Infectious Diseases

Nwora Lance Okeke, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Campus mail Dept of Medicine, Box 31255, Durham, NC 27710
Phone (919) 684-8111
Email address lance.okeke@duke.edu
In Their Words

Education and Training

  • Infectious Diseases Fellowship, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, 2011 - 2015
  • Internal Medicine Resdency, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, 2007 - 2010
  • M.P.H., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, 2015
  • M.D., Stanford University, School of Medicine, 2007

Grants

Publications

Webel, Allison R., Julie Schexnayder, C Robin Rentrope, Hayden B. Bosworth, Corrilynn O. Hileman, Nwora Lance Okeke, Rajesh Vedanthan, and Chris T. Longenecker. “The influence of healthcare financing on cardiovascular disease prevention in people living with HIV.” Bmc Public Health 20, no. 1 (November 23, 2020): 1768. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09896-8.

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33228623
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Okeke, Nwora Lance, Katherine R. Schafer, Eric G. Meissner, Jan Ostermann, Ansal D. Shah, Brian Ostasiewski, Evan Phelps, et al. “Cardiovascular Disease Risk Management in Persons With HIV: Does Clinician Specialty Matter?” Open Forum Infect Dis 7, no. 9 (September 2020): ofaa361. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa361.

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Manavalan, Preeti, Deng B. Madut, Julian T. Hertz, Nathan M. Thielman, Nwora Lance Okeke, Blandina T. Mmbaga, and Melissa H. Watt. “Hypertension burden and challenges across the hypertension treatment cascade among adults enrolled in HIV care in northern Tanzania.” J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 22, no. 8 (August 2020): 1518–22. https://doi.org/10.1111/jch.13929.

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Perfect, Chelsea, Lindsay Wilson, David Wohl, Nwora Lance Okeke, Aroonsiri Sangarlangkarn, and Sue Tolleson-Rinehart. “Improving Care for Older Adults with HIV: Identifying Provider Preferences and Priorities.” J Am Geriatr Soc 68, no. 4 (April 2020): 891–92. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16296.

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31846059
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Aifah, Angela, Nwora Lance Okeke, Cynthia R. Rentrope, Julie Schexnayder, Gerald S. Bloomfield, Hayden Bosworth, Kiran Grover, et al. “Use of a human-centered design approach to adapt a nurse-led cardiovascular disease prevention intervention in HIV clinics.” Prog Cardiovasc Dis 63, no. 2 (March 2020): 92–100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcad.2020.02.013.

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Muiruri, Charles, Isabelle P. Sico, Julie Schexnayder, Allison R. Webel, Nwora Lance Okeke, Christopher T. Longenecker, Juan Marcos Gonzalez, Kelley A. Jones, Sarah E. Gonzales, and Hayden B. Bosworth. “Why Do People Living with HIV Adhere to Antiretroviral Therapy and Not Comorbid Cardiovascular Disease Medications? A Qualitative Inquiry.” Patient Prefer Adherence 14 (2020): 985–94. https://doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S254882.

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32669837
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Manavalan, Preeti, Linda Minja, Lisa Wanda, Julian T. Hertz, Nathan M. Thielman, Nwora Lance Okeke, Blandina T. Mmbaga, and Melissa H. Watt. “"It's because I think too much": Perspectives and experiences of adults with hypertension engaged in HIV care in northern Tanzania.” Plos One 15, no. 12 (2020): e0243059. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243059.

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33270765
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Okeke, Nwora Lance, Allison R. Webel, Hayden B. Bosworth, Angela Aifah, Gerald S. Bloomfield, Emily W. Choi, Sarah Gonzales, et al. “Rationale and design of a nurse-led intervention to extend the HIV treatment cascade for cardiovascular disease prevention trial (EXTRA-CVD).” Am Heart J 216 (October 2019): 91–101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2019.07.005.

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Alenezi, Fawaz, Gerald S. Bloomfield, Nwora Lance Okeke, Poonam Velagapudi, Loai Abudaqa, Nkechinyere Ijioma, Allison Dunning, et al. “Global Longitudinal Strain and Immune Status in Patients Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus.” Am J Cardiol 124, no. 6 (September 15, 2019): 966–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.06.013.

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McGee, Kara S., Nwora Lance Okeke, Christopher B. Hurt, and Mehri S. McKellar. “Canary in the Coal Mine? Transmitted Mutations Conferring Resistance to All Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors in a Treatment-Naive Patient.” Open Forum Infect Dis 5, no. 11 (November 2018): ofy294. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy294.

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