Gerald Bloomfield
Associate Director for Research, Duke Global Health Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Research Professor of Global Health
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gerald.bloomfield@duke.edu(919) 668-8700
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Gerald Bloomfield
Associate Director for Research, Duke Global Health Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Research Professor of Global Health
Gerald Bloomfield, MD, MPH, joined the faculty in Medicine and Global Health after completing his Cardiovascular Medicine fellowship training at Duke University Medical Center and Duke Clinical Research Institute. Bloomfield also completed the Duke Global Health Residency/Fellowship Pathway and a Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellowship. He received his medical education, internal medicine residency and Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University. Bloomfield leads a longstanding research and capacity building program on cardiovascular global health which includes work in under-resourced communities in the US and a number of low- and middle-income country settings including a partnership with Moi University in Eldoret, Kenya.
Publications
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Hertz JT, Sakita FM, Min Htike WY, Kajiru KG, Mmbaga BT, Tarimo TG, et al. Acute coronary syndrome prevalence and outcomes in a Tanzanian emergency department: Results from a prospective surveillance study. Afr J Emerg Med. 2025 Mar;15(1):518–25.Duran JM, Shrader P, Hong C, Haddad F, Santana EJ, Cauwenberghs N, et al. Abnormal Exercise Electrocardiography With Normal Stress Echocardiography Is Associated With Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2025 Jan 13;e017380.Sarafian JT, Sakita FM, Mlangi JJ, Kweka GL, Tarimo TG, Kessy MS, et al. Prognosis of patients with nonspecific electrocardiogram findings in a Tanzanian emergency department. Am Heart J. 2024 Dec 19;281:10–9.Aziz N, Almas A, Mahmood T, Bloomfield GS, Samad Z. Taxing tobacco as a strategy to reduce consumption and increase public health benefits in Pakistan. East Mediterr Health J. 2024 Dec 3;30(11):772–8.
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