Cardiology

Victor J. Dzau, MD

Professor of Medicine
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Professor of Pathology
Campus mail Victor J. Dzau Laboratory GSRBII # Room 4015, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710
Phone (919) 668-5448
Email address victor.dzau@duke.edu

Education and Training

  • Fellow in Cardiology, Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1979 - 1980
  • Chief Resident Physician, Children's Hospital Boston, 1978 - 1979
  • Fellow in Cardiology, Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1976 - 1978
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Physiology, Harvard University , 1976 - 1978
  • Senior Assistant Resident, Children's Hospital Boston, 1975 - 1976
  • Clincal Fellow, Medicine, Harvard University , 1974 - 1976
  • Assistant Resident, Children's Hospital Boston, 1974 - 1975
  • Resident in Pathology, Pathology, Children's Hospital Boston, 1973 - 1974
  • Intern in Medicine, Medicine, Cornell University, 1972 - 1973
  • M.D., McGill University (Canada), 1972

Grants

Publications

Sun, Hualing, Conrad P. Hodgkinson, Richard E. Pratt, and Victor J. Dzau. “CRISPR/Cas9 Mediated Deletion of the Angiotensinogen Gene Reduces Hypertension: A Potential for Cure?” Hypertension 77, no. 6 (June 2021): 1990–2000. https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.16870.

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33813849
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Lurie, Nicole, Gerald T. Keusch, and Victor J. Dzau. “Urgent lessons from COVID 19: why the world needs a standing, coordinated system and sustainable financing for global research and development.” Lancet 397, no. 10280 (March 27, 2021): 1229–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00503-1.

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33711296
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Hu, Jiabiao, Conrad P. Hodgkinson, Richard E. Pratt, JaeWoo Lee, Bruce A. Sullenger, and Victor J. Dzau. “Enhancing cardiac reprogramming via synthetic RNA oligonucleotides.” Mol Ther Nucleic Acids 23 (March 5, 2021): 55–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omtn.2020.10.034.

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33335792
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Dzau, Victor J., Mark B. McClellan, J Michael McGinnis, Jessica C. Marx, Rebecca D. Sullenger, and William ElLaissi. “Vital Directions For Health And Health Care: Priorities For 2021.” Health Aff (Millwood) 40, no. 2 (February 2021): 197–203. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.02204.

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33476192
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Wang, Xiaowen, Conrad P. Hodgkinson, and Victor J. Dzau. “Production of Cardiomyocytes by microRNA-Mediated Reprogramming in Optimized Reprogramming Media.” Methods Mol Biol 2239 (2021): 47–59. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1084-8_4.

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33226612
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Sun, Hualing, Richard E. Pratt, Conrad P. Hodgkinson, and Victor J. Dzau. “Sequential paracrine mechanisms are necessary for the therapeutic benefits of stem cell therapy.” Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 319, no. 6 (December 1, 2020): C1141–50. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.00516.2019.

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33026832
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Kang, Martin H., Jiabiao Hu, Richard E. Pratt, Conrad P. Hodgkinson, Aravind Asokan, and Victor J. Dzau. “Optimizing delivery for efficient cardiac reprogramming.” Biochem Biophys Res Commun 533, no. 1 (November 26, 2020): 9–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.08.104.

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32917363
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Dzau, Victor J., and Celynne Balatbat. “Strategy, coordinated implementation, and sustainable financing needed for COVID-19 innovations.” Lancet 396, no. 10261 (November 7, 2020): 1469–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32289-3.

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33160552
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