Ursula Geller Distinguished Professor of Research in Cardiovascular Diseases
Appointments and Affiliations
- Ursula Geller Distinguished Professor of Research in Cardiovascular Diseases
- Professor of Medicine
- Associate Dean for Translational Research
- Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
- Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
- Member of Duke Molecular Physiology Institute
Contact Information
- Office Location: DUMC Box 3445, Durham, NC 27710
- Email Address: svati.shah@duke.edu
Education
- M.H.S. Johns Hopkins University, 1994
- M.D. University of Washington, 1998
- Children's Hospital, Boston, 2001
- Duke University, 2005
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- Judson Daland Prize. American Philosophical Society. 2011
Courses Taught
- SOCIOL 393: Research Independent Study
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Representative Publications
- Desai, Akshay S., Ambarish Pandey, Rohit Suratekar, Faraz S. Ahmad, Heather M. Alger, Ausath G. Anto, Suhana Nujum G, et al. “Predicting Heart Failure From 12-Lead ECGs Using AI: A HeartShare/AMP-HF Pooled Cohort Analysis.” J Am Coll Cardiol 87, no. 8 (March 3, 2026): 990–1005. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2025.10.065.
- Capone, Federico, Steffen P. Häseli, Luo Liu, Stefano Strocchi, Claudia Langenberg, Aldons J. Lusis, Maik Pietzner, et al. “HFpEF and MASLD: converging mechanisms and clinical implications.” Nat Rev Cardiol, February 23, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41569-026-01257-z.
- Brendel, Jan M., Thomas Mayrhofer, Júlia Karády, Márton Kolossváry, Nóra M. Kerkovits, Isabel L. Langenbach, Matthias Jung, et al. “Risk in Women Emerges at Lower Coronary Plaque Burden Than in Men: PROMISE Trial.” Circ Cardiovasc Imaging, February 23, 2026, e019011. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.125.019011.
- Karády, Júlia, Thomas Mayrhofer, Jan M. Brendel, Márton Kolossváry, Marcel Langenbach, Isabel Langenbach, Vinit Baliyan, et al. “Prognostic Value of Plaque Volume in Patients With First Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease: A Substudy of the PROMISE Randomized Clinical Trial.” JAMA Cardiol, February 11, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2025.5520.
- Small, Aeron M., Ta-Yu Yang, Shinsuke Itoh, Sébastien Thériault, Line Dufresne, Ryo Kurosawa, Issei Komuro, et al. “Genomic and transcriptomic analyses of aortic stenosis enhance therapeutic target discovery and disease prediction.” Nat Genet 58, no. 1 (January 2026): 57–66. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-025-02417-6.