Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH
Department / Division
Medicine /
Medicine - Cardiology
Address
DUMC 3236
Durham, NC 27710
Appointment Telephone
919-681-5816
Office Telephone
919-668-8830
Fax Telephone
919-668-7061
- MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (Pennsylvania), 1988
- Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (Massachusetts), 1988-1989
- General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (Massachusetts), 1989-1991
- General Internal Medicine, West Roxbury VA Medical Center (Massachusetts), 1991-1992
- Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, 1992-1995
- MPH, School of Public Health, Harvard University (Massachusetts), 1992
Clinical Interests
Critical care and general cardiology, acute coronary syndromes, geriatric cardiology
Research Interests
Dr. Peterson is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at Duke University Medical Center. He is also an Associate Director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute. Dr. Peterson also served as Vice Chair for Quality in the Department of Medicine (DUMC) from 2004-2010. His formal research training includes an MPH from Harvard University with special emphasis in biostatistics, health economics, and decision analysis. Dr. Peterson is a leader in quality research, with over 600 peer-reviewed publications in the field. Dr. Peterson is also the Principal Investigator for the NIH/AHRQ Duke Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs), Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) National Cardiac Surgery Database, Data Coordinating Center for both the American College of Cardiology’s National Cardiac Database (ACC-NCDR) and the American Heart Association’s Get With the Guidelines Data (AHA GWTG). He is also PI/Center Director for the American Heart Association’s Pharmaceutical Roundtable Outcomes Center (one of four nation-wide) as well as Director of the Coordinating Center for the NHLBI’s Centers for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research.
Dr. Peterson participates on multiple national committees including Chair of the AHA Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Interdisciplinary Working Group; Chair of the AHA Strategic Planning Committee, ACC/AHA Performance Measures Task Force; ACCF Appropriateness Criteria Implementation Working Group; the VA’s Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) Executive Committee, oversight board of the Massachusetts Data Analysis Center (MASS-DAC), the National Quality Forum Technical Advisory Panel for Priorities, Goals and a Measurement Framework: Efficiency and Episodes of Care; the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Redesigning Insurance Benefits, Provider Payments and Accountability Programs to Promote Quality of Health Care Delivery, the IOM Committee on Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Acute Coronary Events, and Co-Chair of the National Quality Forum Outpatient Imaging Efficiency Project Steering Committee. Dr. Peterson is also a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) Council. He received the DukeMed Scholar Award in 2007. In April 2010 he was awarded, the Fred Cobb, MD Distinguished Professor of Medicine. He is also a Contributing Editor on the Journal of the American Medical Association.
This physician (or a member of their immediate family) has a working relationship (i.e. consulting, research, and/or educational services) with the companies listed below. These relations have been reported to the health system leadership and, when appropriate, management plans are in place to address potential conflicts.
- American College of Cardiology
- American Heart Association
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Eli Lilly & Co.
- Johnson & Johnson
- Merck & Co. USA (not assoc'd with Merck KGaA)
- Sanofi-Aventis
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Representative Publications
Patel MR, Peterson ED, Dai D, Brennan JM, Redberg RF, Anderson HV, Brindis RG, Douglas PS. Low diagnostic yield of elective coronary angiography. N Engl J Med. 2010 Mar 11;362(10):886-95.
(2010)
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Albert NM, Yancy CW, Liang L, Zhao X, Hernandez AF, Peterson ED, Cannon CP, Fonarow GC. Use of aldosterone antagonists in heart failure. JAMA. 2009 Oct 21;302(15):1658-65.
(2009)
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Antman EM, Peterson ED. Tools for guiding clinical practice from the american heart association and the american college of cardiology: what are they and how should clinicians use them? Circulation. 2009 Mar 10;119(9):1180-5.
(2009)
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Chan PS, Nichol G, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA, Jones PG, Peterson ED, Rathore SS, Nallamothu BK, . Racial differences in survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest. JAMA. 2009 Sep 16;302(11):1195-201.
(2009)
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Fonarow GC, Peterson ED. Heart failure performance measures and outcomes: real or illusory gains. JAMA. 2009 Aug 19;302(7):792-4.
(2009)
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Glickman SW, McHutchison JG, Peterson ED, Cairns CB, Harrington RA, Califf RM, Schulman KA. Ethical and scientific implications of the globalization of clinical research. N Engl J Med. 2009 Feb 19;360(8):816-23.
(2009)
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Ho PM, Maddox TM, Wang L, Fihn SD, Jesse RL, Peterson ED, Rumsfeld JS. Risk of adverse outcomes associated with concomitant use of clopidogrel and proton pump inhibitors following acute coronary syndrome. JAMA. 2009 Mar 4;301(9):937-44.
(2009)
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Lopes RD, Hafley GE, Allen KB, Ferguson TB, Peterson ED, Harrington RA, Mehta RH, Gibson CM, Mack MJ, Kouchoukos NT, Califf RM, Alexander JH. Endoscopic versus open vein-graft harvesting in coronary-artery bypass surgery. N Engl J Med. 2009 Jul 16;361(3):235-44.
(2009)
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Peterson ED. Innovation and comparative-effectiveness research in cardiac surgery. N Engl J Med. 2009 Nov 5;361(19):1897-9.
(2009)
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Tsai TT, Maddox TM, Roe MT, Dai D, Alexander KP, Ho PM, Messenger JC, Nallamothu BK, Peterson ED, Rumsfeld JS, . Contraindicated medication use in dialysis patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. JAMA. 2009 Dec 9;302(22):2458-64.
(2009)
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Hernandez AF, Shea AM, Milano CA, Rogers JG, Hammill BG, O'Connor CM, Schulman KA, Peterson ED, Curtis LH. Long-term outcomes and costs of ventricular assist devices among Medicare beneficiaries. JAMA. 2008 Nov 26;300(20):2398-406.
(2008)
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