Brody School of Medicine

East Carolina Heart Institute, USA

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

1993 M.D., Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA

Publications (Selected)

1. Nash, K. M., Kirkton, R. D., Niklason, L. E., et al. (2026). REPLY: Model Choice and Interpretation in Coronary Tissue Engineering. JACC-Basic to Translational Science, 11(1), Article 101464.
2. Williams, A. R., Nash, K. M., Kirkton, R. D., et al. (2025). Acellular Tissue Engineered Vessels as Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts. JACC-Basic to Translational Science, 10(10), Article 101379.
3. Anderson, C. A., Reade, C., Landvater, L., et al. (2025). Intraoperative Ultrasound-Based Assessment of Coagulation in Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Single-Center Experience. Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 2025(1), Article 3615306.
4. Williams, A. R., Nellis, J., McCartney, S., et al. (2022). Six Month Patency of Bioengineered Human Acellular Vessels in a Primate Model of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Circulation, 146(Suppl_1), A10957.
5. Regan, D., Mistrot, S., Anderson, C., et al. (2020). Iliac vein stent migration with extensive cardiac damage in a patient with May-Thurner syndrome. JAAPA-Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, 33(9), 32–33.
6. Dimitrievska, S., Wang, J., Lin, T., et al. (2020). Glycocalyx-Like Hydrogel Coatings for Small Diameter Vascular Grafts. Advanced Functional Materials, 30(23), Article 1908963.
7. Horne, C. E., Goda, T. S., Nifong, L. W., et al. (2019). Factors Associated with Discharge to a Skilled Nursing Facility after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Surgery. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(1), Article 73.
8. Efird, J. T., Jindal, C., Kiser, A. C., et al. (2018). Increased risk of atrial fibrillation among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery while receiving nitrates and antiplatelet agents. Journal of International Medical Research, 46(8), 3183–3194.
9. Nguyen, T. T., Moey, M., Tran, M., et al. (2018). ALTERED RIGHT VENTRICULAR CONTRACTILE PATTERN AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 71(11), 1613.
10. Efird, J. T., Kiser, A. C., Crane, P. B., et al. (2017). Perioperative Inotrope Therapy and Atrial Fibrillation Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Evidence of a Racial Disparity. Pharmacotherapy, 37(3), 297–304.
11. Mongero, L. B., Tesdahl, E. A., Stammers, A. H., et al. (2017). A BMI >35 does not protect patients undergoing cardiac bypass surgery from red blood cell transfusion. Perfusion-UK, 32(1), 20–26.
12. Efird, J. T., Griffin, W., O'Neal, W. T., et al. (2016). LONG-TERM SURVIVAL AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE. American Journal of Critical Care, 25(3), 266–276.
13. Efird, J. T., Gudimella, P., O'Neal, W. T., et al. (2016). Comparison of Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in Black Versus White Patients After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. American Journal of Cardiology, 117(7), 1095–1100.
14. Efird, J. T., Griffin, W. F., Davies, S. W., et al. (2016). Seasonal Incidence of Emergent Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery. Heart Surgery Forum, 19(2), E48–E53.
15. Katunga, L. A., Gudimella, P., Efird, J. T., et al. (2015). Obesity in a model of gpx4 haploinsufficiency uncovers a causal role for lipid-derived aldehydes in human metabolic disease and cardiomyopathy (vol 4, pg 493, 2015). Molecular Metabolism, 4(10), 753.
16. Dimitrievska, S., Lin, T., Kypson, A., et al. (2015). Hydrogel Coatings on Decellularized Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts (TEVGS). Tissue Engineering Part A, 21(Suppl 1), S213.
17. Efird, J. T., Griffin, W. F., Sarpong, D. F., et al. (2015). Increased Long-Term Mortality among Black CABG Patients Receiving Preoperative Inotropic Agents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12(7), 7478–7490.
18. Katunga, L. A., Gudimella, P., Efird, J. T., et al. (2015). Obesity in a model of gpx4 haploinsufficiency uncovers a causal role for lipid-derived aldehydes in human metabolic disease and cardiomyopathy. Molecular Metabolism, 4(6), 493–506.
19. Nelson, M., Katunga, L., Anderson, E., et al. (2015). A Translational Kinetic Analysis of Rodent and Human Hearts Shows Species-specific Differences and Increases in Monoamine Oxidase Activity with Obesity/Diabetes. FASEB Journal, 29(Suppl 1), 977.7.
20. Efird, J. T., O'Neal, W. T., Griffin, W. F., et al. (2015). Increased Coronary Artery Disease Severity in Black Women Undergoing Coronary Bypass Surgery. Medicine, 94(7), Article e552.
21. Efird, J. T., O'Neal, W. T., Davies, S. W., et al. (2014). Seasonal incidence of hospital admissions for Stanford type A aortic dissection. Chronobiology International, 31(9), 954–958.
22. Anderson, E. J., Thayne, K. A., Harris, M., et al. (2014). Do Fish Oil Omega-3 Fatty Acids Enhance Antioxidant Capacity and Mitochondrial Fatty Acid Oxidation in Human Atrial Myocardium via PPARγ Activation? Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, 21(8), 1156–1163.
23. Efird, J. T., O'Neal, W. T., Davies, S. W., et al. (2014). Risk-Adjusted Survival after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Implications for Quality Improvement. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 11(7), 7470–7481.
24. Efird, J. T., O'Neal, W. T., Camargo, G. A., et al. (2014). Conditional survival of heart failure patients after coronary artery bypass grafting. Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, 15(6), 498–503.

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