Marc Samsky is a cardiologist and clinical investigator whose work addresses the evidence challenges of cardiogenic shock. He earned his MD from Duke University School of Medicine in 2013, completed residency and clinical fellowships at Duke, and pursued clinical research training at the Duke Clinical Research Institute from 2019 to 2021. His documented research focused on streamlining studies in patients with shock, contributing to the design of the AHA Cardiogenic Shock Registry and BEST-SHOCK Trial. He also served as a Duke chief resident from 2017 to 2018 and presented Cardiology Grand Rounds on cardiogenic shock and clinical-trial difficulties. A Northwestern Medicine profile lists him as an Assistant Professor at Feinberg School of Medicine, affiliated with Northwestern Medical Group and Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
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At the time of the Grand Rounds report, BEST-SHOCK was a proposed randomized trial comparing Impella CP with vasopressors or intra-aortic balloon pump support and had been submitted as a PCORI grant.In Grand Rounds, Samsky emphasized that cardiogenic-shock evidence was concentrated in acute myocardial infarction and was difficult to apply to acute-on-chronic heart failure.Marc Samsky’s research focused on developing ways to streamline research involving patients with shock.Marc Samsky’s shock research led to the design of an AHA Cardiogenic Shock Registry and the BEST-SHOCK Trial.
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