Svati Shah: genetic and molecular epidemiology of cardiovascular disease
Svati Shah,MD, assistant professor of medicine (Cardiology), will present “Genomics and Metabolomics of Cardiovascular Disease” at Medicine Research Conference Fri., March 25, 2011 at 12noon (lunch is provided, and all Medicine research faculty are strongly urged to attend).
We caught up with her in the echo lab and asked her to introduce her research.
Shah's 2010 paper,
Morgenlander, O'Connor in sumo showdown to celebrate Heart Month
Joel Morgenlander, MD, professor of medicine (Neurology) and Chris O'Connor, MD, professor of medicine (Cardiology) and director of the Duke Heart Center, will be among the Duke physicians suiting up in inflatable sumo costumes to support the 2011 Heart Walk and cardiology research.
Catch their sumo showdown on Wed., F
Catch their sumo showdown on Wed., F
Study: many defibrillators implanted unnecessarily
Sana Al-Khatib, MD, MHS, associate professor of medicine (cardiology), was quoted in the New York Times about a study that found high-tech heart devices are implanted in thousands of patients who probably don't need them.
Al-Khatib, S., Hellkamp, A., Curtis, J., Mark, D., Peterson, E., Sanders, G., Heidenreich, P., Hernandez, A., Curtis, L., & Hammill, S. (2011).
Medicine Grand Rounds 12/10/2010
James P. Daubert, professor of medicie (Cardiology), will present "Atrial Fibrillation: Burgeoning Epidemic, New Drugs & Procedures: What You Need to Know."