Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Medicine
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2023 - Present
Medicine, Cardiology,
Medicine
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
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2020 - Present
Duke Clinical Research Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Scholarly Works
Applicability of ischemic heart disease clinical practice guidelines in low- and middle-income countries.
Journal article Int J Cardiol · October 15, 2026 BACKGROUND: Ischemic heart disease (IHD) presents a growing global health burden across diverse geographic and socioeconomic settings. Clinical practice guidelines are typically developed by professional societies in high-income countries, often with limit ... Full text Link to item CiteMicrocurrent Therapy in Cardiac Repair: Bridging Mechanistic Biology and Clinical Evidence.
Journal article Circ Heart Fail · August 19, 2026 Cardiovascular disease remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality, with heart failure representing the common and often irreversible end stage, for which current therapies are largely palliative rather than restorative. Cardiac microcurrent therapy d ... Full text Link to item CiteCentral Adiposity, Systemic Inflammation, and Incident Heart Failure: A Causal Mediation Analysis From the Jackson Heart Study.
Journal article J Am Heart Assoc · August 4, 2026 BACKGROUND: Obesity and systemic inflammation have each been independently associated with an increased risk of heart failure (HF). However, whether inflammatory pathways mediate the association between obesity and the development of heart failure remains ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
A Multicenter, Open-label, Long-term Extension Study for Oral Levosimendan (TNX-103)
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. · 2026 - 2036A Safety, Tolerability, and Biomarker Trial of VS-041 in Participants with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Vasa Therapeutics, Inc. · 2026 - 2035DCA08 HS235-003
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by 35Pharma Inc. · 2025 - 2035View All Grants
Education
University of Düsseldorf (Germany) ·
2011
M.D.