Scheduled panelist for a VT storm session
As of 2026 · Last known relationship
Willard N. Applefeld is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Duke and a Duke Health cardiologist and critical care specialist. His clinical focus includes critical care cardiology, structural echocardiography, and pulmonary hypertension. He studies the intersection of cardiovascular disease and critical illness, including cardiac function during severe illness and effects on other organ systems. His education includes George Washington University, an M.D. from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 2015, internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins from 2015 to 2018, NIH clinical and research training from 2018 to 2022, critical care medicine training at NIH in 2021, and cardiovascular disease fellowship at Duke from 2021 to 2024. He has also contributed to physician education through a mechanical ventilation tweetorial series and a SEEDS scholarly project.
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Training includes Scheduled panelist for a VT storm session, Scheduled to give the talk “Calm Under Fire: First Steps in Evaluation and Management of VT Storm”, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship at Duke University, School of Medicine, and Clinical and Research Fellow at the National Institutes of Health, plus 10 more records.
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Received support from Kardigan Inc. for a 2025-2026 project analyzing clinical blood samples in acute severe hypertension[9]
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Research has examined cardiac effects of sepsis, blood transfusion in cardiovascular disease, cardiac imaging, and physician training[10]
Research interests include the intersection of cardiovascular disease and critical care medicine, cardiac function during critical illness, and effects on other organ systems[10]