Svati H. Shah, MD, MHS
Cardiologist
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About Me
I see patients who have heart disease, and I work to prevent them from having any bad consequences of that disease. I also see patients who are having symptoms and do diagnostic work to see what cardiovascular condition they may have to explain their symptoms. I also take care of patients who either have known or suspected genetic cardiovascular disorders. Our genetics clinic is one of the only adult cardiovascular clinics in the Southeast. We take care of patients who have a variety of cardiovascular genetic disorders or who have strong family histories of heart disease and want to come in for testing. Duke has a strong collaborative approach to patient care. We provide excellent care for patients who need routine care for more common medical disorders, but we also provide a high level of subspecialty care for those who may have rarer disorders.
- Ursula Geller Distinguished Professor of Research in Cardiovascular Diseases, Medicine, Cardiology 2023
- Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology 2019
- Associate Dean for Translational Research, School of Medicine 2024
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Training and Education
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Clinical Focus and Research
- Endocrinology and Metabolism Training Program awarded by National Institutes of Health 2024 - 2029
- Pagidipati, Neha, Brooke Heidenfelder, Lydia Coulter Kwee, Fatima Rodriguez, Ranee Chatterjee, Kishan S. Parikh, Michel G. Khouri, et al. “Returning Individual-Level Urgent or Emergent Research Results to Participants: The Project Baseline Health Study Experience.” Am J Med Open 13 (June 2025): 100092. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajmo.2025.100092.
- Wu, Joseph C., Donna K. Arnett, Ivor J. Benjamin, Mark A. Creager, Robert A. Harrington, Joseph A. Hill, P Michael Ho, et al. “Principles for the Future of Biomedical Research in the United States and Optimizing the National Institutes of Health: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association.” Circulation 151, no. 14 (April 8, 2025): e867–76. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001319.
- Maddaloni, Ernesto, Maggie Nguyen, Svati H. Shah, and Rury R. Holman. “Response to Comments on Maddaloni et al. Osteoprotegerin, Osteopontin, and Osteocalcin Are Associated With Cardiovascular Events in Type 2 Diabetes: Insights From EXSCEL. Diabetes Care 2025;48:235-242.” Diabetes Care 48, no. 4 (April 1, 2025): e61–62. https://doi.org/10.2337/dci24-0109.
- Becker, R. C., D. Voora, and S. H. Shah. “Hemostasis and Thrombosis.” In Genomic and Personalized Medicine, 602–11, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-382227-7.00052-5.
- Truby, Lauren K., Lydia Coulter Kwee, Dawn E. Bowles, Sarah Casalinova, Olga Ilkayeva, Michael J. Muehlbauer, Janet L. Huebner, et al. “Metabolomic profiling during ex situ normothermic perfusion before heart transplantation defines patterns of substrate utilization and correlates with markers of allograft injury.” In The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : The Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation, 43:716–26, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2023.12.002.
- Karhausen, Jörn A., Wenjing Qi, Alan M. Smeltz, Yi-Ju Li, Svati H. Shah, William E. Kraus, Joseph P. Mathew, Mihai V. Podgoreanu, Miklos D. Kertai, and Duke Perioperative Genetics Safety Outcomes (PEGASUS) Investigative Team. “Genome-Wide Association Study Links Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Sprouty 2 to Thrombocytopenia after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery.” In Thromb Haemost, 118:1572–85, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1667199.
- Denus, S. de, J. L. Rouleau, D. L. Mann, G. S. Huggins, T. P. Cappola, S. H. Shah, J. Keleti, et al. “A pharmacogenetic investigation of intravenous furosemide in decompensated heart failure: a meta-analysis of three clinical trials.” In Pharmacogenomics J, 17:192–200, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1038/tpj.2016.4.
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
- American Heart Association
- AstraZeneca
- Biosense Webster (Johnson & Johnson)
- Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University
- Lilly
- McGraw-Hill Publishing
- National Institutes of Health
- Owkin
- Project Baseline, LLC
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