Physician Profile

Christopher M. O'Connor, MD, Chief

Education:
Medical School:
University of Maryland, MD, 1983

Internship/Residency:
Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina, Internal Medicine/Cardiology, 1983-1986, 1986-1987, 1988-1989

Board Certifications:
American Board of Internal Medicine 1988
American Board of Internal Medicine- Cardiovascular Disease, 1989

Clinical Interests/Specialties:
The management of heart failure and chronic ischemic heart disease.

Research:
Dr. O'Connor is the principal investigator of "A Randomized Trial of Heparin in Conjunction with Anistreplase in Acute Myocardial Infarction", also known as the DUCCS I study (1991). He is also medical director of the National Institutes of Health Silent Ischemia Study (1989), and co-principal investigator of several other cardiology studies sponsored by Dupont, Pfizer, and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Hospital Affiliations:
Duke University Medical Center