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Joseph W Turek

Associate Professor of Surgery
Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
DUMC3474, Durham, NC 27710
2301 Erwin Road, DUMC 3474, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Autus Size-Adjustable Valve for Surgical Pulmonary Valve Replacement Pivotal Study - Pro00115068

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Autus Valve Technologies, Inc. · 2024 - 2034

MASA Valve Early Feasibility Clinical Study - Pro00110581

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by PECA Labs, Inc. · 2022 - 2030

Tolerance to Allogeneic Hearts via Implantation of Cultured Donor Thymus

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2028

Inducing Xenotolerance via Chimeric Thymus

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2026

Duke-UNC Collaborative Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology Postdoctoral Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

Transplantation of Cryopreserved Thymus

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2023 - 2026

Building a Sustainable, Locally Led Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Program at the University of Ghana Medical Center

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education · 2025 - 2026

Creating a Sustainable Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Program in Guyana

Institutional SupportPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education · 2024 - 2025

Optimizing and Scaling Partial Heart Transplantation

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by The Brett Boyer Foundation · 2024 - 2024

TRPC4 Antagonist with Losartan Block Marfan Aortopathy

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The Marfan Foundation · 2022 - 2024

Partial Heart Transplantation to Deliver Growing Heart Valve Implants

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Medical University of South Carolina · 2022 - 2023

Partial Heart Allotransplantation in Swine

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Medical University of South Carolina · 2022 - 2023

Turek - Step 2 Project

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Enzyvant · 2022 - 2023

Development of a lightweight, portable, pneumatic drive unit for long-term counterpulsation support

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by NuPulseCV, Inc. · 2019 - 2022

Partial Heart Allotransplantation in Swine

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Medical University of South Carolina · 2022 - 2022

Enzyvant Monkey Study

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Enzyvant · 2019 - 2022

A TRPC4-dependent amplification pathway contributes to aortic aneurysm progression in Marfan syndrome

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The Marfan Foundation · 2017 - 2019

AATS Grant Transfer

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Association for Thoracic Surgery · 2017 - 2018

External Relationships


  • Surge Ingenuity, Inc.

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