Department / Division:
Surgery / Emergency Medicine

Address:
DUMC 3096
Durham, NC 27710

Office Telephone:
919-684-5537

Fax Telephone:
919-681-7402

• MD, Ohio State University College of Medicine, 1995

• Internal/Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit Medical Center (Michigan), 1995-2000

Clinical Interests:
Observation medicine, preventive health care, clinical research

Research Interests:
I have a diversity of research interest in the field of Emergency Medicine.  My primary research interest is in the area of Cardioogy (Chest pain, CHF, etc..).  I also am interested in Public Service.  I also have an interest in infectious diseases in Emergency Medicine.  Similar to the field of Emergency Medicine, I have a diversity of research interest.

Representative Publications:
Lashutka MK, Chandra A, Murray HN, Phillips GS, Hiestand BC. The relationship of intraocular pressure to intracranial pressure. Ann Emerg Med. 2004 May;43(5):585-91. (2004) Abstract

Blomkalns AL, Lindsell CJ, Chandra A, Osterlund ME, Gibler WB, Pollack CV, Tiffany BR, Hollander JE, Hoekstra JW. Can electrocardiographic criteria predict adverse cardiac events and positive cardiac markers? Acad Emerg Med. 2003 Mar;10(3):205-10. (2003) Abstract

Chandra A, Compton S, Sochor M, Puri S, Zalenski RJ. Untreated hypercholesterolemia in an emergency department chest pain observation unit population. Acad Emerg Med. 2002 Jul;9(7):699-702. (2002) Abstract

Chandra A, Rudraiah L, Zalenski RJ. Stress testing for risk stratification of patients with low to moderate probability of acute cardiac ischemia. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2001 Feb;19(1):87-103. (2001) Abstract

Chandra A, Eilender D. Uncommon sites of presentation of hematologic malignancies. Case 1: localized primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the patella. J Clin Oncol. 1999 May;17(5):1640-2. (1999) Abstract

Hoekstra JW, Gibler WB, Levy RC, Sayre M, Naber W, Chandra A, Kacich R, Magorien R, Walsh R. Emergency-department diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction and ischemia: a cost analysis of two diagnostic protocols. Acad Emerg Med. 1994 Mar-Apr;1(2):103-10. (1994) Abstract