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Judson Williams

Judson B. Williams, MD, MHS

Executive Medical Director, Heart and Vascular, WakeMed Health and Hospitals
3000 New Bern Avenue
Suite 1100
Raleigh, NC  27610
United States
(919) 231-6333
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Role: 
Surgeon - Cardiothoracic

Background

  • Needham B. Broughton High School
  • Princeton University (BA)
  • Vanderbilt Medical School (MD)
  • Duke General Surgery Residency 
  • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Cardiovascular Research Fellowship (MHS)
  • Duke Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency 
  • WakeMed Health and Hospitals, WakeMed Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center

Other Interests

  • Adult Cardiac Surgery: valvular heart disease, aortic disease, coronary heart disease, transcatheter heart threapies
  • Clinical Research
  • Quality Improvement
  • Enhanced Recovery

Research

Secondary prevention after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: findings of a national randomized controlled trial and sustained society-led incorporation into practice.

Williams JB, Delong ER, Peterson ED, Dokholyan RS, Ou FS, Ferguson TB Jr; Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the National Cardiac Database.

Circulation. 2011 Jan 4;123(1):39-45. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.981068. Epub 2010 Dec 20.

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21173357
 

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The Preservation and Handling of Vein Grafts in Current Surgical Practice: Findings of a Survey Among Cardiovascular Surgeons of Top-Ranked US Hospitals.

Williams JB, Harskamp RE, Bose S, Lawson JH, Alexander JH, Smith PK, Lopes RD.

JAMA Surg. 2015 Jul;150(7):681-3. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.0404. No abstract available.

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25970819

 

Predictors of massive transfusion with thoracic aortic procedures involving deep hypothermic circulatory arrest.

Williams JB, Phillips-Bute B, Bhattacharya SD, Shah AA, Andersen ND, Altintas B, Lima B, Smith PK, Hughes GC, Welsby IJ.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 May;141(5):1283-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.07.098. Epub 2010 Dec 16.

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Contemporary results for proximal aortic replacement in North America.

Williams JB, Peterson ED, Zhao Y, O'Brien SM, Andersen ND, Miller DC, Chen EP, Hughes GC.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012 Sep 25;60(13):1156-62. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.06.023. Epub 2012 Sep 5.

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Williams JB, Peterson ED, Brennan JM, Sedrakyan A, Tavris D, Alexander JH, Lopes RD, Dokholyan RS, Zhao Y, O'Brien SM, Michler RE, Thourani VH, Edwards FH, Duggirala H, Gross T, Marinac-Dabic D, Smith PK.

JAMA. 2012 Aug 1;308(5):475-84. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.8363.

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Clopidogrel use After Myocardial Revascularization: Prevalence, Predictors, and One-Year Survival Rate.

Prates PR, Williams JB, Mehta RH, Stevens SR, Thomas L, Smith PK, Newby LK, Kalil RA, Alexander JH, Lopes RD.

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Apr;31(2):106-14. doi: 10.5935/1678-9741.20160019.

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Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Valve Implantation in the Nonaortic Position.

Ranney DN, Williams JB, Wang A, Gaca JG.

J Card Surg. 2016 May;31(5):282-8. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12745. Epub 2016 Apr 5.

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Two-Year Outcomes of Surgical Treatment of Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation.

Michler RE, Smith PK, Parides MK, Ailawadi G, Thourani V, Moskowitz AJ, Acker MA, Hung JW, Chang HL, Perrault LP, Gillinov AM, Argenziano M, Bagiella E, Overbey JR, Moquete EG, Gupta LN, Miller MA, Taddei-Peters WC, Jeffries N, Weisel RD, Rose EA, Gammie JS, DeRose JJ Jr, Puskas JD, Dagenais F, Burks SG, El-Hamamsy I, Milano CA, Atluri P, Voisine P, O'Gara PT, Gelijns AC; CTSN.

N Engl J Med. 2016 May 19;374(20):1932-41. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1602003. Epub 2016 Apr 3.

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Indications, algorithms, and outcomes for coronary artery bypass surgery in patients with acute coronary syndromes.

Yerokun BA, Williams JB, Gaca J, Smith PK, Roe MT.

Coron Artery Dis. 2016 Jun;27(4):319-26. doi: 10.1097/MCA.0000000000000364. Review.

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Prolonged postoperative respiratory support after proximal thoracic aortic surgery: Is deep hypothermic circulatory arrest a risk factor?

Schechter MA, Shah AA, Englum BR, Williams JB, Ganapathi AM, Davies JD, Welsby IJ, Hughes GC.

J Crit Care. 2016 Feb;31(1):125-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2015.10.021. Epub 2015 Nov 6.

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Two-Year Outcomes of Surgical Treatment of Severe Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation.

Goldstein D, Moskowitz AJ, Gelijns AC, Ailawadi G, Parides MK, Perrault LP, Hung JW, Voisine P, Dagenais F, Gillinov AM, Thourani V, Argenziano M, Gammie JS, Mack M, Demers P, Atluri P, Rose EA, O'Sullivan K, Williams DL, Bagiella E, Michler RE, Weisel RD, Miller MA, Geller NL, Taddei-Peters WC, Smith PK, Moquete E, Overbey JR, Kron IL, O'Gara PT, Acker MA; CTSN.

N Engl J Med. 2016 Jan 28;374(4):344-53. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1512913. Epub 2015 Nov 9.

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Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of Silzone Era St. Jude Medical Mechanical Heart Valves.

Brennan JM, Zhao Y, Williams J, O'Brien S, Dokholyan R, Gammie J, Edwards F, Loyo-Berrios N, Canos D, Gross T, Marinac-Dabic D, Peterson E.

J Heart Valve Dis. 2015 Jan;24(1):66-73.

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Response to letter regarding article, "surgical revascularization is associated with maximal survival in patients with ischemic mitral regurgitation: a 20-year experience".

Castleberry AW, Williams JB, Daneshmand MA, Honeycutt E, Shaw LK, Samad Z, Lopes RD, Alexander JH, Mathew JP, Velazquez EJ, Milano CA, Smith PK.

Circulation. 2015 Mar 17;131(11):e378-9. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.013125. No abstract available.

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Multidisciplinary approach to treatment of radiation-induced chest wall sarcoma.

Kara HV, Gandolfi BM, Williams JB, D'Amico TA, Zenn MR.

Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Aug;64(8):492-5. doi: 10.1007/s11748-015-0527-x. Epub 2015 Feb 7.

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Predicting recurrent mitral regurgitation after mitral valve repair for severe ischemic mitral regurgitation.

Kron IL, Hung J, Overbey JR, Bouchard D, Gelijns AC, Moskowitz AJ, Voisine P, O'Gara PT, Argenziano M, Michler RE, Gillinov M, Puskas JD, Gammie JS, Mack MJ, Smith PK, Sai-Sudhakar C, Gardner TJ, Ailawadi G, Zeng X, O'Sullivan K, Parides MK, Swayze R, Thourani V, Rose EA, Perrault LP, Acker MA; CTSN Investigators.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Mar;149(3):752-61.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.10.120. Epub 2014 Nov 6.

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Surgical treatment of moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation.

Smith PK, Puskas JD, Ascheim DD, Voisine P, Gelijns AC, Moskowitz AJ, Hung JW, Parides MK, Ailawadi G, Perrault LP, Acker MA, Argenziano M, Thourani V, Gammie JS, Miller MA, Pagé P, Overbey JR, Bagiella E, Dagenais F, Blackstone EH, Kron IL, Goldstein DJ, Rose EA, Moquete EG, Jeffries N, Gardner TJ, O'Gara PT, Alexander JH, Michler RE; Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network Investigators.

N Engl J Med. 2014 Dec 4;371(23):2178-88. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1410490. Epub 2014 Nov 18.

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Vein graft preservation solutions, patency, and outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: follow-up from the PREVENT IV randomized clinical trial.

Harskamp RE, Alexander JH, Schulte PJ, Brophy CM, Mack MJ, Peterson ED, Williams JB, Gibson CM, Califf RM, Kouchoukos NT, Harrington RA, Ferguson TB Jr, Lopes RD.

JAMA Surg. 2014 Aug;149(8):798-805. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.87. Erratum in: JAMA Surg. 2014 Sep;149(9):961.

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Central venous pressure after coronary artery bypass surgery: does it predict postoperative mortality or renal failure?

Williams JB, Peterson ED, Wojdyla D, Harskamp R, Southerland KW, Ferguson TB, Smith PK, Milano CA, Lopes RD.

J Crit Care. 2014 Dec;29(6):1006-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.05.027. Epub 2014 Jun 9.

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Meta-analysis of minimally invasive coronary artery bypass versus drug-eluting stents for isolated left anterior descending coronary artery disease.

Harskamp RE, Williams JB, Halkos ME, Lopes RD, Tijssen JG, Ferguson TB Jr, de Winter RJ.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Nov;148(5):1837-42. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.03.028. Epub 2014 Mar 20. Review.

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Surgical revascularization is associated with maximal survival in patients with ischemic mitral regurgitation: a 20-year experience.

Castleberry AW, Williams JB, Daneshmand MA, Honeycutt E, Shaw LK, Samad Z, Lopes RD, Alexander JH, Mathew JP, Velazquez EJ, Milano CA, Smith PK.

Circulation. 2014 Jun 17;129(24):2547-56. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.005223. Epub 2014 Apr 17.

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Insurance status predicts acuity of thoracic aortic operations.

Andersen ND, Hanna JM, Ganapathi AM, Bhattacharya SD, Williams JB, Gaca JG, McCann RL, Hughes GC.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Nov;148(5):2082-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.03.013. Epub 2014 Mar 19.

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Insurance status is associated with acuity of presentation and outcomes for thoracic aortic operations.

Andersen ND, Brennan JM, Zhao Y, Williams JB, Williams ML, Smith PK, Scarborough JE, Hughes GC.

Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2014 May;7(3):398-406. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000593. Epub 2014 Apr 8.

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Preoperative mild-to-moderate coronary artery disease does not affect long-term outcomes of lung transplantation.

Zanotti G, Hartwig MG, Castleberry AW, Martin JT, Shaw LK, Williams JB, Lin SS, Davis RD.

Transplantation. 2014 May 27;97(10):1079-85. doi: 10.1097/01.TP.0000438619.96933.02. Erratum in: Transplantation. 2015 Feb;99(2):e15.

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Status quo of hybrid coronary revascularization for multi-vessel coronary artery disease.

Harskamp RE, Zheng Z, Alexander JH, Williams JB, Xian Y, Halkos ME, Brennan JM, de Winter RJ, Smith PK, Lopes RD.

Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Dec;96(6):2268-77. Review.

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Outcomes of acute type a dissection repair before and after implementation of a multidisciplinary thoracic aortic surgery program.

Andersen ND, Ganapathi AM, Hanna JM, Williams JB, Gaca JG, Hughes GC.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 May 6;63(17):1796-803. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.10.085. Epub 2014 Jan 8.

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Endoscopic harvesting device type and outcomes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery.

van Diepen S, Brennan JM, Hafley GE, Reyes EM, Allen KB, Ferguson TB, Peterson ED, Williams JB, Gibson CM, Mack MJ, Kouchoukos NT, Alexander JH, Lopes RD.

Ann Surg. 2014 Aug;260(2):402-8. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000377.

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Impact of extracardiac vascular disease on vein graft failure and outcomes after coronary artery bypass surgery.

Harskamp RE, Alexander JH, Schulte PJ, Jones WS, Williams JB, Mack MJ, Peterson ED, Gibson CM, Califf RM, Kouchoukos NT, Ferguson TB, de Winter RJ, Lopes RD.

Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Mar;97(3):824-30. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.09.099. Epub 2013 Dec 21.

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Mitral-valve repair versus replacement for severe ischemic mitral regurgitation.

Acker MA, Parides MK, Perrault LP, Moskowitz AJ, Gelijns AC, Voisine P, Smith PK, Hung JW, Blackstone EH, Puskas JD, Argenziano M, Gammie JS, Mack M, Ascheim DD, Bagiella E, Moquete EG, Ferguson TB, Horvath KA, Geller NL, Miller MA, Woo YJ, D'Alessandro DA, Ailawadi G, Dagenais F, Gardner TJ, O'Gara PT, Michler RE, Kron IL; CTSN.

N Engl J Med. 2014 Jan 2;370(1):23-32. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1312808. Epub 2013 Nov 18.

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Impact of donor cardiac arrest on heart transplantation.

Southerland KW, Castleberry AW, Williams JB, Daneshmand MA, Ali AA, Milano CA.

Surgery. 2013 Aug;154(2):312-9. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2013.04.028.

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Saphenous vein graft failure and clinical outcomes: toward a surrogate end point in patients following coronary artery bypass surgery?

Harskamp RE, Williams JB, Hill RC, de Winter RJ, Alexander JH, Lopes RD.

Am Heart J. 2013 May;165(5):639-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.01.019. Epub 2013 Mar 7.

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Predictors of electrocerebral inactivity with deep hypothermia.

James ML, Andersen ND, Swaminathan M, Phillips-Bute B, Hanna JM, Smigla GR, Barfield ME, Bhattacharya SD, Williams JB, Gaca JG, Husain AM, Hughes GC.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Mar;147(3):1002-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.03.022. Epub 2013 Apr 11.

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Relationship between postoperative clopidogrel use and subsequent angiographic and clinical outcomes following coronary artery bypass grafting.

Williams JB, Lopes RD, Hafley GE, Ferguson TB Jr, Mack MJ, Gibson CM, Harrington RA, Peterson ED, Smith PK, Mehta RH, Alexander JH.

J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2013 Nov;36(4):384-93. doi: 10.1007/s11239-013-0904-1.

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Reply: To PMID 23245838.

Afilalo J, Williams JB, Alexander KP.

Am J Cardiol. 2013 Apr 1;111(7):1079. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.01.002. No abstract available.

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Would tirofiban have been shown non-inferior to abciximab had the TENACITY trial not been terminated for financial reasons?

Berger PB, Williams JB, Hasselblad V, Chiswell K, Pieper KS, Califf RM.

J Interv Cardiol. 2013 Apr;26(2):123-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2013.12020.x. Epub 2013 Feb 5.

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Framing for success: nocebo effects in thoracic surgery.

Williams JB, Sade RM, D'Amico TA.

Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Jan;95(1):9-11. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.10.048. Epub 2012 Dec 25. No abstract available.

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Preoperative anxiety as a predictor of mortality and major morbidity in patients aged >70 years undergoing cardiac surgery.

Williams JB, Alexander KP, Morin JF, Langlois Y, Noiseux N, Perrault LP, Smolderen K, Arnold SV, Eisenberg MJ, Pilote L, Monette J, Bergman H, Smith PK, Afilalo J.

Am J Cardiol. 2013 Jan 1;111(1):137-42. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.08.060.

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Results with an algorithmic approach to hybrid repair of the aortic arch.

Andersen ND, Williams JB, Hanna JM, Shah AA, McCann RL, Hughes GC.

J Vasc Surg. 2013 Mar;57(3):655-67; discussion 666-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.09.039. Epub 2012 Nov 24.

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Treatment Strategies for Women With Coronary Artery Disease [Internet].

Dolor RJ, Melloni C, Chatterjee R, Allen LaPointe NM, Williams JB Jr, Coeytaux RR, McBroom AJ, Musty MD, Wing L, Samsa GP, Patel MR.

Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2012 Aug.

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Edifoligide and long-term outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting: PRoject of Ex-vivo Vein graft ENgineering via Transfection IV (PREVENT IV) 5-year results.

Lopes RD, Williams JB, Mehta RH, Reyes EM, Hafley GE, Allen KB, Mack MJ, Peterson ED, Harrington RA, Gibson CM, Califf RM, Kouchoukos NT, Ferguson TB, Lorenz TJ, Alexander JH.

Am Heart J. 2012 Sep;164(3):379-386.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.05.019.

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Results of thoracic endovascular aortic repair 6 years after United States Food and Drug Administration approval.

Shah AA, Barfield ME, Andersen ND, Williams JB, Shah JA, Hanna JM, McCann RL, Hughes GC.

Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Nov;94(5):1394-9. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.05.072. Epub 2012 Jul 10.

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Risk factors for 1-year mortality after thoracic endovascular aortic repair.

Shah AA, Craig DM, Andersen ND, Williams JB, Bhattacharya SD, Shah SH, McCann RL, Hughes GC.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 May;145(5):1242-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.05.005. Epub 2012 Jun 12.

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Staged total abdominal debranching and thoracic endovascular aortic repair for thoracoabdominal aneurysm.

Hughes GC, Barfield ME, Shah AA, Williams JB, Kuchibhatla M, Hanna JM, Andersen ND, McCann RL.

J Vasc Surg. 2012 Sep;56(3):621-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.11.149. Epub 2012 May 9.

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Intraoperative use of low-dose recombinant activated factor VII during thoracic aortic operations.

Andersen ND, Bhattacharya SD, Williams JB, Fosbol EL, Lockhart EL, Patel MB, Gaca JG, Welsby IJ, Hughes GC.

Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Jun;93(6):1921-8; discussion 1928-9. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.02.037. Epub 2012 May 1.

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Cardiac catheterization within 1 to 3 days of proximal aortic surgery is not associated with increased postoperative acute kidney injury.

Andersen ND, Williams JB, Fosbol EL, Shah AA, Bhattacharya SD, Mehta RH, Hughes GC.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Jun;143(6):1404-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.01.069. Epub 2012 Feb 17.

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Long-term survival of patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy treated by coronary artery bypass grafting versus medical therapy.

Velazquez EJ, Williams JB, Yow E, Shaw LK, Lee KL, Phillips HR, O'Connor CM, Smith PK, Jones RH.

Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Feb;93(2):523-30. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.10.064.

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Retrograde ascending aortic dissection as an early complication of thoracic endovascular aortic repair.

Williams JB, Andersen ND, Bhattacharya SD, Scheer E, Piccini JP, McCann RL, Hughes GC.

J Vasc Surg. 2012 May;55(5):1255-62. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.11.063. Epub 2012 Jan 23.

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Relationship between vein graft failure and subsequent clinical outcomes after coronary artery bypass surgery.

Lopes RD, Mehta RH, Hafley GE, Williams JB, Mack MJ, Peterson ED, Allen KB, Harrington RA, Gibson CM, Califf RM, Kouchoukos NT, Ferguson TB Jr, Alexander JH; Project of Ex Vivo Vein Graft Engineering via Transfection IV (PREVENT IV) Investigators.

Circulation. 2012 Feb 14;125(6):749-56. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.040311. Epub 2012 Jan 11.

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Results of proximal arch replacement using deep hypothermia for circulatory arrest: is moderate hypothermia really justifiable?

Lima B, Williams JB, Bhattacharya SD, Shah AA, Andersen N, Gaca JG, Hughes GC.

Am Surg. 2011 Nov;77(11):1438-44.

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Thrombin-receptor antagonist vorapaxar in acute coronary syndromes.

Tricoci P, Huang Z, Held C, Moliterno DJ, Armstrong PW, Van de Werf F, White HD, Aylward PE, Wallentin L, Chen E, Lokhnygina Y, Pei J, Leonardi S, Rorick TL, Kilian AM, Jennings LH, Ambrosio G, Bode C, Cequier A, Cornel JH, Diaz R, Erkan A, Huber K, Hudson MP, Jiang L, Jukema JW, Lewis BS, Lincoff AM, Montalescot G, Nicolau JC, Ogawa H, Pfisterer M, Prieto JC, Ruzyllo W, Sinnaeve PR, Storey RF, Valgimigli M, Whellan DJ, Widimsky P, Strony J, Harrington RA, Mahaffey KW; TRACER Investigators.

N Engl J Med. 2012 Jan 5;366(1):20-33. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1109719. Epub 2011 Nov 13.

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Postoperative inotrope and vasopressor use following CABG: outcome data from the CAPS-care study.

Williams JB, Hernandez AF, Li S, Dokholyan RS, O'Brien SM, Smith PK, Ferguson TB, Peterson ED.

J Card Surg. 2011 Nov;26(6):572-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01301.x. Epub 2011 Sep 26.

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Does protected research time during general surgery training contribute to graduates' career choice?

Bhattacharya SD, Williams JB, de la Fuente SG, Kuo PC, Seigler HF.

Am Surg. 2011 Jul;77(7):907-10.

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Relationship of the time interval between cardiac catheterization and elective coronary artery bypass surgery with postprocedural acute kidney injury.

Mehta RH, Honeycutt E, Patel UD, Lopes RD, Williams JB, Shaw LK, O'Brien SM, Califf RM, Hughes GC, Sketch MH Jr.

Circulation. 2011 Sep 13;124(11 Suppl):S149-55. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.011700.

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Ascending-descending aortic bypass with valve-sparing root replacement for coarctation with aortic root aneurysm.

Andersen ND, Williams JB, Harrison JK, Hughes GC.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Feb;143(2):514-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.07.047. Epub 2011 Aug 23. No abstract available.

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Individualized thoracic aortic replacement for the aortopathy of biscuspid aortic valve disease.

Lima B, Williams JB, Bhattacharya SD, Shah AA, Andersen N, Wang A, Harrison JK, Hughes GC.

J Heart Valve Dis. 2011 Jul;20(4):387-95.

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Design, rationale, and initiation of the Surgical Interventions for Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation Trial: a report from the Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network.

Smith PK, Michler RE, Woo YJ, Alexander JH, Puskas JD, Parides MK, Hahn RT, Williams JB, Dent JM, Ferguson TB Jr, Moquete E, Rose EA, Pagé P, Jeffries NO, O'Gara PT, Ascheim DD.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Jan;143(1):111-7, 117.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.05.006. Epub 2011 Jul 23.

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Mycotic aneurysm of the thoracoabdominal aorta in a child with end-stage renal disease.

Andersen ND, Bhattacharya SD, Williams JB, McCann RL, Hughes GC.

J Vasc Surg. 2011 Oct;54(4):1161-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.04.051. Epub 2011 Jul 1.

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21723063
 

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Results with a selective revascularization strategy for left subclavian artery coverage during thoracic endovascular aortic repair.

Lee TC, Andersen ND, Williams JB, Bhattacharya SD, McCann RL, Hughes GC.

Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Jul;92(1):97-102; discussion 102-3. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.03.089.

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Total aortic replacement in Loeys-Dietz syndrome.

Williams JB, McCann RL, Hughes GC.

J Card Surg. 2011 May;26(3):304-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01224.x. Epub 2011 Mar 28.

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Antithrombotic therapies in patients with prosthetic heart valves: guidelines translated for the clinician.

Leiria TL, Lopes RD, Williams JB, Katz JN, Kalil RA, Alexander JH.

J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2011 May;31(4):514-22. doi: 10.1007/s11239-011-0574-9. Review.

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"Reality surgery"--a research ethics perspective on the live broadcast of surgical procedures.

Williams JB, Mathews R, D'Amico TA.

J Surg Educ. 2011 Jan-Feb;68(1):58-61. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2010.08.009. Epub 2010 Nov 5. Review.

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Midterm results with thoracic endovascular aortic repair for chronic type B aortic dissection with associated aneurysm.

Parsa CJ, Williams JB, Bhattacharya SD, Wolfe WG, Daneshmand MA, McCann RL, Hughes GC.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Feb;141(2):322-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.10.043.

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Endovascular repair of descending thoracic aneurysms: results with "on-label" application in the post Food and Drug Administration approval era.

Hughes GC, Lee SM, Daneshmand MA, Bhattacharya SD, Williams JB, Tucker SW Jr, McCann RL.

Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Jul;90(1):83-9. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.03.052.

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Retrospective analysis of local sensorimotor deficits after radial artery harvesting for coronary artery bypass grafting.

Shah SA, Chark D, Williams J, Hessheimer A, Huh J, Wu YC, Chang PA, Scholl FG, Drinkwater DC.

J Surg Res. 2007 May 15;139(2):203-8. Epub 2007 Feb 9.

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Additional Educational Information

Dr. Williams graduated as a decorated student from Broughton High School in Raleigh, NC. He was the N.C. High School state champion in tennis four times. He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University. He graduated with honors in biology. He was the Ivy League Player of the Year in tennis and an Academic All-American. He was awarded the David A. Benjamin Award, the Leon Lapidus Award, and the Richard Swinnerton Trophy from Princeton University. His Princeton thesis mentor was Dr. Rosemary Grant. He enjoyed a brief stint in professional tennis before matriculating to Vanderbit Univ. Medical School in Nashville, TN. He was inducted into the Sigma Xi scientific research society. He completed an internship in general surgery at Duke University. He was awarded the W. Glenn Young award for most outstanding junior surgical resident.  He completed a cardiovascular research fellowship with advanced postdoctoral training including a master's of health science. He served as Chief Fellow of the Duke Clinical Research Institute under Dr. Eric Peterson, the first surgeon elected to this honor. He completed his general surgery training with Duke University Health under Dr. Allan Kirk with time at the Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. Dr. Williams served as chief resident in general surgery and was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha. He scored the 98th percentile on the American Board of Surgery in-training exam. Dr. Williams completed a cardiovascular and thoracic surgical residency under Dr. Thomas D'Amico at Duke University. Dr. Williams served as invited reviewer for multiple prestigious medical journals and authored over sixty major articles in the field of surgery during this time. He lists Dr. Peter Smith as his mentor in cardiac surgery and clinical research. Dr. Williams scored the 100th percentile on the American Board of Thoracic Surgery in-service examination during his final year of training, the highest mark in the country. Dr. Williams is a nationally-renowned leader in cardiac surgery and quality. He has performed over 1000 adult cardiac operations. Dr. Williams serves as the Executive Medical Director of Heart and Vascular for WakeMed Health and Hospitals in his hometown of Raleigh, N.C. 

Practice Areas

  • Cardiac
  • Minimally Invasive
  • Transcatheter
  • Coronary disease
  • Electrophysiology/arrhythmia
  • Endocarditis
  • Aortic valve disease
  • Thoracic
  • Aorta
  • Endovascular
  • Professional Affairs
  • Ethics