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

Gomez, José A., Alan Payne, Richard E. Pratt, Conrad P. Hodgkinson, and Victor J. Dzau. “A role for Sfrp2 in cardiomyogenesis in vivo.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 118, no. 33 (August 17, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2103676118.

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34380738
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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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