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Neha Pagidipati
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Neha J. Pagidipati, MD MPH is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and cardiovascular prevention specialist at the DCRI. She served as the Chief Research Fellow at the DCRI between 2016 and 2017 and has been involved with cardiovascular prevention research since 2011. Prior to coming to Duke, she trained at Brigham and Women’s Hospital for internal medicine residency, and then completed a two-year research fellowship in Global Women’s Health at the Brigham. During that time, she also obtained an MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health and studied cardiovascular disease prevention in women in India. Currently, her research focuses on cardiometabolic disease prevention, with particular emphasis on lifestyle modification and weight management. Clinically, she is building the Duke Cardiometabolic Prevention Program, which will focus on behavior change and risk factor management in patients at high risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine 2017
Member of the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Institutes and Centers 2017

Contact Information

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Cardiology Fellowship, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine 2013 - 2017
- Global Women's Health Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital 2011 - 2013
- M.P.H., Harvard University 2013
- Intership and Residency in Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital 2008 - 2011
- M.D., Harvard Medical School 2008
Research
Selected Grants
- LEADER Trial: Association between weight change and cardiometabolic risk factors in a real-world population of U.S. Adults awarded by Novo Nordisk, Inc. 2019 - 2022
- QuBBD: Deep Poisson Methods for Biomedical Time-to-Event and Longitudinal Data awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2020
- Cardiovascular Risk Profile of LAL Deficiency Patients awarded by Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2016 - 2018
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Gaziano, TA, and Pagidipati, N. Scaling up chronic disease prevention interventions in lower- and middle-income countries. January 7, 2013. Full Text
- Academic Articles
  - Christopher, BA, and Pagidipati, NJ. "Clinical Updates in Women's Health Care Summary: Evaluation and Management of Lipid Disorders: Primary and Preventive Care Review." Obstetrics and Gynecology 133, no. 3 (March 2019): 609-null. Full Text
  - Sharma, A, Coles, A, Sekaran, NK, Pagidipati, NJ, Lu, MT, Mark, DB, Lee, KL, Al-Khalidi, HR, Hoffmann, U, and Douglas, PS. "Stress Testing Versus CT Angiography in Patients With Diabetes and Suspected Coronary Artery Disease." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 73, no. 8 (March 2019): 893-902. Full Text
  - Pagidipati, NJ, Coles, A, Hemal, K, Lee, KL, Dolor, RJ, Pellikka, PA, Mark, DB, Patel, MR, Litwin, SE, Daubert, MA, Shah, SH, Hoffmann, U, Douglas, PS, and PROMISE Investigators, . "Sex differences in management and outcomes of patients with stable symptoms suggestive of coronary artery disease: Insights from the PROMISE trial." American Heart Journal 208 (February 2019): 28-36. Full Text
  - Pagidipati, NJ, Mudrick, DW, Chiswell, K, Brucker, A, Peterson, ED, and Douglas, PS. "Sex differences in long-term outcomes of patients across the spectrum of coronary artery disease." American Heart Journal 206 (December 2018): 51-60. Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Bethel, MA, Merrill, P, Lokhnygina, Y, Buse, JB, Chan, JC, Felício, JS, Goodman, SG, Choi, J, Gustavson, SM, Iqbal, N, Lopes, RD, Maggioni, AP, Öhman, P, Pagidipati, NJ, Poulter, NR, Ramachandran, A, Reicher, B, Holman, RR, Hernandez, AF, and EXSCEL Study Group, . "Effect of Once-Weekly Exenatide on Clinical Outcomes According to Baseline Risk in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Insights From the EXSCEL Trial." Journal of the American Heart Association 7, no. 19 (October 2018): e009304-null. Full Text
  - Pagidipati, NJ, Hellkamp, AS, Sharma, PP, Wang, TY, Fonarow, GC, and Pencina, M. "High-sensitivity C-reactive protein elevation in patients with prior myocardial infarction in the United States." American Heart Journal 204 (October 2018): 151-155. Full Text
  - Robinson, JG, Williams, KJ, Gidding, S, Borén, J, Tabas, I, Fisher, EA, Packard, C, Pencina, M, Fayad, ZA, Mani, V, Rye, KA, Nordestgaard, BG, Tybjærg-Hansen, A, Douglas, PS, Nicholls, SJ, Pagidipati, N, and Sniderman, A. "Eradicating the Burden of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease by Lowering Apolipoprotein B Lipoproteins Earlier in Life." Journal of the American Heart Association 7, no. 20 (October 2018): e009778-null. Full Text
  - Pagidipati, NJ, Clare, RM, Keenan, RT, Chiswell, K, Roe, MT, and Hess, CN. "Association of Gout With Long-Term Cardiovascular Outcomes Among Patients With Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease." Journal of the American Heart Association 7, no. 16 (August 2018): e009328-null. Full Text
  - Prabhakaran, D, Singh, K, Roth, GA, Banerjee, A, Pagidipati, NJ, and Huffman, MD. "Cardiovascular Diseases in India Compared With the United States." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 72, no. 1 (July 3, 2018): 79-95. (Review) Full Text
  - Kochar, A, Chen, AY, Sharma, PP, Pagidipati, NJ, Fonarow, GC, Cowper, PA, Roe, MT, Peterson, ED, and Wang, TY. "Long-Term Mortality of Older Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated in US Clinical Practice." Journal of the American Heart Association 7, no. 13 (June 30, 2018). Full Text
  - Bethel, MA, Patel, RA, Merrill, P, Lokhnygina, Y, Buse, JB, Mentz, RJ, Pagidipati, NJ, Chan, JC, Gustavson, SM, Iqbal, N, Maggioni, AP, Öhman, P, Poulter, NR, Ramachandran, A, Zinman, B, Hernandez, AF, Holman, RR, and EXSCEL Study Group, . "Cardiovascular outcomes with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in patients with type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis." The Lancet. Diabetes & Endocrinology 6, no. 2 (February 2018): 105-113. Full Text
  - Sharma, A, Sekaran, NK, Coles, A, Pagidipati, NJ, Hoffmann, U, Mark, DB, Lee, KL, Al-Khalidi, HR, Lu, MT, Pellikka, PA, Trong, QA, and Douglas, PS. "Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on the Evaluation of Stable Chest Pain Patients: Insights From the PROMISE (Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain) Trial." Journal of the American Heart Association 6, no. 11 (October 31, 2017). Full Text
  - Holman, RR, Bethel, MA, Mentz, RJ, Thompson, VP, Lokhnygina, Y, Buse, JB, Chan, JC, Choi, J, Gustavson, SM, Iqbal, N, Maggioni, AP, Marso, SP, Öhman, P, Pagidipati, NJ, Poulter, N, Ramachandran, A, Zinman, B, Hernandez, AF, and EXSCEL Study Group, . "Effects of Once-Weekly Exenatide on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes." The New England Journal of Medicine 377, no. 13 (September 14, 2017): 1228-1239. Full Text
  - Pagidipati, NJ, Hellkamp, A, Thomas, L, Gulati, M, Peterson, ED, and Wang, TY. "Use of Prescription Smoking Cessation Medications After Myocardial Infarction Among Older Patients in Community Practice." Jama Cardiology 2, no. 9 (September 2017): 1040-1042. Full Text
  - Pagidipati, NJ, Navar, AM, Pieper, KS, Green, JB, Bethel, MA, Armstrong, PW, Josse, RG, McGuire, DK, Lokhnygina, Y, Cornel, JH, Halvorsen, S, Strandberg, TE, Delibasi, T, Holman, RR, Peterson, ED, and TECOS Study Group, . "Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: International Insights From the TECOS Trial (Trial Evaluating Cardiovascular Outcomes With Sitagliptin)." Circulation 136, no. 13 (September 2017): 1193-1203. Full Text
  - Pagidipati, NJ, Navar, AM, and Pencina, MJ. "Guideline Recommendations for Statin Therapy-Reply." JAMA 318, no. 10 (September 2017): 964-. (Letter) Full Text
  - Mentz, RJ, Bethel, MA, Gustavson, S, Thompson, VP, Pagidipati, NJ, Buse, JB, Chan, JC, Iqbal, N, Maggioni, AP, Marso, SP, Ohman, P, Poulter, N, Ramachandran, A, Zinman, B, Hernandez, AF, and Holman, RR. "Baseline characteristics of patients enrolled in the Exenatide Study of Cardiovascular Event Lowering (EXSCEL)." American Heart Journal 187 (May 2017): 1-9. Full Text
  - Pagidipati, NJ, Hess, CN, Clare, RM, Akerblom, A, Tricoci, P, Wojdyla, D, Keenan, RT, James, S, Held, C, Mahaffey, KW, Klein, AB, Wallentin, L, and Roe, MT. "An examination of the relationship between serum uric acid level, a clinical history of gout, and cardiovascular outcomes among patients with acute coronary syndrome." American Heart Journal 187 (May 2017): 53-61. Full Text
  - Pagidipati, NJ, Navar, AM, Mulder, H, Sniderman, AD, Peterson, ED, and Pencina, MJ. "Comparison of Recommended Eligibility for Primary Prevention Statin Therapy Based on the US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations vs the ACC/AHA Guidelines." Jama 317, no. 15 (April 2017): 1563-1567. Full Text
  - Pagidipati, NJ, and Granger, CB. "Guideline: The USPSTF recommends low- to moderate-dose statins to prevent CVD in selected adults 40 to 75 years of age." Annals of internal medicine 166, no. 6 (March 2017): JC26-. Full Text
  - Pagidipati, NJ, and Douglas, PS. "The Puzzle of Noninvasive Testing in Women: Filling in the Pieces With the CRESCENT Trial (Calcium Imaging and Selective CT Angiography in Comparison to Functional Testing for Suspected Coronary Artery Disease)." Circulation. Cardiovascular Imaging 10, no. 2 (February 2017). Full Text
  - Pagidipati, NJ, and Peterson, ED. "Acute coronary syndromes in women and men." Nature Reviews. Cardiology 13, no. 8 (August 2016): 471-480. (Review) Full Text
  - Pagidipati, NJ, Hemal, K, Coles, A, Mark, DB, Dolor, RJ, Pellikka, PA, Hoffmann, U, Litwin, SE, Udelson, J, Daubert, MA, Shah, SH, Martinez, B, Lee, KL, and Douglas, PS. "Sex Differences in Functional and CT Angiography Testing in Patients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 67, no. 22 (June 2016): 2607-2616. Full Text
  - Pagidipati, NJ, Pencina, M, and Sniderman, AD. "The Enigma of Glucose and Lipid Metabolism." Jama Cardiology 1, no. 2 (May 2016): 145-146. Full Text
  - Hemal, K, Pagidipati, NJ, Coles, A, Dolor, RJ, Mark, DB, Pellikka, PA, Hoffmann, U, Litwin, SE, Daubert, MA, Shah, SH, Ariani, K, Bullock-Palmer, RP, Martinez, B, Lee, KL, and Douglas, PS. "Sex Differences in Demographics, Risk Factors, Presentation, and Noninvasive Testing in Stable Outpatients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease: Insights From the PROMISE Trial." Jacc. Cardiovascular Imaging 9, no. 4 (April 2016): 337-346. Full Text
  - Pagidipati, NJ, and Gaziano, TA. "Estimating deaths from cardiovascular disease: a review of global methodologies of mortality measurement." Circulation 127, no. 6 (February 2013): 749-756. (Review) Full Text
  - Pagidipati, NJ, Huffman, MD, Jeemon, P, Gupta, R, Negi, P, Jaison, TM, Sharma, S, Sinha, N, Mohanan, P, Muralidhara, BG, Bijulal, S, Sivasankaran, S, Puri, VK, Jose, J, Reddy, KS, and Prabhakaran, D. "Association between gender, process of care measures, and outcomes in ACS in India: results from the detection and management of coronary heart disease (DEMAT) registry." PloS one 8, no. 4 (January 2013): e62061-. Full Text
  - Pagidipati, N, Obstein, KL, Rucker-Schmidt, R, Odze, RD, and Thompson, CC. "Acute hepatitis due to epstein-barr virus in an immunocompetent patient." Digestive diseases and sciences 55, no. 4 (April 2010): 1182-1185. Full Text
- Book Sections
  - Gaziano, TA, and Pagidipati, NJ. "Global Cardiovascular Therapy." In Cardiovascular Therapeutics: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease, 75-82.: Elsevier, 2013. Full Text

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Education, Training, & Certifications

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