Associate Professor & Director of Clinical Research
Duke University School of Medicine
Kamrouz Ghadimi, M.D., M.H.Sc. is a cardiothoracic intensivist, physician scientist, associate professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina. His independently-funded research program is based on the perioperative and intensive care management of patients undergoing surgery, with focus on the modification of pulmonary circulation to optimize end-organ perfusion and on the treatment of bleeding and inflammation in shock and mechanical circulatory support. The long-term objective of his independently-funded research program is to leverage recent advances in precision health to discover novel molecular pathways in key cardiovascular disease processes afflicting patients in the perioperative and ICU periods. In addition, Dr.Ghadimi serves as the Director of the Clinical Research Unit, which is the enterprise responsible for the budget development and responsible oversight of more than 80 clinical trials and prospective observational studies led by departmental faculty each year. Under Dr.Ghadimi’s direction, the CRU is also responsible for the ongoing provenance and governance of a growing Human Biorepository, which currently houses over 100,000 biospecimens from past and present clinical trial participants.
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Debate 2: Inhaled Nitric Oxide vs Prostacyclin—Pro Prostacyclin
Friday, January 24, 2025
1:37pm – 1:45pm PT