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I specialize in diagnosing and treating heritable arrhythmia syndromes that affect children and young adults such as long QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia syndrome, and short QT syndrome. I specialize in identifying the cause of patients who have experienced a sudden cardiac arrest. I am a physician-scientist and cross-trained in pediatric cardiology, electrophysiology, human genetics, and molecular physiology. I lead an active research program that brings together clinical medicine, functional genomics, precision medicine, and molecular and cellular biology.
- Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Cardiology 2024
- Director of the Duke Pediatric Research Scholars Program for Physician-Scientist Development, Pediatrics 2021
- Associate Professor in Cell Biology, Cell Biology 2021
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Clinical Focus and Research
I lead a research program dedicated to identifying the causes of arrhythmias and heart muscle disease (cardiomyopathies) that can run in families. This includes diseases like long QT syndrome, short QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, sudden infant death syndrome, sudden unexplained death syndrome, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. I specialize in cardiovascular genetics and identifying at-risk family members as many of these diseases can be passed in the family.
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Genetic Study for SCD and CHD (Heart Disease)IRB# PRO00094341
- PRIORITY: cardio-laminoPathy: fRom pathomechanIsms tO peRsonalIzed TherapY awarded by Institute of Myology 2025 - 2030
- Galanti, Kristian, Ghaith Sharaf Dabbagh, Fabrizio Ricci, Sabina Gallina, Roberta Giansante, Ron Jacob, Edmond Obeng-Gyimah, et al. “Dilated cardiomyopathy evaluation with Imagenomics: combining multimodal cardiovascular imaging and genetics.” ESC Heart Fail, April 24, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.15307.
- Hespe, Sophie, Emma S. Singer, Chloe Reuter, Brittney Murray, Elizabeth Jordan, Jessica Chowns, Stacey Peters, et al. “Clinical Validity of Autosomal Dominant ALPK3 Loss-of-Function Variants as a Cause of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.” Circ Genom Precis Med, April 21, 2025, e004976. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCGEN.124.004976.
- Perelli, Robin M., Madeleine J. Sitton, Joel D. Bohning, Adrian Pickar-Oliver, K Tyler McCullough, Mary E. Moya-Mendez, Scott Zheng, et al. “Deletion of Exon 51 in a Humanized Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Mouse Model Abolishes Ventricular Arrhythmia Predisposition.” Circulation. Genomic and Precision Medicine, April 2025, e004867. https://doi.org/10.1161/circgen.124.004867.
- Rosamilia, Michael B., Jason Williams, Courtney A. Bair, Hillary Mulder, Karen E. Chiswell, Alfred A. D’Ottavio, Robert J. Hartman, et al. “Risk Factors and Outcomes Associated with Gaps in Care in Children with Congenital Heart Disease.” In Pediatr Cardiol, 45:976–85, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-024-03414-y.
- Verma, A., E. Da Cruz, C. Hume, A. Hunanyan, A. Landstrom, and M. Mikati. “Cardiorespiratory rate down-regulation occurs immediately before and not just during terminal seizures in the Na+/K+-ATPase sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) model.” In EPILEPSIA, 64:501–2, 2023.
- Huggins, Erin, Maggie Holland, Laura E. Case, Janet Blount, Andrew P. Landstrom, Harrison N. Jones, and Priya S. Kishnani. “Early clinical phenotype of late-onset Pompe disease: Lessons learned from newborn screening.” In Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 135:S57–S57. Elsevier BV, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymgme.2021.11.141.
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Ambetter
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Experience Health
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Humana
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TRICARE
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United Healthcare
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*Duke HomeCare and Hospice and mental health providers do not participate with the plan.
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**Duke Health does not participate in UHC plans on the Health Insurance Marketplace.
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