Piers C.A. Barker, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist
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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.
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- Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Cardiology 2021
- Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal Fetal Medicine 2020
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Clinical Focus and Research
My research investigates novel technologies in imaging the heart for structure and physiology in conjunction with the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, changes in cardiac function with exercise, assessment of myocardial mechanics, and how to provide the best care to newborn infants with prenatally diagnosed heart disease that balances infant stability with family bonding. I am equally committed to cardiovascular education and investigating methods to best deliver pediatric cardiology training to the global health community.
- George, Ian A., BriAnna Souder, Amy Berkman, David H. Noyd, M. Jay Campbell, Piers C. A. Barker, Michael Roth, et al. “Obesity Predisposes Anthracycline-Treated Survivors of Childhood and Adolescent Cancers to Subclinical Cardiac Dysfunction.” Pediatr Cardiol 46, no. 2 (February 2025): 362–71. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-024-03423-x.
- Kucera, J. A., M. Mensah-Mamfo, S. E. M. Wolf, H. Ghandour, B. Aykut, G. M. Sturgeon, P. C. A. Barker, J. W. Turek, and D. M. Overbey. “The utility of three-dimensional modeling in planning repair of a complex atrioventricular canal defect.” JTCVS Techniques, January 1, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.03.009.
- Torok, Rachel D., Robert A. Gardner, Piers C. A. Barker, Andrew W. McCrary, Jennifer S. Li, Christoph P. Hornik, Matthew M. Laughon, and Wesley M. Jackson. “Correlating Severity of Pulmonary Hypertension by Echocardiogram with Mortality in Premature Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.” Am J Perinatol 41, no. 16 (December 2024): 2206–13. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1786544.
- Tatum, Gregory, piers Barker, michael J. Campbell, and mi Camitta. “Echocardiographic Imaging.” In Fuhrman and Zimmerman’s Pediatric Critical Care, edited by Jerry zimmerman and alex Rotta, 270–88. Elsevier, 2021.
- Srivastava, S., and P. C. A. Barker. “Congenital Anomalies of the Coronary Arteries.” In Echocardiography in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease: From Fetus to Adult: Third Edition, 658–84, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119612858.ch31.
- Tatum, Gregory, and Piers Barker. “The epidemiology of heart defects.” In Visual Guide to Neonatal Cardiology, edited by E. Alboliras, Z. Hijazi, L. Lopez, and D. Hagler, 43–47. John Wiley & Sons, 2018.
- Li, Jennifer S., Kevin D. Hill, Christoph P. Hornik, Richard A. Krasuski, Piers C. Barker, Robert D. Jaquiss, and Michael J. Campbell. “Utility of Multi-modal Imaging in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Valve Endocarditis.” In CIRCULATION, Vol. 134. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2016.
- Forsha, Daniel, Cameron Slorach, Ching Kit Chen, Niels Risum, Christoph Hornik, Peter Sogaard, Luc Mertens, Piers Barker, Joseph Kisslo, and Mark K. Friedberg. “Classic Pattern Dyssynchrony is Associated With Left Bundle Branch Block in Pediatric Dilated Cardiomyopathy.” In CIRCULATION, Vol. 128. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2013.
- Molina, Kimberly, Lynn Sleeper, Seema Mital, Steven Colan, Peter Shrader, Piers Barker, Renee Margossian, et al. “Predictors of Disease Progression in Pediatric Dilated Cardiomyopathy.” In CIRCULATION, Vol. 126. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2012.
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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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