Robert A. Waugh, MD

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• General and Consultative Heart Care

Department / Division:
Medicine / Cardiovascular Medicine

Address:
DUMC 3032
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
(919) 681-6745

Office Telephone:
(919) 681-6745

Fax Telephone:
(919) 681-2624

• M.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1966

• Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1966-1968
• Cardiology, University of Pennsylvania, 1968-1970
• Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina, 1970-1972

Clinical Interests:
Clinical cardiology including congenital and acquired heart disease, arrhythmias, uncomplicated hypertension and pericardial heart disease

Research Interests:
My work is directed along three lines including the use of simulation and computers in medical student and graduate medical education, the use of noninvasive technologies in the evaluation of the patient with heart disease, and the role of stress and behavior modification in the care and evaluation of patients with known or suspected heart disease.

In collaboration with the Medical Training and Simulation Research Laboratory at the University of Miami School of Medicine, I am part of a multicenter consortium of educators and physicians to develop and evaluate multimedia teaching programs in a variety of disciplines but beginning with Cardiology.  We are currently conducting a multicenter observational trial of the use of these programs at several levels in the medical school curriculum as well as developing and evaluating pre- and post-test instruments.

In collaboration with the Behavioral Medicine Laboratory of Dr. James Blumenthal, I collaborate in a variety of trials centering around a study of the relation between exercise, weight loss and blood pressure (including a specific trial focused on this question in African-Americans) as well as the role of mental stress and ischemia in the natural history of patients with known coronary artery disease.

Key Words:  Medical education, behavior modification, noninvasive cardiology.

Representative Publications:
Waugh RA, Mayer JW, Ewy GA, Felner JM, Issenberg BS, Gessner IH, Rich S, Sajid AW, and Safford R: Multimedia computer assisted instruction in cardiology. Archives of Internal Medicine. Arch Intern Med 155:197-203, 1995. (1995)

Oddone EZ, Waugh RA, Samsa G, Corey CR, Feussner JR: Teaching cardiovascular re-examinations skills: results from a randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Medicine 95:389-396, 1993. (1993)

Petrusa ER. Issenberg SB. Mayer JW. Felner JM. Brown DD. Waugh RA. Kondos GT. Gessner IH. McGaghie WC. Implementation of a four-year multimedia computer curriculum in cardiology at six medical schools. Academic Medicine. 74(2):123-9, 1999. (1999)

Dominick KL, Gullette EC, Babyak MA, Mallow KL, Sherwood A, Waugh RA, Chilikuri M., Keefe FJ, Blumenthal JA. Predicting peak oxygen uptake among older patients with chronic illness. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation.19(2):81-89,1999. (1999)

Carels RA, Sherwood A, Babyak M., Gullette EC, Coleman RE, Waugh RA, Jiang W, Blumenthal JA. Emotional responsitivity and transient myocardial ischemia. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 67(4):605-610, August, 1999. (1999)