I take care of kids who have autoimmune diseases, from infancy to early adulthood. Classically, it’s things like arthritis and lupus that are well-known, but there are also more rare conditions that are caused by the immune system misfiring. I have a particular interest in autoimmune brain diseases. I think it’s really important that as a pediatrician you are the child’s doctor first, but you also have to consider how families feel about care. It’s a partnership from the start. We educate families about the risks and benefits and then find a treatment plan that works. I think the best part of being a pediatric rheumatologist is the treatments we have that are so remarkable in our ability to bring kids back to their old life. It is also a specialty that allows you to follow children throughout their childhood and be a part of that journey. That is so rewarding and really fun. Dr. Van Mater is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Kawasaki Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, Kawasaki Disease, and Osteomyelitis in Children.

I take care of children and adolescents who have pediatric rheumatic diseases. These include juvenile idiopathic arthritis, lupus, juvenile dermatomyositis, scleroderma, and vasculitis. I take a particular interest in taking care young people who have different forms of juvenile myositis, which is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks one’s own muscles or skin. In order to be a good rheumatologist, you have to listen to the patient and the family because we don’t have a fancy test that just gives you an answer. The answers come from what the patients and their families share with me. Some of our patients are some of the most challenging and sometimes even the sickest patients, yet we can help them get them much better. For that reason, I find my work is very hopeful because I get to see young people really persevere through very tough times and achieve really amazing things in their lives. Dr. Ardalan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Kawasaki Disease. His top areas of expertise are Juvenile Dermatomyositis, Dermatomyositis, Localized Scleroderma, and Discoid Lupus Erythematosus (DLE).

Zebulon Spector is a Pediatrics provider in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Spector has been practicing medicine for over 18 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Kawasaki Disease. His top areas of expertise are Tetralogy of Fallot, Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, Congenital Heart Block, and Myocarditis.

Mitchell Krucoff is a Cardiologist in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Krucoff has been practicing medicine for over 46 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Kawasaki Disease. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Coronary Heart Disease, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Angioplasty.

Annette Ansong is a Pediatric Cardiologist and a Cardiologist in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Ansong is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Kawasaki Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Interrupted Aortic Arch, Coronary Artery Fistula, Ventricular Septal Defects, and Congenital Heart Disease (CHD). Dr. Ansong is currently accepting new patients.

My clinical interests include the non-invasive assessment of congenital heart disease in the fetus to the adult, with a particular focus in fetal cardiology and patients with single ventricles. I am the director of Duke Pediatric Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging and I am an attending physician in the Duke Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center. I am an American citizen who was born in England and raised in Canada. I have lived in the United States since I received my undergraduate education at Cornell University. I joined the Duke Children’s Heart Program in 2004. Dr. Barker is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Kawasaki Disease. His top areas of expertise are Transposition of the Great Arteries, Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Tetralogy of Fallot, and Partial Atrioventricular Canal.

I am a pediatric cardiologist who cares for children with congenital or acquired heart disease and adults with congenital heart disease. I am also a specialist in fetal cardiology, and I provide prenatal diagnosis and counseling to expecting families. My primary area of clinical interest is non-invasive cardiac imaging across the spectrum of congenital heart disease, from the fetus to adult. I am the director of the Duke Pediatric/Congenital Cardiac MRI Program and a member of the Duke Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center. I am also the program director for the Duke Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program and am passionate about training the next generation of pediatric cardiologists. I enjoy forming lasting relationships with patients and their families and watching them grow over time. Dr. Jay Campbell is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Kawasaki Disease. His top areas of expertise are Pediatric Myocarditis, Myocarditis, Tetralogy of Fallot, Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), and Gastrostomy.

I am a cardiologist and researcher who has been at Duke for 25 years. My practice focuses mostly on children who have heart disease. My research involves studying and testing different types of drugs that are used to treat heart problems in children. I chose to be a doctor, because I love to see children grow and develop into healthy adults. Focusing on the heart has allowed me to make a big impact, because I get to treat children for problems while they are young that will improve their quality of life far into their future. Cardiology is also exciting because of the cutting-edge technologies use that we use to treat patients. Duke has an outstanding program for children with heart disease. We take a team approach where we involve the family, the child, nurses, doctors, social workers and others to ensure the best outcome for the child and their family. Dr. Li is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Kawasaki Disease. Her top areas of expertise are Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), Glycogen Storage Disease Type 7, Endocardial Cushion Defect, and Heart Transplant.

Brian Rayala is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Dr. Rayala is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Kawasaki Disease. His top areas of expertise are Varicose Veins, Peptic Ulcer, Stasis Dermatitis and Ulcers, and Osteomyelitis. Dr. Rayala is currently accepting new patients.