Aferdita Spahillari
Experienced in Metabolic Syndrome

Dr. Aferdita Spahillari

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Duke Health
Duke University Hospital
2301 Erwin Rd, 
Durham, NC 
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Experienced in Metabolic Syndrome
Duke Health
Duke University Hospital
2301 Erwin Rd, 
Durham, NC 
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Overview

My passion is to help patients with heart failure achieve the best care possible through medications or more advanced therapies and turn heart failure into heart success. I co-direct the GDMT clinic, which focuses on improving access to guideline-approved medications for all patients with heart failure.

Dr. Spahillari is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Metabolic Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Cardiogenic Shock, Pacemaker Implantation, and Heart Transplant.

Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 25 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Metabolic Syndrome.

Specialties
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Board Certifications
American Board Of Internal Med, Internal Medicine
American Board Of Internal Med, Cardiovascular Disease
American Board Of Internal Med, Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology
Fellowships
Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Massachusetts), Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant, Tufts University (Massachusetts)
Hospital Affiliations
Duke University Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Female

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Locations

Duke University Hospital
2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710
Call: 919-684-8111

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


1 Clinical Trials

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Single-Ascending Dose Study to Assess the Safety and Tolerability of JK07 in Subjects With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Single-Ascending Dose Study to Assess the Safety and Tolerability of JK07 in Subjects With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)
Enrollment Status: Withdrawn
Publish Date: May 31, 2023
Intervention Type: Drug
Study Phase: Phase 1

25 Total Publications

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of GDMT Uptitration After Acute Decompensated Heart Failure from US and UK perspectives.
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of GDMT Uptitration After Acute Decompensated Heart Failure from US and UK perspectives.
Journal: Journal of cardiac failure
Published: October 15, 2025
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