Duke E. Cameron is an American

cardiac surgeon Cardiac surgery, or cardiovascular surgery, is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons. It is often used to treat complications of ischemic heart disease (for example, with coronary artery bypass grafting); to cor ...

. Formerly Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; the James T. Dresher Sr. Professor of Surgery; Director of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery; and Director of The Dana and

Albert "Cubby" Broccoli Albert Romolo Broccoli ( ; April 5, 1909 – June 27, 1996), nicknamed "Cubby", was an American film producer who made more than 40 motion pictures throughout his career. Most of the films were made in the United Kingdom and often filmed at P ...

br>Center for Aortic Diseases
at the

Johns Hopkins Hospital The Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) is the teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, located in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. It was founded in 1889 using money from a bequest of over $7 million (1873 mo ...

, he returned to Hopkins in 2023. His clinical interests include: *Adult and pediatric cardiac surgery *

Cardiac transplantation A heart transplant, or a cardiac transplant, is a surgical transplant procedure performed on patients with end-stage heart failure or severe coronary artery disease when other medical or surgical treatments have failed. , the most common procedu ...

Marfan syndrome Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a multi-systemic genetic disorder that affects the connective tissue. Those with the condition tend to be tall and thin, with long arms, legs, fingers, and toes. They also typically have exceptionally flexible joints a ...

Mitral valve repair Mitral valve repair is a cardiac surgery procedure performed by cardiac surgeons to treat stenosis (narrowing) or regurgitation (leakage) of the mitral valve. The mitral valve is the "inflow valve" for the left side of the heart. Blood flows fro ...

*Aortic surgery including

valve-sparing aortic root replacement Valve-sparing aortic root replacement (also known as the David procedure) is a cardiac surgery procedure which is used to treat Aortic aneurysms and to prevent Aortic dissection. It involves replacement of the aortic root without replacement of the ...

He is the editor, along with Stephen C. Yang, of ''Current Therapy in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.'' In January 2008, Cameron reported a very large surgical series, the 30-year history of surgical treatment in 372 cases of

at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He graduated from

Harvard College Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University, an Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636, Harvard College is the original school of Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher lea ...

and

Yale School of Medicine The Yale School of Medicine is the graduate medical school at Yale University, a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was founded in 1810 as the Medical Institution of Yale College and formally opened in 1813. The primary te ...

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Duke E. Cameron at Johns Hopkins MedicineAortic Root Replacement in 372 Marfan Patients: Evolution of Operative Repair Over 30 Years.Duke Cameron appointed Chief of Cardiac Surgery
Living people American cardiac surgeons Johns Hopkins Hospital physicians Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Harvard College alumni Yale School of Medicine alumni Physicians of Massachusetts General Hospital Medical journal editors {{US-bio-stub