Department / Division:
Surgery / Emergency Medicine

Address:
DUMC 3096
Durham, NC 27710

Office Telephone:
919-668-4954

Fax Telephone:
919-681-8521

• MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2001

• Emergency Medicine, Cook County Hospital (Illinois), 2005

Clinical Interests:
Adult and pediatric emergency medicine, observational medicine, acute cardiac disease

Research Interests:
emergency cardiac care, observation medicine

Representative Publications:
“Chest Pain: Ask the Right Questions to Get Useful Information”. Limkakeng AT Jr.  ACEP News. American College of Emergency Physicians.  2006 Jun; 25(6):13-15. (2006)

Takakuwa KM, Limkakeng AT, Shofer FS, Hollander JE.  Patients’ Pain and Estimates of Their Risk For Cardiac Disease Do Not Predict Preferences for Cardiac Tests and Procedures.   Am J Emerg Med 2008; 28(5):545-550 (2006)

Limkakeng AT, Tsai J, Roberts RR.  Effects of Implementing a Comprehensive Modified Electronic Medical Record and Patient Tracking System on the Patient Care Activities of Emergency Department Staff. Ann Emerg Med. Oct 2004 (2004)

Limkakeng A Jr, Gibler WB, Pollack C, Hoekstra JW, Sites F, Shofer FS, Tiffany B, Wilke E, Hollander JE. Combination of Goldman risk and initial cardiac troponin I for emergency department chest pain patient risk stratification. Acad Emerg Med. 2001 Jul;8(7):696-702. (2001) Abstract