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Julian T Hertz

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine

Overview


Julian Hertz, MD, MSc, is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine & Global Health. He graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University and attended medical school at Duke University, where he received the Dean's Merit Scholarship and the Thomas Jefferson Award for leadership. He completed his residency training in emergency medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and his fellowship in Global Health at Duke.

Dr. Hertz's primary interests include global health, implementation science, and undergraduate and graduate medical education. Dr. Hertz's research focuses on using implementation science methods to improve cardiovascular care both locally and globally. His current projects involve developing interventions to improve acute myocardial infarction care in Tanzania, to improve management of hypertension among Tanzanians with HIV, and to improve post-hospital care among patients with multimorbidity in East Africa.

Dr. Hertz has received numerous awards for clinical, educational, and research excellence, including the Duke Emergency Medicine Faculty Teacher of the Year Award, the Duke Emergency Medicine Faculty Clinician of the Year Award, and the Duke Emergency Medicine Faculty Researcher of the Year Award. He has also received the Golden Apple Teaching Award from the Duke medical student body, the Duke Master Clinician/Teacher Award, and the Global Academic Achievement Award from the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine · 2023 - Present Emergency Medicine, Clinical Science Departments
Associate Research Professor of Global Health · 2023 - Present Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers

Recent Publications


Assessing Maternal Breastfeeding Plans and Perceived Barriers to Optimal Breastfeeding in Kumasi, Ghana.

Journal Article Birth · June 2026 INTRODUCTION: Despite overwhelming evidence of the benefits of breastfeeding (BF) and its potential to decrease infant mortality, BF rates are low in many low- and middle-income countries like Ghana. We sought to assess Ghanaian mothers' BF plans and their ... Full text Link to item Cite

From research to practice: a qualitative study examining the integration of telehealth-based suicide prevention in HIV care in Tanzania.

Journal Article AIDS Care · May 28, 2026 Despite the life-saving potential of mental health interventions, their scalability and integration within healthcare systems present significant challenges, particularly in low-resource global settings. This study investigated scaling IDEAS for Hope, a te ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sustainability and normalization of an intervention to improve evidence-based myocardial infarction care in Tanzania.

Journal Article Implement Sci Commun · January 15, 2026 BACKGROUND: The Multicomponent Intervention to Improve Acute Myocardial Infarction Care (MIMIC) was developed to address gaps in AMI diagnosis and treatment in northern Tanzania. Although initial implementation was promising, many quality improvement inter ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Adapting and Piloting an Evidence-based Intervention to Improve Hypertension Care among Tanzanians Living with HIV

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Fogarty International Center · 2023 - 2026

Developing an intervention to improve quality of myocardial infarction care in northern Tanzania

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2021 - 2026

Myocardial infarction among persons living with HIV in Tanzania

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Roche Diagnostics · 2019 - 2024

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Education


Duke University, School of Medicine · 2013 M.D.
Princeton University · 2007 B.A.