Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Congenital Cardiac Surgery Resident, Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School 2017 - 2018
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident, Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine 2015 - 2017
  • General Surgery Chief Resident, Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine 2014 - 2015
  • General Surgery Senior Resident, Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine 2012 - 2014
  • Neonatal Perinatal Research Fellow, Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine 2010 - 2012
  • General Surgery Resident, Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine 2008 - 2010
  • M.D., Harvard Medical School 2008
  • B.S., University of Utah 2003
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Instructor in the Department of Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Surgery 2018
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Development of a pediatric, long-term, minimally invasive circulatory support device (PediPulse) to treat heart failure awarded by NuPulseCV, Inc. 2019 - 2022
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Zhu, Alexander, James M. Meza, Neel K. Prabhu, Andrew W. McCrary, Veerajalandhar Allareddy, Joseph W. Turek, and Nicholas D. Andersen. “Survival After Intervention for Single-Ventricle Heart Disease Over 15 Years at a Single Institution.” Ann Thorac Surg, April 14, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.03.060.
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    • Vekstein, Andrew M., Edward P. Chen, and Nicholas D. Andersen. “Commentary: Dissecting Out the Root of the Matter.” Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 34, no. 2 (2022): 428–29. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.semtcvs.2021.05.006.
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    • Vekstein, Andrew M., Joseph W. Turek, and Nicholas D. Andersen. “Commentary: Cardiosphere-derived exosomes for single-ventricle heart disease: Are some of the parts greater than the whole?” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 162, no. 3 (September 2021): 990–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.08.033.
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    • Zhu, Alexander, Carmelo A. Milano, Joseph W. Turek, Richard A. Krasuski, Gregory A. Fleming, Reid C. Chamberlain, and Nicholas D. Andersen. “Mustard Baffle Revision With Systemic Ventricular Assist Device Placement.” Ann Thorac Surg 110, no. 4 (October 2020): e279–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.03.038.
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