Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine 2011 - 2014
  • Chief Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine, Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine 2010 - 2011
  • Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship, Investigator Track, Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine 2007 - 2011
  • Ph.D., University of Louisville School of Medicine 2010
  • Posdoctoral Research Fellow, Physiology And Biophysics, University of Louisville School of Medicine 2007 - 2009
  • M.S., University of Louisville School of Medicine 2008
  • Categorical Internal Medicine Residency, Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine 2004 - 2007
  • M.D., University of Louisville School of Medicine 2004
  • M.B.A., University of Louisville 2002
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Friedman, DJ, Black-Maier, EW, Barnett, AS, Pokorney, SD, Al-Khatib, SM, Jackson, KP, Bahnson, TD, Ellis, CR, Atwater, BD, Lewis, RK, and Piccini, JP. "Left Atrial Appendage Electrical Isolation for Treatment of Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation: A Meta-Analysis." Jacc. Clinical Electrophysiology 4, no. 1 (January 2018): 112-120.  Full Text
    • Black-Maier, E, Ren, X, Steinberg, BA, Green, CL, Barnett, AS, Rosa, NS, Al-Khatib, SM, Atwater, BD, Daubert, JP, Frazier-Mills, C, Grant, AO, Hegland, DD, Jackson, KP, Jackson, LR, Koontz, JI, Lewis, RK, Sun, AY, Thomas, KL, Bahnson, TD, and Piccini, JP. "Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction." Heart rhythm (December 5, 2017).  Full Text
    • Pokorney, SD, Mi, X, Lewis, RK, Greiner, M, Epstein, LM, Carrillo, RG, Zeitler, EP, Al-Khatib, SM, Hegland, DD, and Piccini, JP. "Outcomes Associated With Extraction Versus Capping and Abandoning Pacing and Defibrillator Leads." Circulation 136, no. 15 (October 2017): 1387-1395.  Full Text
    • Ehieli, WL, Boll, DT, Marin, D, Lewis, R, Piccini, JP, and Hurwitz, LM. "Use of Preprocedural MDCT for Cardiac Implantable Electric Device Lead Extraction: Frequency of Findings That Change Management." AJR. American journal of roentgenology 208, no. 4 (April 2017): 770-776.  Full Text
    • Kingery, JR, Hamid, T, Lewis, RK, Ismahil, MA, Bansal, SS, Rokosh, G, Townes, TM, Ildstad, ST, Jones, SP, and Prabhu, SD. "Leukocyte iNOS is required for inflammation and pathological remodeling in ischemic heart failure." Basic research in cardiology 112, no. 2 (March 2017): 19-.  Full Text
    • Zeitler, EP, Pokorney, SD, Zhou, K, Lewis, RK, Greenfield, RA, Daubert, JP, Matchar, DB, and Piccini, JP. "Cable externalization and electrical failure of the Riata family of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator leads: A systematic review and meta-analysis." Heart rhythm 12, no. 6 (June 2015): 1233-1240. (Review)  Full Text
    • Pokorney, SD, Zhou, K, Matchar, DB, Love, S, Zeitler, EP, Lewis, R, and Piccini, JP. "Optimal management of Riata leads with no known electrical abnormalities or externalization: a decision analysis." Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology 26, no. 2 (February 2015): 184-191.  Full Text
    • Krishnamoorthy, A, Pokorney, SD, Lewis, RK, Daubert, JP, Greenfield, RA, Hegland, DD, Milano, CA, Rogers, JG, Schroder, JN, Patel, CB, and Piccini, JP. "Cardiac implantable electronic device removal in patients with left ventricular assist device associated infections." Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology 25, no. 11 (November 2014): 1199-1205.  Full Text
    • Lewis, RK, Pokorney, SD, Greenfield, RA, Hranitzky, PM, Hegland, DD, Schroder, JN, Lin, SS, Milano, C, Daubert, JP, Smith, PK, Hurwitz, LM, and Piccini, JP. "Preprocedural ECG-gated computed tomography for prevention of complications during lead extraction." Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : Pace 37, no. 10 (October 2014): 1297-1305.  Full Text
    • Daubert, JP, and Lewis, RK. "Smarter deployment of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in nonischemic cardiomyopathy: feasible or mythical?." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 63, no. 18 (May 2014): 1890-1891.  Full Text
    • Krishnamoorthy, A, Pokorney, SD, Lewis, RK, Daubert, JP, Greenfield, RA, Hegland, DD, Milano, CA, Rogers, JG, Schroder, JN, Patel, CB, and Piccini, JP. "Cardiac implantable electronic device removal in patients with left ventricular assist device associated infections." Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology 25, no. 11 (January 1, 2014): 1199-1205.  Full Text
    • Lewis, RK, and Piccini, JP. "Mandatory diagnostic screening tests to individualize therapy: a curious paradox." Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 5, no. 6 (December 2012): e113-. (Letter)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Lewis, R, and Daubert, JP. "Do ICD lead recalls affect physician--or patient--behavior? If not, why not?." Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology 23, no. 8 (August 2012): 866-868.  Full Text
    • Ariza-Heredia, EJ, Patel, R, Blumberg, EA, Walker, RC, Lewis, R, Evans, J, Sankar, A, Willliams, MD, Rogers, J, Milano, C, and Razonable, RR. "Outcomes of transplantation using organs from a donor infected with Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing K. pneumoniae." Transplant Infectious Disease 14, no. 3 (2012): 229-236.  Full Text
    • Wang, G, Hamid, T, Keith, RJ, Zhou, G, Partridge, CR, Xiang, X, Kingery, JR, Lewis, RK, Li, Q, Rokosh, DG, Ford, R, Spinale, FG, Riggs, DW, Srivastava, S, Bhatnagar, A, Bolli, R, and Prabhu, SD. "Cardioprotective and antiapoptotic effects of heme oxygenase-1 in the failing heart." Circulation 121, no. 17 (May 2010): 1912-1925.  Full Text
    • Lewis, RK, and Harley, NH. "Employee exposure to (222)Rn and (220)Rn in three fish culture stations in Pennsylvania." Health physics 98, no. 3 (March 2010): 466-470.  Full Text
    • Makkar, A, Siddiqui, TS, Stoddard, MF, Lewis, RK, and Dawn, B. "Impact of valvular calcification on the diagnostic accuracy of transesophageal echocardiography for the detection of congenital aortic valve malformation." Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) 24, no. 7 (August 2007): 745-749.  Full Text
    • Crawford, NPS, Eichenberger, MR, Colliver, DW, Lewis, RK, Cobbs, GA, Petras, RE, and Galandiuk, S. "Evaluation of SLC11A1 as an inflammatory bowel disease candidate gene." BMC medical genetics 6 (March 9, 2005): 10-.  Full Text
    • Waltrip, T, Lewis, R, Young, V, Farmer, M, Clayton, S, Myers, S, Gray, LA, and Galandiuk, S. "A pilot study to determine the feasibility of continuous cefazolin infusion." Surgical infections 3, no. 1 (January 2002): 5-9.  Full Text
    • Uthoff, SM, Eichenberger, MR, Lewis, RK, Fox, MP, Hamilton, CJ, McAuliffe, TL, Grimes, HL, and Galandiuk, S. "Identification of candidate genes in ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease using cDNA array technology." International journal of oncology 19, no. 4 (October 2001): 803-810.
    • Pokorny, RM, Wrightson, WR, Lewis, RK, Paris, KJ, Hofmeister, A, LaRocca, R, Myers, SR, Ackerman, D, and Galandiuk, S. "Suppository administration of chemotherapeutic drugs with concomitant radiation for rectal cancer." Diseases of the colon and rectum 40, no. 12 (December 1997): 1414-1420.  Full Text

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