The Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center
Joined June 2017
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So proud of these two surgeon scholars and #AATS2026 Lillehei finalists. Congratulations!
#DukeSurgery
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When a patient needed a lung transplant, high antibody levels meant that only 1 in 10 donors were a potential match. How did the Duke Lung Transplant Program expand the donor pool to find her a match?
🔗 duke.is/r/jb9n
@DukeSurgery
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It's a match! We are THRILLED to welcome Drs. Becerra, Harris and Rucker to the @DukeCTSurgery family. Congratulations!
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📣 @DukeAortic community!
The Walk for Victory brings together patients, families, and clinicians committed to improving outcomes in heritable aortic disease.
We’re proud to support the Marfan Foundation and this important effort.
📅 April 25, 2026 (Saturday) 11 AM - 2 PM 📷 3808 Edwards Mill Rd., Raleigh, NC
@DukeHealth @DukeCTSurgery @DukeSurgery
@DukeCardiology @DukeHeart @DukeMedSchool
@MarfanFdn @LDSFoundation @VEDSMovement
#AorticSurgery #AorticDissection #AorticDisease #AortaEd
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Apr 17
Continuing Education Opportunity: Duke Cancer Review, presented by Duke Cancer Network in collaboration with @DukeCancer
July 17-18, 2026, Cary, NC
Register now: duke.is/DCR26
#CME credit available
#DukeCancerNetwork #DukeCancerReview2026
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IT'S A MATCH!
Welcome to the family, @GiannaDafflisio! We are delighted to have you join us! #DukeSurgery #MatchDay2026
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4 Nov 2025
We’re in!
We are open for screening and will be seeing patients for lung screening THIS SATURDAY, Nov. 8 @DukeCancer. Screening saves lives, y’all.
#LCSM #LCSDay2025 #LungCancer
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15 Oct 2025
Another busy day in the @DukeCTSurgery ORs! Grateful for @Duke_Anesthesia and nursing colleagues for support and collaboration. Teamwork makes the dream work!
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11 Oct 2025
We did it! Taking a break from our all-trainee retreat yesterday, we climbed 239 steps to the top of @DukeChapel for a bird’s eye view of our awesome campus and @DurhamNC. #DukeSurgery
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27 Aug 2025
A Duke Health innovation is saving lives 💙 Partial heart transplants using living valves are now helping more kids with different heart conditions.
Learn about the future of pediatric heart care: duke.is/2/jub9
#CommunityHealthDuke | @Duke_Childrens | @DukeSurgery
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28 Aug 2025
As a world renowned authority on living donor lung transplantation, surgeon Hiroshi Date, MD, PhD, joins the Duke Lung Transplant Program to advance living lobar donation and other techniques.
Read more ➡️ duke.is/b/6he3
@DukeSurgery
#livingdonor #lungtransplantation
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20 Jul 2025
A new technique pioneered at Duke Health could increase infant heart transplants by 20% — and it’s already saved a 3-month-old baby. 💙
🔗corporate.dukehealth.org/new…
#CommunityHealthDuke #HeartTransplant #PediatricInnovation
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16 Jul 2025
Excited to share our work on Right Ventricle-Pulmonary Artery Coupling in Cardiac Surgery : A&A journals.lww.com/anesthesia-… @Duke_Anesthesia @DukeCTSurgery @DukeHeartCenter @IARS_Journals @AleneziMd @kovatti87
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17 Jul 2025
A @DukeCTSurgery team has pioneered a world’s-first technique that could expand the donor pool for pediatric heart transplants in the U.S. by up to 20%.
Read more about the groundbreaking approach to overcome barriers to heart transplants in infants: bit.ly/4lHoAna
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10 Jul 2025
Lung allocation out of sequence (AOOS) does not compromise posttransplant outcomes, but further investigation is needed to fully elucidate the net benefit or harm of lung AOOS on transplant candidates and recipients. ja.ma/4lmr0Hz @sehalpern5 @ojawitzMD @asishanaosho
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What’s better than having a lung transplanted robotically? How about TWO? Our Fantastic Four did it again! Another great team effort with @DukeSurgery @DukePACC and @Duke_Anesthesia surgery.duke.edu/news/duke-s…
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Graduation night! A special group of Chiefs honoring Dr. Keenan with the D’Amico Teaching Award. These @DukeCTSurgery graduates are going to crush it.
Congratulations to all!
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25 Mar 2025
Duke Doctors Perform First Living Mitral Valve Transplant - ncmedsoc.org/duke-doctors-pe…
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20 Mar 2025
#CME Opportunity
Coral X. Giovacchini, MD, reviews a patient case study on an incidentally discovered pulmonary nodule that is evaluated for accurate diagnosis and management. @DukeCancer
Earn credits ➡️ duke.is/LungNoduleCME
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