Rajesh Vakani is a Cardiologist in Holly Springs, North Carolina. Dr. Vakani is highly rated in 23 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Arrhythmias, Ectopic Heartbeat, Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation.

Nicolas Palaskas is a Cardiologist in Cary, North Carolina. Dr. Palaskas is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Myocarditis, Cardiomyopathy, Primary Amyloidosis, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

I am an interventional cardiologist and researcher who has been at Duke for nearly 20 years. I enjoy being at Duke because of the “family” I get to work with every day. When we are able to make a patient feel better through teamwork; it’s a great feeling. I chose cardiology as my specialty because of the chance to make a difference in someone’s life in real time. When someone is having a heart attack, they are relying on you to come to their aid quickly. At that moment, I get to apply science to save a life, while learning more about what we can do to help improve people’s lives in the future. In that way, medicine also gives me the chance to learn from my patients and apply what I find to benefit the greater good. I find that whole process is exciting. When I am not at work, I enjoy spending time with my school-aged children. Dr. Patel is highly rated in 24 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Peripheral Artery Disease, Atherosclerosis, Coronary Heart Disease, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Angioplasty.

Jonathan Piccini is a Cardiologist and a Cardiac Electrophysiologist in Morrisville, North Carolina. Dr. Piccini has been practicing medicine for over 24 years is highly rated in 23 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Ventricular Fibrillation, Ventricular Tachycardia, Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation.

I diagnose and treat cardiac arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, supraventricular tachycardias (SVT), atrial flutter, and ventricular arrhythmias. I perform catheter ablation procedures, including minimally invasive catheter surgery, for these conditions. I also implant and manage devices, such as pacemakers, defibrillators, and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) pacemakers or defibrillators. I also evaluate patients for possible genetic causes for sudden cardiac arrest or arrhythmias. Collaborating with a genetic counselor specializing in cardiac disorders, I perform genetic testing for these conditions. In addition, I evaluate athletes with cardiac conditions, focusing on arrhythmias and abnormal electrocardiograms. Dr. Daubert is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Ventricular Tachycardia, Arrhythmias, Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation.

As a fellowship trained adult congenital heart disease specialist and Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Center at Duke, I take care of a wide spectrum of heart problems, spanning from simple shunt lesions like patent foramen ovale, atrial septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus, to more complicated disorders, like tetralogy of Fallot, Ebstein anomaly, transposition of the great arteries and single ventricles. I collaborate with my colleagues in adult and pediatric medicine to provide comprehensive health services including complex cardiac interventions like catheter-based pulmonary valve implantation, closure of aortopulmonary collaterals and coarctation stenting. I am also skilled at the non-invasive and invasive assessment of patients with pulmonary hypertension. Congenital heart disease is my passion and I strive to educate my patients, their doctors and our fabulous trainees in order to improve everyone's awareness of these challenging conditions. My spare time is spent mostly at home with my wife and 2 teenage boys. I enjoy participating in and watching all types of major sports and also enjoy traveling. Dr. Krasuski is highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), Patent Foramen Ovale, Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Heart Transplant, and Thrombectomy.

Helping patients make informed decisions about cardiovascular care, while encouraging them to maintain a healthy lifestyle, is what I love most about my clinical work. In addition to patient care, I am engaged in research on patient preferences, quality of life, geriatrics, and aging, and stable ischemic heart disease. Outside of work, I enjoy activities with my husband and three children, whether it is at a school or sporting event, a family camping trip, or another type of adventure. I also enjoy running trails and downhill skiing. Dr. Alexander is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Angina, Unstable Angina, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Heart Bypass Surgery.

Jean Durand is a Cardiologist in Cary, North Carolina. Dr. Durand is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Cardiomyopathy Due to Anthracyclines, Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiomyopathy, Cardiomyopathy, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).

Anil Gehi is a Cardiologist in Cary, North Carolina. Dr. Gehi is highly rated in 17 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Fainting, Arrhythmias, Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation.

Bruce Usher is a Cardiologist in Holly Springs, North Carolina. Dr. Usher is highly rated in 16 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Arrhythmias, Cardiomyopathy, Pacemaker Implantation, and Cardiac Ablation. Dr. Usher is currently accepting new patients.

Sunil Desai is a Cardiologist in Cary, North Carolina. Dr. Desai is highly rated in 11 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Double Aortic Arch, Vascular Ring, Atrial Fibrillation, Pacemaker Implantation, and Cardiac Ablation.

Priyavadan Shah is a Cardiologist in Cary, North Carolina. Dr. Shah is highly rated in 11 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Angina, Heart Attack, Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation.

Siddhartha Rao is a Cardiologist in Cary, North Carolina. Dr. Rao is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Peripheral Artery Disease, Arterial Insufficiency, Angioplasty, and Atherectomy.

Kara Thompson is a Cardiologist in Cary, North Carolina. Dr. Thompson is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Cardiomyopathy, Cardiomyopathy Due to Anthracyclines, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, and Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiomyopathy.

Efstratios Koutroumpakis is a Cardiologist in Cary, North Carolina. Dr. Koutroumpakis is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Myocarditis, Cardiomyopathy, Primary Amyloidosis, Necrosis, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).

My role in cardiology at Duke has been in the prevention and management of advanced cardiovascular disease symptoms in my patients. In the area of prevention, I specialized in cholesterol treatment and specifically in the management of statin medications especially for those individuals who feel they are intolerant. My practice also has a focus on patients with difficult-to-control hypertension, hypertension medication intolerance, difficult-to-manage congestive heart failure, and problems with heart failure medications. My newest role in the clinic is as the director of Outpatient Services for our practice. Our practice-based goals are to make sure everyone who sees a Duke cardiologist leaves on the best therapy for their disease based on current evidence and the individual's ability to tolerate and benefit from that treatment. Dr. Blazing is highly rated in 27 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Pulmonary Edema, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation.

My goal as a cardiologist is to understand my patients as people so that I can provide them with information important for making their own decisions about how to prevent disease and promote health. Using this approach, I enjoy taking care of patients interested in preventing heart attacks, patients who have suffered heart attacks, patients with cholesterol and blood pressure disorders, and patients with heart failure. Dr. Freedman is highly rated in 25 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Angina, Atherosclerosis, Atrial Fibrillation, Pulmonary Edema, and Atherectomy.

Although I enjoy caring for all cardiac patients, my special interests include patients born with heart defects and now adults, pregnancy with heart disease, and valvular heart disease. In addition, I am interested in keeping people healthy and avoiding heart disease as much as possible. Dr. Upadhya is highly rated in 23 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Hypertensive Heart Disease, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Heart Failure, Pacemaker Implantation, and Atherectomy.

Camille Frazier is a Cardiologist in Morrisville, North Carolina. Dr. Frazier has been practicing medicine for over 27 years is highly rated in 19 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Arrhythmias, Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia, Ventricular Tachycardia, Pacemaker Implantation, and Cardiac Ablation.

One of the special things about electrophysiology here is that we have we have a really large department. We have 13 electrophysiologists, which is more than some cities have. A unique aspect of Duke is that there is a lot of collegiality among our providers. We certainly approach patients as a team. That’s a huge benefit for patients coming to Duke. With such a large and unique department, we’re certainly able to deal with many complex patients. Some of my favorite patients are those I have followed for years. It’s an ongoing relationship that I have and seeing them come back and telling me about all the wonderful things they are doing is really satisfying. Dr. Jackson is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Atrial Fibrillation, Ventricular Tachycardia, Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT), Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation.

I fell in love with cardiology early in my medical training when I saw a patient in the emergency department who came in with a heart attack. The cardiology team swooped down and took him away to a procedure room, and in less than 45 minutes the heart attack had been stopped, and the patient was asking if he could go home. I'm so happy to be on that team now. I have extensive experience in minimally invasive procedures to treat people with a myriad of cardiac conditions. Most commonly, you can find me in the cardiac catheterization laboratory opening blockages in the arteries that feed the heart to treat angina or stop heart attacks. In the hospital, I also see patients with other acute cardiac conditions. In the office, I see patients with the entire range of heart problems. I'm excited to be joining Duke because I'll also be able to get back to doing research aimed at improving our understanding and management of patients with heart disease at the Duke Clinical Research Institute. In addition, I love to teach and learn, and there is no better place than Duke to stoke the intellectual curiosity that brought me to medicine in the first place. Dr. Pride is highly rated in 18 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Necrosis, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

I specialize in treating heart valve disease (affecting the mitral, aortic, and tricuspid valves) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). My clinical focus emphasizes minimally invasive approaches, particularly transcatheter procedures for valve disorders. Dr. Wang is highly rated in 13 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Sengers Syndrome, Subvalvular Aortic Stenosis, Heart Valve Repair, and Aortic Valve Replacement.

I came to Duke as a visiting medical student many years ago and fell in love with this institution and its people. I love to be part of a group that contributes knowledge and discoveries every day. As an electrophysiologist, I treat people with heart rhythm disorders, including atrial arrhythmias like atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmias. I mostly focus on the prevention of sudden cardiac death and on patients with devices such as pacemakers and implantable defibrillators. We do everything we can to build a very good and strong relationship with patients; we provide them with the information they need and empower them to make the decisions that are best for them. We’re also at the cutting edge of new discoveries. The research we do is amazing – the findings that help patients and advance the field make working at Duke thrilling. It’s very exciting to be part of that. For these reasons, patients benefit greatly from coming to Duke. Dr. Al is highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Familial Progressive Cardiac Conduction Defect, Atrial Fibrillation, Bidirectional Tachycardia, Pacemaker Implantation, and Cardiac Ablation.

Lawrence Crawford is a Cardiologist in Morrisville, North Carolina. Dr. Crawford has been practicing medicine for over 39 years is highly rated in 7 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Atherosclerosis, Coronary Heart Disease, Arterial Insufficiency, Angina, and Atherectomy.

Igor Klem is a Cardiologist in Morrisville, North Carolina. Dr. Klem has been practicing medicine for over 29 years is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Heart Block, Cardiomyopathy, Coronary Heart Disease, and Mitral Valve Regurgitation.