Andrew McCrary, Global Health - Pediatric Cardiology Fellow, received his medical and bachelor’s degrees from Emory University and completed his residency in Pediatrics at Duke.  Dr. McCrary spent two months of his third year of residency at Tenwek Mission Hospital in Bomet, Kenya, where he served as a general pediatrician and encountered a high burden of congenital and structural heart disease in children.  Dr. McCrary hopes to explore cardiac performance in children with HIV at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya while expanding his competency in advanced cardiovascular imaging.

GE provided a portable ultrasound for use in Dr. McCrary's research project. The work is highlighted in the GE newsroom: http://newsroom.gehealthcare.com/doctors-travel-to-remote-town-to-perform-essential-cardiovascular-exams/

Representative Publications

Wackel PL, McCrary AW, Idriss SF, Asirvatham SJ, Cannon BC. Radiofrequency Ablation in the Sinus of Valsalva for Ventricular Arrhythmia in Pediatric Patients. Pediatr Cardiol. 2016 Aug 25.

McCrary AW, Malowitz JR, Hornik CP, Hill KD, Cotten CM, Tatum GH, Barker PC. Differences in Eccentricity Index and Systolic-Diastolic Ratio in Extremely Low-Birth-Weight Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia at Risk of Pulmonary Hypertension. Am J Perinatol. 2015 Jul 14. [Epub ahead of print]

McCrary AW, Clabby ML, Mahle WT. Patient and practice factors affecting   growth of infants with systemic-to-pulmonary shunt. Cardiol Young. Oct 8 2012:1-8.