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Alex Gunn
Fellow, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Current relationship
Fellow, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Current relationship
Alex Gunn is a Duke cardiovascular disease fellow whose path combines clinical cardiology, global-health policy, and environmental-health advocacy. He grew up in Davidson, North Carolina, studied at Northwestern University, and attended Duke University School of Medicine, where he later completed internal medicine residency. Before medical school, he worked as a policy analyst focused on neglected diseases and consulted for the World Health Organization and several non-profits. During medical school, Gunn co-developed a student-led tree-planting initiative in Durham addressing climate-related health risks. He has a strong interest in heart failure, particularly cardiac amyloidosis, and has argued that climate change disproportionately harms marginalized communities.
Grew up in Davidson, North Carolina.
His son was born during residency, and at the time of the profile he was expecting a second child that year.
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Training includes Fellow, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, Medical school: Duke University School of Medicine, University/college: Northwestern University, and Was identified as a fourth-year MD student at Duke University School of Medicine in the environmental-justice initiative feature., plus 1 more record.
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