PHYSICIANS
M. Alycia Hassett, MD
Education: Undergraduate: Duke University 1974
Medical School: Duke University 1978
Internal Medicine: Emory University 1981
Fellowship: Duke University 1984
Certification: Internal Medicine 1981,Cardiovascular Diseases 1985
Interests: Preventative cardiology, Diagnostic catheterization, Women and Heart Disease
Robert A. Buchanan Jr., MD
Education: Undergraduate: University of North Carolina 1965
Medical School: Wake Forest University 1969
Internal Medicine: Vanderbilt University 1972
Fellowship: University of Alabama 1974
Certification: Internal Medicine 1972; Cardiology 1975
Interests: Clinical cardiology, Diagnostic catheterization
William S. Abernathy, MD
Education: Undergraduate: Grinnell College 1965
Medical School: Columbia University 1969
Internal Medicine: Presbyterian Hospital, New York 1971,
University of Michigan 1972
Fellowship: University of Michigan 1975
Certification: Diagnostic cardiology, psychological aspects of medical illness, cardiac arrythmias
Timothy P. Donahue, MD
Education: Undergraduate: Louisiana State University 1992
Medical School: Louisiana State University 1996
Internal Medicine: Emory University 1999
Fellowships: University of Florida 2002 (Cardiovascular Medicine) ; 2003 (Cardiac Electrophysiology)
Certification: Internal Medicine; Cardiology; Electrophysiology
Interests: Cardiology, Diagnosis and treatment of heart rhythm disorders
J. Stewart Jones, DO
Education: Undergraduate: Baylor University 1983
Postgraduate: Michigan State University College of
Oseopathic Medicine 1987
Internal Medicine: Michigan State University 1991
Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh 1992; University of Missouri 1995
Certification: Internal Medicine 1991; Cardiovascular Diseases 1995
Interests: Nuclear Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Vascular Disease
Michael Komada, MD
Education: Undergraduate: University of North Carolina 1989
Medical School: Wake Forest University 1993
Internal Medicine: University of Virginia 1996
Fellowship: Wake Forest University 2003
Certification: Internal Medicine 1996, Cardiology 2003, Interventional Cardiology 2004
Interests: Interventional cardiology, Nuclear cardiology,
Peripheral vascular disease
Elizabeth Henke, MD
Education: Undergraduate: University of Wales 1974
Medical School: Welsh National School of Medicine
Internal Medicine: University of North Carolina 1981
Fellowship: Duke University 1986
Certification: Internal Medicine 1980, Medical Genetics 1982,
Diseases 1987
Interests: Vascular Ultrasound
Eric S. Moore, MD
Education: Undergraduate: Duke University, 1993
Medical School: University of Alabama, 2001
Internal Medicine: St. Louis University, 2004
Fellowship: Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, 2008
Certification: Internal Medicine, 2005; Cardiovascular Disease (board eligible)
Interest: Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging, Nuclear Cardiology, Echocardiography, and CT Angiography
Burton O. Shelton, FNP-C
Education: Undergraduate: University of North Carolina 1994
BSN: University of North Carolina 2001
MSN: Duke University 2004
Certification: Family Nurse Practitioner
Interests: Lipid disorders
Gail S. Shaeffer, ANP-C
Education: BSN: Ohio State University 1982;
MSN: Duke University 1996
Certification: Adult Nurse Practioner
Interests: Congestive heart failure, Patient empowerrment through education and self-monitoring
