Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Global Health Fellow/Assistant Director of the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Duke University School of Medicine 2017 - 2018
  • Emergency Medicine Resident, Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona, College of Medicine 2013 - 2016
  • M.D., Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 2013
  • B.A., Washington University in St. Louis 2008
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Surgery 2018 - 2020
  • Clinical Associate in the Department of Surgery, Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Surgery 2016 - 2017
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Hertz, Julian T., Francis M. Sakita, Godfrey L. Kweka, Alexander T. Limkakeng, Sophie W. Galson, Jinny J. Ye, Tumsifu G. Tarimo, et al. “Acute myocardial infarction under-diagnosis and mortality in a Tanzanian emergency department: A prospective observational study.” Am Heart J 226 (August 2020): 214–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2020.05.017.
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    • Hertz, Julian T., Francis M. Sakita, Alexander T. Limkakeng, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Lambert T. Appiah, John A. Bartlett, and Sophie W. Galson. “The burden of acute coronary syndrome, heart failure, and stroke among emergency department admissions in Tanzania: A retrospective observational study.” Afr J Emerg Med 9, no. 4 (December 2019): 180–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2019.07.001.
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    • Eppensteiner, J., S. Galson, and A. Navas. “Tearing chest pain in adult male.” Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine 16 (July 1, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visj.2019.100590.
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    • Hertz, Julian T., Deng B. Madut, Revogatus A. Tesha, Gwamaka William, Ryan A. Simmons, Sophie W. Galson, Francis M. Sakita, et al. “Knowledge of myocardial infarction symptoms and perceptions of self-risk in Tanzania.” Am Heart J 210 (April 2019): 69–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2019.01.003.
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    • Hertz, Julian T., Deng B. Madut, Revogatus A. Tesha, Gwamaka William, Ryan A. Simmons, Sophie W. Galson, Venance P. Maro, John A. Crump, and Matthew P. Rubach. “Self-medication with non-prescribed pharmaceutical agents in an area of low malaria transmission in northern Tanzania: a community-based survey.” Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 113, no. 4 (April 1, 2019): 183–88. https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/try138.
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    • Galson, Sophie W., John W. Stanifer, Julian T. Hertz, Gloria Temu, Nathan Thielman, Temitope Gafaar, and Catherine A. Staton. “The burden of hypertension in the emergency department and linkage to care: A prospective cohort study in Tanzania.” Plos One 14, no. 1 (2019): e0211287. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211287.
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    • Hertz, Julian T., Deng B. Madut, Revogatus A. Tesha, Gwamaka William, Ryan A. Simmons, Sophie W. Galson, Francis M. Sakita, et al. “Perceptions of chest pain and healthcare seeking behavior for chest pain in northern Tanzania: A community-based survey.” Plos One 14, no. 2 (2019): e0212139. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212139.
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    • Hertz, Julian T., Francis M. Sakita, Preeti Manavalan, Deng B. Madut, Nathan M. Thielman, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Catherine A. Staton, and Sophie W. Galson. “The Burden of Hypertension and Diabetes in an Emergency Department in Northern Tanzania.” Ethn Dis 29, no. 4 (2019): 559–66. https://doi.org/10.18865/ed.29.4.559.
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    • Galson, Sophie W., Catherine A. Staton, Francis Karia, Kajiru Kilonzo, Joseph Lunyera, Uptal D. Patel, Julian T. Hertz, and John W. Stanifer. “Epidemiology of hypertension in Northern Tanzania: a community-based mixed-methods study.” Bmj Open 7, no. 11 (November 9, 2017): e018829. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018829.
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    • Gaither, Joshua B., Sophie Galson, Merlin Curry, Moses Mhayamaguru, Christopher Williams, Samuel M. Keim, Bentley J. Bobrow, and Daniel W. Spaite. “Environmental Hyperthermia in Prehospital Patients with Major Traumatic Brain Injury.” J Emerg Med 49, no. 3 (September 2015): 375–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2015.01.038.
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    • Asgary, R., S. Galson, H. Shankar, C. O’Brien, and S. Arole. “Hypertension, pre-hypertension, and associated risk factors in a subsistent farmer community in remote rural central India.” Journal of Public Health (Germany) 21, no. 3 (June 1, 2013): 251–58. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-012-0536-5.
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    • Cavenar, J. O., and A. A. Maltbie. “Munchausen's syndrome.” Mil Med 143, no. 5 (May 1978): 349–52.
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