KirkwoodFAdamsMD
Cardiology • Chapel Hill, NCAdult Congenital Heart Disease
Associate Professor, Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
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Office
101 Manning Dr
Chapel Hill, NC 27514Phone+1 919-966-8596Fax+1 919-843-5515
Summary
- Dr. Kirkwood Adams, MD is a cardiologist in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in North Carolina. He is affiliated with University of North Carolina Hospitals and is an Associate Professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.
Education & Training
University of North Carolina HospitalsFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1980 - 1982- University of North Carolina HospitalsResidency, Internal Medicine, 1978 - 1980
- University of North Carolina HospitalsInternship, Internal Medicine, 1976 - 1977
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineClass of 1976
Certifications & Licensure
NC State Medical License 1976 - 2025- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
- Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
Clinical Trials
- Pilot Study of Using Copeptin to Predict Response to Tolvaptan Start of enrollment: 2011 Apr 01
- Efficacy and Safety of Ularitide for the Treatment of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Start of enrollment: 2012 Jul 01
- Guiding Evidence Based Therapy Using Biomarker Intensified Treatment Start of enrollment: 2012 Dec 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 936 citationsEvaluation study of congestive heart failure and pulmonary artery catheterization effectivenessJames A. Hill, Daniel F. Pauly, Debra R. Olitsky, Stuart D. Russell, Christopher M. O'Connor
JAMA. 2005-10-05 - 787 citationsShort-term intravenous milrinone for acute exacerbation of chronic heart failure: a randomized controlled trial.Michael S. Cuffe, Robert M. Califf, Kirkwood F. Adams, Raymond L. Benza, Robert C. Bourge
JAMA. 2002-03-27 - 316 citationsCardiac myosin activation with omecamtiv mecarbil in systolic heart failureJohn R. Teerlink, Rafael Diaz, G. Michael Felker, John J.V. McMurray, Marco Metra
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2021-01-14
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