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About Me
I am an interventional cardiologist specializing in cardiac catheterization and coronary angioplasty procedures for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with heart disease. My career in medicine has focused on discovering and improving the medications, tools, and techniques that can be used to treat patients with heart disease. My passion is clinical informatics, the discipline that centers on the use of computer technologies to help all clinicians deliver the best possible care.
- Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology 2007
- Associate Dean for Academic Appointments, School of Medicine 2022
- Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine and Community Health 2008
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Training and Education
Clinical Focus and Research
- PCI QA Review awarded by The Foundation of FirstHealth 2019 - 2020
- Building UDI Into Longitudinal Data for Medical Device Evaluation (BUILD) awarded by Mercy Health 2018 - 2019
- Tcheng, J. E., S. Bakken, D. W. Bates, H. Bonner, T. K. Gandhi, M. Josephs, K. Kawamoto, et al. Optimizing strategies for clinical decision support: Summary of a meeting series, 2023. https://doi.org/10.17226/27122.
- Watson, Timothy J., Paul J. L. Ong, and James E. Tcheng. Primary Angioplasty A Practical Guide. Springer, 2018.
- Tcheng, James. Primary Angioplasty in Acute Myocardial Infarction. Humana Press, 2010.
- Deibele, Albert J., Lisa K. Jennings, James E. Tcheng, Cathy Neva, Angela D. Earhart, and C Michael Gibson. “Intracoronary eptifibatide bolus administration during percutaneous coronary revascularization for acute coronary syndromes with evaluation of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor occupancy and platelet function: the Intracoronary Eptifibatide (ICE) Trial.” Circulation 121, no. 6 (February 16, 2010): 784–91. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.882746.
- Tcheng, James E., and David A. Zidar. “Gone but not forgotten: the case for drug-eluting stents in percutaneous revascularization of the chronic coronary total occlusion.” JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2, no. 12 (December 2009): 1266–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2009.10.007.
- Guerra, Daniel R., and James E. Tcheng. “Prasugrel: Clinical development and therapeutic application.” Adv Ther 26, no. 11 (November 2009): 999–1011. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12325-009-0081-y.
- Shamavu, K. Y., and J. E. Tcheng. “Data and databases in cardiovascular medicine and surgery.” In Intelligence-Based Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery: Artificial Intelligence and Human Cognition in Cardiovascular Medicine, 129–34, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90534-3.00030-5.
- Moussa, M., and J. E. Tcheng. “Primary PCI in ST-elevation myocardial infarction.” In Cardiovascular Catheterization and Intervention: A Textbook of Coronary, Peripheral, and Structural Heart Disease, Second Edition, 521–33, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315113869-33.
- Tcheng, J. E., and David A. Cox. “Primary Coronary Intervention: The Technical Approach.” In Primary Angioplasty in Acute Myocardial Infarction, 47–47. Springer Science & Business Media, 2009.
- Tanaka, John, Harsh Patolia, Bruce Lobaugh, Candance Van Vleet, Igor Klem, Joseph Borawski, Pratik Doshi, et al. “TWO YEAR EXPERIENCE WITH HIGH-SENSITIVITY TROPONIN TESTING:INTERPRETATIVE VALUES FOR IMPROVING PATIENT DISPOSITION.” In JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 79:982–982, 2022.
- Denardo, Scott J., Xinru Ren, Cindy L. Green, Latasha Oxendine-Phillips, and James E. Tcheng. “Antiplatelet Therapy Only (Without Anticoagulation) in Higher Risk Coronary Intervention With Very Short Infusion Glycoprotein Inhibitor.” In CIRCULATION, Vol. 138, 2018.
- Denardo, Scott J., Xinru Ren, Cindy L. Green, Latasha Oxendine-Phillips, and James E. Tcheng. “Reducing Disparities in Coronary Interventional Outcomes in a Diverse, High Risk Population.” In CIRCULATION, Vol. 138, 2018.
Insurance Accepted
Duke Health contracts with most major health insurance carriers and transplant networks, including the ones listed below.
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Aetna
- Aetna Choice POS, Aetna Choice POS II
- Aetna Elect Choice HMO, Aetna Open Access Elect Choice
- Aetna Health Network Only, Aetna Health Network Option
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Limited Benefit Insurance PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice POS
- Aetna Medicare Assure Plan (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Medicare Eagle Plan (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Essential Plan (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Value Plan (HMO)
- Aetna Open Access HMO, Open Access Aetna Select, Aetna Open Access Managed Choice
- Aetna Open Choice PPO
- Aetna PCP Coordinated POS Plan
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (QPOS)
- Aetna Select HMO
- Aetna Traditional Choice
- Aetna Voluntary Indemnity Group Plan
- Aetna Whole Health – Duke WakeMed WKCC
- Aetna/CVS Health
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Ambetter
- Ambetter of North Carolina
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC
- Blue Advantage
- Blue Medicare (HMO, PPO)*
- Blue Options (123, PPO, HSA)
- Blue Select
- NC State Employees Health Plan
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*Duke HomeCare and Hospice does not participate in the plan.
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Cigna
- Cigna Behavioral Health (*Limited eligibility)
- Cigna Choice Plus
- Cigna Connect Individual Family Plan
- Cigna Open Access
- Cigna Open Access Plus
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*Please call Cigna Behavioral Heath to see if the provider is participating in your plan.
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Duke Group Plans
- Duke Basic
- Duke Select
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Experience Health
- Experience Health Medicare Advantage (HMO) Plan
- Gateway Health Alliance
- Healthgram
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Humana
- Humana Choice (PPO)
- Humana Choice - Medicare Advantage (PPO)
- Humana ChoiceCare - Medicare Advantage (PPO)
- Humana Gold Choice - Medicare Advantage (PFFS)
- Humana Gold Plus - Medicare Advantage (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage Group Plan - NC State Retirees
- MedCost
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Medicare
- First Medicare Direct
- Medicare Part A
- Medicare Part B
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NC Medicaid
- AmeriHealth Caritas North Carolina
- Carolina Complete Health
- Healthy Blue
- NC Medicaid Direct
- WellCare of North Carolina
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TRICARE
- TRICARE Prime
- TRICARE Prime Remote
- TRICARE Select
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United Healthcare
- AARP Medicare Advantage Plan 2 (HMO-POS)
- AARP Medicare Complete (HMO, PPO)*
- AARP Medicare Complete Essential (HMO)*
- All Savers Alternate Funding
- All Savers Fully Insured
- United Healthcare (HMO, PPO, POS)**
- United Healthcare Charter/Charter Balance/Charter Plus
- United Healthcare Choice/Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Core/Core Essential
- United Healthcare Navigate/Navigate Plus/Navigate Balanced
- United Healthcare Option PPO
- United Healthcare Passport Connect Choice/Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Passport Connect Options PPO
- United Healthcare Select/Select Plus
- United Healthcare Shared Services - Harvard Pilgrim/UHC Options PPO Network
- United Medical Resources (UMR)
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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.
Before scheduling your appointment, we strongly recommend you contact your insurance company to verify that the Duke Health location or provider you plan to visit is included in your network. Your insurance company will also be able to inform you of any co-payments, co–insurances, or deductibles that will be your responsibility. If you proceed in scheduling an appointment and your health insurance benefits do not participate with Duke, your out of pocket liability may be higher. We will contact you regarding your coverage and patient liability. If you are uninsured, learn more about our financial assistance policy.
External Relationships
- HL7
- Orca1 Digital Intelligence
- Regenstrief Foundation
- Summate Technologies
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