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Most Recent Peer-reviewed Publications
- Clinical characteristics, response to exercise training, and outcomes in patients with heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Findings from Heart Failure and A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise TraiNing (HF-ACTION)
- Heart Failure Patient Adherence. Epidemiology, Cause, and Treatment
- Development of a method to risk stratify patients with heart failure for 30-day readmission using implantable device diagnostics
- Quality of anticoagulation with warfarin in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation in the community setting
- Physical activity to combat depression in chronic heart failure: Reply
Medical School
Master of Health Sciences, Duke University - 1994
MD, Washington University School of Medicine
Residency
University of Pennsylvania
Fellowship
Cardiology, Duke University and the Duke Clinical Research Institute
Board Certification
Cardiovascular Disease
Internal Medicine
Hospital Appointment
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Expertise & Research Interests
Dr. Whellan is the Co-Principal Investigator of the HF-ACTION study, a NIH grant for research in heart failure and exercise training. In addition, he has served as the national PI for the PARTNERS HF study and currently sits on the steering committee for the ASCEND and TRACER-ACS trials.
He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed articles, reviews, abstracts, and book chapters on cardiomyopathy; and is an associate editor for American Heart Journal.