiac Structure, Cardiac Function, and Blood Pressure in Western Kenya." Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : Official Publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 32, no. 3 (March 2019): 427-430. (Letter) Full Text
  - Erqou, S, Lodebo, BT, Masri, A, Altibi, AM, Echouffo-Tcheugui, JB, Dzudie, A, Ataklte, F, Choudhary, G, Bloomfield, GS, Wu, W-C, and Kengne, AP. "Cardiac Dysfunction Among People Living With HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis." Jacc. Heart Failure 7, no. 2 (February 2019): 98-108. Full Text
  - Hertz, JT, Madut, DB, Tesha, RA, William, G, Simmons, RA, Galson, SW, Sakita, FM, Maro, VP, Bloomfield, GS, Crump, JA, and Rubach, MP. "Perceptions of chest pain and healthcare seeking behavior for chest pain in northern Tanzania: A community-based survey." Plos One 14, no. 2 (January 2019): e0212139-null. Full Text
  - Hurst, JR, Dickhaus, J, Maulik, PK, Miranda, JJ, Pastakia, SD, Soriano, JB, Siddharthan, T, Vedanthan, R, and GACD Multi-Morbidity Working Group, . "Global Alliance for Chronic Disease researchers' statement on multimorbidity." The Lancet. Global Health 6, no. 12 (December 2018): e1270-e1271. Full Text
  - Feinstein, MJ, Steverson, AB, Ning, H, Pawlowski, AE, Schneider, D, Ahmad, FS, Sanders, JM, Sinha, A, Nance, RM, Achenbach, CJ, Christopher Delaney, JA, Heckbert, SR, Shah, SJ, Hanna, DB, Hsue, PY, Bloomfield, GS, Longenecker, CT, Crane, HM, and Lloyd-Jones, DM. "Adjudicated Heart Failure in HIV-Infected and Uninfected Men and Women." Journal of the American Heart Association 7, no. 21 (November 2018): e009985-null. Full Text
  - Minter, S, Armour, A, Tinnemore, A, Strub, K, Crowley, AL, Bloomfield, GS, Alexander, JH, Douglas, PS, Kisslo, JA, Velazquez, EJ, and Samad, Z. "Crowdsourcing consensus: proposal of a novel method for assessing accuracy in echocardiography interpretation." The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging 34, no. 11 (November 2018): 1725-1730. Full Text
  - Hernandez, AF, Green, JB, Janmohamed, S, D'Agostino, RB, Granger, CB, Jones, NP, Leiter, LA, Rosenberg, AE, Sigmon, KN, Somerville, MC, Thorpe, KM, McMurray, JJV, Del Prato, S, and Harmony Outcomes committees and investigators, . "Albiglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (Harmony Outcomes): a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial." Lancet (London, England) 392, no. 10157 (October 2, 2018): 1519-1529. Full Text
  - Okeke, NL, Alenezi, F, Bloomfield, GS, Dunning, A, Clement, ME, Shah, SH, Naggie, S, and Velazquez, EJ. "Determinants of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Diastolic Dysfunction in an HIV Clinical Cohort." Journal of Cardiac Failure 24, no. 8 (August 2018): 496-503. Full Text
  - Fahme, SA, Bloomfield, GS, and Peck, R. "Hypertension in HIV-Infected Adults: Novel Pathophysiologic Mechanisms." Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 72, no. 1 (July 2018): 44-55. (Review) Full Text
  - Osoti, A, Temu, TM, Kirui, N, Ngetich, EK, Kamano, JH, Page, S, Farquhar, C, and Bloomfield, GS. "Metabolic Syndrome Among Antiretroviral Therapy-Naive Versus Experienced HIV-Infected Patients Without Preexisting Cardiometabolic Disorders in Western Kenya." Aids Patient Care and Stds 32, no. 6 (June 2018): 215-222. Full Text
  - Agarwal, A, Kirwa, K, Eliot, MN, Alenezi, F, Menya, D, Mitter, SS, Velazquez, EJ, Vedanthan, R, Wellenius, GA, and Bloomfield, GS. "Household Air Pollution Is Associated with Altered Cardiac Function among Women in Kenya." American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 197, no. 7 (April 2018): 958-961. (Letter) Full Text
  - Manus, MB, Bloomfield, GS, Leonard, AS, Guidera, LN, Samson, DR, and Nunn, CL. "High prevalence of hypertension in an agricultural village in Madagascar." Plos One 13, no. 8 (January 2018): e0201616-null. Full Text
  - Njuguna, B, Kiplagat, J, Bloomfield, GS, Pastakia, SD, Vedanthan, R, and Koethe, JR. "Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Pathophysiology of Dysglycemia among People Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa." Journal of Diabetes Research 2018 (January 2018): 6916497-null. (Review) Full Text
  - McCrary, AW, Nduka, CU, Stranges, S, and Bloomfield, GS. "Features of cardiovascular disease in low-income and middle-income countries in adults and children living with HIV." Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS 12, no. 6 (November 2017): 579-584. Full Text
  - Vedanthan, R, Kamano, JH, Lee, H, Andama, B, Bloomfield, GS, DeLong, AK, Edelman, D, Finkelstein, EA, Hogan, JW, Horowitz, CR, Manyara, S, Menya, D, Naanyu, V, Pastakia, SD, Valente, TW, Wanyonyi, CC, and Fuster, V. "Bridging Income Generation with Group Integrated Care for cardiovascular risk reduction: Rationale and design of the BIGPIC study." American Heart Journal 188 (June 2017): 175-185. Full Text
  - Bloomfield, GS, and Felker, GM. "Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: The More Things Stay the Same." JAMA cardiology 2, no. 5 (May 2017): 476-477. Full Text
  - Fudim, M, Bloomfield, GS, and Samad, Z. "Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement." Annals of internal medicine 166, no. 8 (April 2017): 605-606. Full Text
  - Riddell, MA, Edwards, N, Thompson, SR, Bernabe-Ortiz, A, Praveen, D, Johnson, C, Kengne, AP, Liu, P, McCready, T, Ng, E, Nieuwlaat, R, Ovbiagele, B, Owolabi, M, Peiris, D, Thrift, AG, Tobe, S, Yusoff, K, and GACD Hypertension Research Programme, . "Developing consensus measures for global programs: lessons from the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Hypertension research program." Globalization and Health 13, no. 1 (March 15, 2017): 17-null. Full Text
  - Barasa, FA, Vedanthan, R, Pastakia, SD, Crowe, SJ, Aruasa, W, Sugut, WK, White, R, Ogola, ES, Bloomfield, GS, and Velazquez, EJ. "Approaches to Sustainable Capacity Building for Cardiovascular Disease Care in Kenya." Cardiology clinics 35, no. 1 (February 2017): 145-152. (Review) Full Text
  - Bloomfield, GS, and Burroughs Peña, MS. "Five Reasons Why Global Health Matters to Cardiologists." Cardiology clinics 35, no. 1 (February 2017): xiii-xv. Full Text
  - Bloomfield, GS, and Leung, C. "Cardiac Disease Associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection." Cardiology clinics 35, no. 1 (February 2017): 59-70. (Review) Full Text
  - Temu, TM, Bahiru, E, Bukachi, F, Bloomfield, GS, Muiruri, P, and Farquhar, C. "Lay beliefs about hypertension among HIV-infected adults in Kenya." Open Heart 4, no. 1 (February 1, 2017). Full Text
  - Temu, TM, Lane, KA, Shen, C, Ng'ang'a, L, Akwanalo, CO, Chen, P-S, Emonyi, W, Heckbert, SR, Koech, MM, Manji, I, Vatta, M, Velazquez, EJ, Wessel, J, Kimaiyo, S, Inui, TS, and Bloomfield, GS. "Clinical characteristics and 12-month outcomes of patients with valvular and non-valvular atrial fibrillation in Kenya." PloS one 12, no. 9 (January 2017): e0185204-. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Owolabi, M, Olowoyo, P, Miranda, JJ, Akinyemi, R, Feng, W, Yaria, J, Makanjuola, T, Yaya, S, Kaczorowski, J, Thabane, L, Van Olmen, J, Mathur, P, Chow, C, Kengne, A, Saulson, R, Thrift, AG, Joshi, R, Bloomfield, GS, Gebregziabher, M, Parker, G, Agyemang, C, Modesti, PA, Norris, S, Ogunjimi, L, Farombi, T, Melikam, ES, Uvere, E, Salako, B, Ovbiagele, B, and COUNCIL Initiative, . "Gaps in Hypertension Guidelines in Low- and Middle-Income Versus High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review." Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 68, no. 6 (December 2016): 1328-1337. (Review) Full Text
  - Feinstein, MJ, Bogorodskaya, M, Bloomfield, GS, Vedanthan, R, Siedner, MJ, Kwan, GF, and Longenecker, CT. "Cardiovascular Complications of HIV in Endemic Countries." Current Cardiology Reports 18, no. 11 (November 2016): 113-null. (Review) Full Text
  - Lumsden, RH, Akwanalo, C, Chepkwony, S, Kithei, A, Omollo, V, Holland, TL, Bloomfield, GS, and O'Meara, WP. "Clinical and geographic patterns of rheumatic heart disease in outpatients attending cardiology clinic in western Kenya." International Journal of Cardiology 223 (November 2016): 228-235. Full Text
  - Nduka, CU, Stranges, S, Bloomfield, GS, Kimani, PK, Achinge, G, Malu, AO, and Uthman, OA. "A plausible causal link between antiretroviral therapy and increased blood pressure in a sub-Saharan African setting: A propensity score-matched analysis." International Journal of Cardiology 220 (October 2016): 400-407. Full Text
  - Woldu, B, and Bloomfield, GS. "Rheumatic Heart Disease in the Twenty-First Century." Current cardiology reports 18, no. 10 (October 2016): 96-. (Review) Full Text
  - Bloomfield, GS, and Leung Yinko, SSL. "A Series of Unhealthy Developments: The Multiple Facets of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in China." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 68, no. 8 (August 2016): 834-835. Full Text
  - W Tobe, S, and Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Hypertension Research Teams With the World Hypertension League, . "The Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Supports 15 Major Studies in Hypertension Prevention and Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries." Journal of Clinical Hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) 18, no. 7 (July 2016): 600-605. Full Text
  - Kiyeng, JC, Siika, A, Koech, C, and Bloomfield, GS. "Definite hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia in a 60-year-old black Kenyan woman: a case report." Journal of medical case reports 10, no. 1 (May 25, 2016): 126-. Full Text
  - Bloomfield, GS, DeLong, AK, Akwanalo, CO, Hogan, JW, Carter, EJ, Aswa, DF, Binanay, C, Koech, M, Kimaiyo, S, and Velazquez, EJ. "Markers of Atherosclerosis, Clinical Characteristics, and Treatment Patterns in Heart Failure: A Case-Control Study of Middle-Aged Adult Heart Failure Patients in Rural Kenya." Global heart 11, no. 1 (March 2016): 97-107. Full Text
  - Bloomfield, GS, Narayan, KMV, Sampson, UKA, and Narula, J. "What Defines a Valuable Investment in Global Health Research?." Global Heart 11, no. 1 (March 2016): 1-3. Full Text
  - Bloomfield, GS, Xavier, D, Belis, D, Alam, D, Davis, P, Dorairaj, P, Ghannem, H, Gilman, RH, Kamath, D, Kimaiyo, S, Levitt, N, Martinez, H, Mejicano, G, Miranda, JJ, Koehlmoos, TP, Rabadán-Diehl, C, Ramirez-Zea, M, Rubinstein, A, Sacksteder, KA, Steyn, K, Tandon, N, Vedanthan, R, Wolbach, T, Wu, Y, and Yan, LL. "Training and Capacity Building in LMIC for Research in Heart and Lung Diseases: The NHLBI-UnitedHealth Global Health Centers of Excellence Program." Global Heart 11, no. 1 (March 2016): 17-25. (Review) Full Text
  - Engelgau, MM, Sampson, UK, Rabadan-Diehl, C, Smith, R, Miranda, J, Bloomfield, GS, Belis, D, Narayan, KMV, National Health, Lung, and and Blood Institute–UnitedHealth Global Health Centers of Excellence Collaborators, . "Tackling NCD in LMIC: Achievements and Lessons Learned From the NHLBI-UnitedHealth Global Health Centers of Excellence Program." Global Heart 11, no. 1 (March 2016): 5-15. (Review) Full Text
  - Gaziano, TA, Abrahams-Gessel, S, Alam, S, Alam, D, Ali, M, Bloomfield, G, Carrillo-Larco, RM, Dorairaj, P, Gutierrez, L, Irazola, V, Levitt, NS, Miranda, JJ, Bernabe-Ortiz, A, Pandya, A, Rubinstein, A, Steyn, K, Xavier, D, and Yan, LL. "Comparison of Nonblood-Based and Blood-Based Total CV Risk Scores in Global Populations." Global heart 11, no. 1 (March 2016): 37-46.e2. Full Text
  - Irazola, VE, Gutierrez, L, Bloomfield, G, Carrillo-Larco, RM, Dorairaj, P, Gaziano, T, Levitt, NS, Miranda, JJ, Ortiz, AB, Steyn, K, Wu, Y, Xavier, D, Yan, LL, He, J, and Rubinstein, A. "Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control in Selected LMIC Communities: Results From the NHLBI/UHG Network of Centers of Excellence for Chronic Diseases." Global Heart 11, no. 1 (March 2016): 47-59. Full Text
  - Naanyu, V, Vedanthan, R, Kamano, JH, Rotich, JK, Lagat, KK, Kiptoo, P, Kofler, C, Mutai, KK, Bloomfield, GS, Menya, D, Kimaiyo, S, Fuster, V, Horowitz, CR, and Inui, TS. "Barriers Influencing Linkage to Hypertension Care in Kenya: Qualitative Analysis from the LARK Hypertension Study." Journal of General Internal Medicine 31, no. 3 (March 2016): 304-314. Full Text
  - Park, PH, Chege, P, Hagedorn, IC, Kwena, A, Bloomfield, GS, and Pastakia, SD. "Assessing the accuracy of a point-of-care analyzer for hyperlipidaemia in western Kenya." Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 21, no. 3 (March 2016): 437-444. Full Text
  - Lumsden, RH, and Bloomfield, GS. "The Causes of HIV-Associated Cardiomyopathy: A Tale of Two Worlds." Biomed Research International 2016 (January 17, 2016): 8196560-null. (Review) Full Text
  - Bloomfield, GS. "mHealth: only as good as the company it keeps." The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology 4, no. 1 (January 2016): 7-8. Full Text
  - Binanay, CA, Akwanalo, CO, Aruasa, W, Barasa, FA, Corey, GR, Crowe, S, Esamai, F, Einterz, R, Foster, MC, Gardner, A, Kibosia, J, Kimaiyo, S, Koech, M, Korir, B, Lawrence, JE, Lukas, S, Manji, I, Maritim, P, Ogaro, F, Park, P, Pastakia, SD, Sugut, W, Vedanthan, R, Yanoh, R, Velazquez, EJ, and Bloomfield, GS. "Building Sustainable Capacity for Cardiovascular Care at a Public Hospital in Western Kenya." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 66, no. 22 (December 2015): 2550-2560. (Review) Full Text
  - Vedanthan, R, Kamano, JH, Bloomfield, GS, Manji, I, Pastakia, S, and Kimaiyo, SN. "Engaging the Entire Care Cascade in Western Kenya: A Model to Achieve the Cardiovascular Disease Secondary Prevention Roadmap Goals." Global Heart 10, no. 4 (December 2015): 313-317. (Review) Full Text
  - GACD Hypertension Research Programme, Writing Group, , Peiris, D, Thompson, SR, Beratarrechea, A, Cárdenas, MK, Diez-Canseco, F, Goudge, J, Gyamfi, J, Kamano, JH, Irazola, V, Johnson, C, Kengne, AP, Keat, NK, Miranda, JJ, Mohan, S, Mukasa, B, Ng, E, Nieuwlaat, R, Ogedegbe, O, Ovbiagele, B, Plange-Rhule, J, Praveen, D, Salam, A, Thorogood, M, Thrift, AG, Vedanthan, R, Waddy, SP, Webster, J, Webster, R, Yeates, K, Yusoff, K, and Hypertension Research Programme members, . "Behaviour change strategies for reducing blood pressure-related disease burden: findings from a global implementation research programme." Implementation Science : Is 10 (November 9, 2015): 158-null. Full Text
  - Jaacks, LM, Ali, MK, Bartlett, J, Bloomfield, GS, Checkley, W, Gaziano, TA, Heimburger, DC, Kishore, SP, Kohler, RE, Lipska, KJ, Manders, O, Ngaruiya, C, Peck, R, Pena, MB, Watkins, DA, Siegel, KR, and Narayan, KMV. "Global Noncommunicable Disease Research: Opportunities and Challenges." Annals of internal medicine 163, no. 9 (November 2015): 712-714. Full Text
  - Temu, TM, Kirui, N, Wanjalla, C, Ndungu, AM, Kamano, JH, Inui, TS, and Bloomfield, GS. "Cardiovascular health knowledge and preventive practices in people living with HIV in Kenya." BMC infectious diseases 15 (October 14, 2015): 421-. Full Text
  - Park, PH, Wambui, CK, Atieno, S, Egger, JR, Misoi, L, Nyabundi, JS, Pastakia, SD, Bloomfield, GS, and Kamano, JH. "Erratum. Improving Diabetes Management and Cardiovascular Risk Factors Through Peer-Led Self-management Support Groups in Western Kenya. Diabetes Care 2015;38:e110–e111." Diabetes Care 38, no. 10 (October 2015): 1993-1993. Full Text
  - Bloomfield, GS, Temu, TM, Akwanalo, CO, Chen, P-S, Emonyi, W, Heckbert, SR, Koech, MM, Manji, I, Shen, C, Vatta, M, Velazquez, EJ, Wessel, J, Kimaiyo, S, and Inui, TS. "Genetic mutations in African patients with atrial fibrillation: Rationale and design of the Study of Genetics of Atrial Fibrillation in an African Population (SIGNAL)." American Heart Journal 170, no. 3 (September 2015): 455-64.e5. Full Text
  - Bloomfield, GS, Alenezi, F, Barasa, FA, Lumsden, R, Mayosi, BM, and Velazquez, EJ. "Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Heart Failure in Low- and Middle-Income Countries." Jacc. Heart Failure 3, no. 8 (August 2015): 579-590. (Review) Full Text
  - Park, PH, Wambui, CK, Atieno, S, Egger, JR, Misoi, L, Nyabundi, JS, Pastakia, SD, Bloomfield, GS, and Kamano, JH. "Improving diabetes management and cardiovascular risk factors through peer-led self-management support groups in western Kenya." Diabetes Care 38, no. 8 (August 1, 2015): e110-e111. Full Text
  - Bloomfield, GS, Baldridge, A, Agarwal, A, Huffman, MD, Colantonio, LD, Bahiru, E, Ajay, VS, Prabhakaran, P, Lewison, G, and Prabhakaran, D. "Disparities in cardiovascular research output and citations from 52 African countries: a time-trend, bibliometric analysis (1999-2008)." Journal of the American Heart Association 4, no. 4 (April 2, 2015). Full Text
  - Bloomfield, GS, Wang, TY, Boulware, LE, Califf, RM, Hernandez, AF, Velazquez, EJ, Peterson, ED, and Li, JS. "Implementation of management strategies for diabetes and hypertension: from local to global health in cardiovascular diseases." Global Heart 10, no. 1 (March 2015): 31-38. (Review) Full Text
  - Burroughs Pena, MS, and Bloomfield, GS. "Cardiovascular disease research and the development agenda in low- and middle-income countries." Global heart 10, no. 1 (March 2015): 71-73. Full Text
  - Colantonio, LD, Baldridge, AS, Huffman, MD, Bloomfield, GS, and Prabhakaran, D. "Cardiovascular research publications from Latin America between 1999 and 2008. A bibliometric study." Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia 104, no. 1 (January 2015): 5-15. Full Text
  - Bloomfield, GS, Hogan, JW, Keter, A, Holland, TL, Sang, E, Kimaiyo, S, and Velazquez, EJ. "Blood pressure level impacts risk of death among HIV seropositive adults in Kenya: a retrospective analysis of electronic health records." Bmc Infectious Diseases 14, no. 1 (December 2014). Full Text
  - Bloomfield, GS, Khazanie, P, Morris, A, Rabadán-Diehl, C, Benjamin, LA, Murdoch, D, Radcliff, VS, Velazquez, EJ, and Hicks, C. "HIV and noncommunicable cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases in low- and middle-income countries in the ART era: what we know and best directions for future research." Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999) 67 Suppl 1 (September 2014): S40-S53. (Review) Full Text
  - Kim, S-J, Samad, Z, Bloomfield, GS, and Douglas, PS. "A critical review of hemodynamic changes and left ventricular remodeling after surgical aortic valve replacement and percutaneous aortic valve replacement." American Heart Journal 168, no. 2 (August 2014): 150-9.e1-7-null. (Review) Full Text
  - Bloomfield, GS, Vedanthan, R, Vasudevan, L, Kithei, A, Were, M, and Velazquez, EJ. "Mobile health for non-communicable diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of the literature and strategic framework for research." Globalization and Health 10 (June 13, 2014): 49-null. (Review) Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Baldridge, AS, Huffman, MD, Bloomfield, GS, and Prabhakaran, D. "Footprint and imprint: an ecologic time-trend analysis of cardiovascular publications in general and specialty journals." Global heart 9, no. 2 (June 2014): 263-269.e2. (Review) Full Text
  - Lagat, DK, DeLong, AK, Wellenius, GA, Carter, EJ, Bloomfield, GS, Velazquez, EJ, Hogan, J, Kimaiyo, S, and Sherman, CB. "Factors associated with isolated right heart failure in women: a pilot study from western Kenya." Global heart 9, no. 2 (June 2014): 249-254. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Vedanthan, R, Kamano, JH, Naanyu, V, Delong, AK, Were, MC, Finkelstein, EA, Menya, D, Akwanalo, CO, Bloomfield, GS, Binanay, CA, Velazquez, EJ, Hogan, JW, Horowitz, CR, Inui, TS, Kimaiyo, S, and Fuster, V. "Optimizing linkage and retention to hypertension care in rural Kenya (LARK hypertension study): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial." Trials 15 (April 27, 2014): 143-null. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Hertz, JT, Reardon, JM, Rodrigues, CG, de Andrade, L, Limkakeng, AT, Bloomfield, GS, and Lynch, CA. "Acute myocardial infarction in sub-Saharan Africa: the need for data." Plos One 9, no. 5 (January 2014): e96688-null. (Review) Full Text
  - Bloomfield, GS, and Velazquez, EJ. "HIV and cardiovascular disease in sub-Saharan Africa: the Sutton Law as applied to global health." J Am Coll Cardiol 61, no. 23 (June 11, 2013): 2395-null. (Letter) Full Text Link to Item
  - Bloomfield, GS, Barasa, FA, Doll, JA, and Velazquez, EJ. "Heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa." Current Cardiology Reviews 9, no. 2 (May 2013): 157-173. (Review) Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Douglas, PS, Waugh, RA, Bloomfield, G, Dunn, G, Davis, L, Hahn, RT, Pibarot, P, Stewart, WJ, Weissman, NJ, Hueter, I, Siegel, R, Lerakis, S, Miller, DC, Smith, CR, and Leon, MB. "Implementation of echocardiography core laboratory best practices: a case study of the PARTNER I trial." J Am Soc Echocardiogr 26, no. 4 (April 2013): 348-358.e3. Full Text Link to Item
  - Bloomfield, GS, Mwangi, A, Chege, P, Simiyu, CJ, Aswa, DF, Odhiambo, D, Obala, AA, Ayuo, P, and Khwa-Otsyula, BO. "Multiple cardiovascular risk factors in Kenya: Evidence from a Health and Demographic Surveillance System using the WHO STEPwise approach to chronic disease risk factor surveillance." Heart (2013). Full Text
  - Bloomfield, GS, Yi, SS, Astor, BC, Kramer, H, Shea, S, Shlipak, MG, and Post, WS. "Blood pressure and chronic kidney disease progression in a multi-racial cohort: The Multi-Ethnic study of atherosclerosis." Journal of Human Hypertension 27, no. 7 (2013): 421-426. Full Text
  - Huffman, MD, Baldridge, A, Bloomfield, GS, Colantonio, LD, Prabhakaran, P, Ajay, VS, Suh, S, Lewison, G, and Prabhakaran, D. "Global cardiovascular research output, citations, and collaborations: a time-trend, bibliometric analysis (1999-2008)." PloS one 8, no. 12 (January 2013): e83440-. Full Text
  - Pastakia, SD, Ali, SM, Kamano, JH, Akwanalo, CO, Ndege, SK, Buckwalter, VL, Vedanthan, R, and Bloomfield, GS. "Screening for diabetes and hypertension in a rural low income setting in western Kenya utilizing home-based and community-based strategies." Globalization and Health 9, no. 1 (2013). Full Text
  - Bloomfield, GS, Hogan, JW, Keter, A, Holland, TL, Osanya, J, Sang, E, Kimaiyo, S, and Velazquez, EJ. "High Blood Pressure Increases Risk of Death Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus Seropositive Individuals in Kenya." CIRCULATION 126, no. 21 (November 20, 2012). Link to Item
  - Bloomfield, GS, Gillam, LD, Hahn, RT, Kapadia, S, Leipsic, J, Lerakis, S, Tuzcu, M, and Douglas, PS. "A practical guide to multimodality imaging of transcatheter aortic valve replacement." Jacc Cardiovasc Imaging 5, no. 4 (April 2012): 441-455. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Bloomfield, GS, Lagat, DK, Akwanalo, OC, Carter, EJ, Lugogo, N, Vedanthan, R, Velazquez, EJ, Kimaiyo, S, and Sherman, CB. "Conditions that predispose to pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure in persons exposed to household air pollution in LMIC." Global Heart 7, no. 3 (2012): 249-259. Full Text
  - Lauer, M, Tolunay, HE, Baumgartner, J, Bloomfield, GS, Fine, L, and Chockalingam, A. "Household air pollution and CVD: Identifying best directions for research." Global Heart 7, no. 3 (2012): 271-274. Full Text
  - McCracken, JP, Wellenius, GA, Bloomfield, GS, Brook, RD, Tolunay, HE, Dockery, DW, Rabadan-Diehl, C, Checkley, W, and Rajagopalan, S. "Household air pollution from solid fuel use: Evidence for links to CVD." Global Heart 7, no. 3 (2012): 223-234. Full Text
  - Bloomfield, GS, Kimaiyo, S, Carter, EJ, Binanay, C, Corey, GR, Einterz, RM, Tierney, WM, and Velazquez, EJ. "Chronic noncommunicable cardiovascular and pulmonary disease in sub-Saharan Africa: an academic model for countering the epidemic." Am Heart J 161, no. 5 (May 2011): 842-847. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Bloomfield, GS, Hogan, JW, Keter, A, Sang, E, Carter, EJ, Velazquez, EJ, and Kimaiyo, S. "Hypertension and obesity as cardiovascular risk factors among HIV seropositive patients in Western Kenya." Plos One 6, no. 7 (2011): e22288-null. Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
  - Kishore, SP, Siegel, KR, Ahmad, A, Aitsi-Selmi, AA, Ali, MK, Baker, P, Basu, S, Bitton, A, Bloomfield, GS, Bukhman, G, Emery, E, Feigl, AB, Grepin, K, Huffman, MD, Kajana, K, Khandelwal, S, Kolappa, K, Liu, C, Lokhandwala, N, Marwah, V, Mwatsama, M, Novak, N, Nundy, S, Park, PH, Perez, CP, Price, MR, Rapkin, N, Rice, H, Seligman, B, Shah, S, Silva, JD, Sridhar, D, Stuckler, D, Vedanthan, R, and Zaman, J. "Youth manifesto on non-communicable diseases." Global Heart 6, no. 4 (2011): 201-210. Full Text
  - Bloomfield, GS, and Huffman, MD. "Global chronic disease research training for fellows: perspectives, challenges, and opportunities." Circulation 121, no. 11 (March 2010): 1365-1370. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Bloomfield, G, and Dunbar, K. "It's All Connected." American Journal of Medicine 119, no. 8 (2006): 654-656. Full Text
  - Bloomfield, G, and Zaas, D. "Cases from the Osler Medical Service at Johns Hopkins University." Am J Med 114, no. 5 (April 1, 2003): 417-419. Link to Item
- Book Sections
  - Bloomfield, GS, Samad, Z, and Douglas, PS. "Aortic annular geometry and sizing: Echocardiography." In Multimodality Imaging for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, 297-310. November 1, 2013. Full Text
- Conference Papers
  - Lumsden, R, Akwanalo, C, O'Meara, WP, and Bloomfield, GS. "Geographic and Demographic Patterns of Rheumatic Heart Disease in Western Kenya." March 1, 2016. Link to Item
Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
- GLHLTH 641: Non-Communicable Diseases in Low- & Middle-Income Countries: Trends, Causes and Prevention Strategy 2019
- GLHLTH 641K: Non-Communicable Diseases in Low and Middle Income Countries: Trends, Causes, Prevention Strategies 2018
Advising & Mentoring
- Mentee Name Year(s) Program
  
  Constantine Akwanalo, MBChB, MMed 2011-12 Card Fellow, Moi Univ
  
  Paul Park, MD 2012-13 Duke Int Med/GH Res, Fogarty GH Fellow
  
  Felix A Barasa, MBChB, MMed 2012-13 Cardiology Fellow, Moi Univ
  
  Anubha Agarwal, MD 2013-14 Stanford Med School, Doris Duke Int'l Clin Res Fellow
  
  Elizabeth Jung 2013-14 Duke University, Trinity College
  
  Tecla Temu, MD 2013-14 Brown University School of Med, Fulbright-Fogarty Fellow
  
  Wilson Sugut, MBChB, MMed 2014-15 Cardiology Fellow, Moi Univ, Fogarty GH Fellow
  
  Lindsay Boole, MD 2014-15 Duke Int Med/GH Res, Fogarty GH Fellow
  
  Rebecca Lumsden, BA 2014-15 Univ of Massachusetts Med School, Doris Duke Int'l Clin Res Fellow
  
  Jemima Kamano, MBChB, MMed 2015-16 Enhancing Training for Implementation Res in Chronic Diseases Fellow
  
  Claudia Lok Leung, BA 2015-16 Northwestern University - Doris Duke Int'l Clin Res Fellow
  
  Bethel Woldu, MD 2015-16 New York Presbyterian - Weill Cornell Med Ctr, Fogarty GH Fellow
  
  Loise Ng'ang'a 2016-17 Duke MSc-GH student
  
  Titus Ng'eno, MBChB 2016-17 Duke Int Med/GH Res, Fogarty GH Fellow
  
  Benson Njuguna, B Pharm 2016-17 Moi Teaching & Ref Hospital Card Care Unit
Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Presentations & Appearances
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
- Bass Connections Faculty Team Member. Cookstoves and Air Pollution in Madagascar: Finding Winning Solutions for Human Health and Biodiversity. August 2016 - May 2017 2016 - 2017

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