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Madeleine Rose Heldman

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Infectious Diseases
315 Trent Drive, Hanes House Room 170, Durham, NC 27710

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of Medicine · 2022 - Present Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine

Recent Publications


HOPE in every breath and heartbeat: Understanding transplant eligibility, access barriers, and clinical outcomes in thoracic transplantation in persons with HIV.

Journal Article JHLT Open · May 2025 BACKGROUND: Persons with human immunodeficiency virusĀ (PWH) are living longer, leading to increased end-organ disease from chronic illness. Organ transplantation improves survival in patients with end-organ disease yet remains a constrained resource due to ... Full text Link to item Cite

Outcomes of lung transplantation from SARS-CoV-2 positive donors during the Omicron wave.

Journal Article JHLT Open · May 2025 Early observations of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission via lung transplantation have led to frequent discard of lungs from donors with positive SARS-CoV-2 tests. We compared survival between lung transplant recipien ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


CMV Vaccine in Orthotopic Liver Transplant Candidates (COLT) Study

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of Washington · 2023 - 2027

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Washington · 2022 M.S.
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine · 2016 M.D.