Piers Christopher Andrew Barker

Professor of Pediatrics

Improving parent/infant bonding in prenatally diagnosed congenital heart disease

Analysis of advanced cardiac mechanics (strain, strain rate, torsion) in congenital and acquired heart disease by echo and cardiac MRI

Development of novel uses of 3D/4D echo for fetal and congenital heart disease

Sub-maximal exercise testing in congenital and maternal heart disease

Cardiac Mechanics during exercise in pediatrics

Outcome improvement in patients with Functional Single Ventricle and fetal cardiac disease

Application of novel imaging technologies (ultrasound, cardiac MRI, cardiac CT) in fetal, congenital and acquired heart disease

Characterization of rheumatic heart disease and HIV-related cardiomyopathy in developing countries

Cost Effectivess of screening for immune-mediated fetal heart block

Dyssynchrony analysis in pediatric patients

3D printing and computational fluid dynamics in congenital heart disease

Appointments and Affiliations

Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Contact Information

Office Location: 7605-A Hosp North, Durham, NC
Office Phone: +1 919 684 3574
Email Address: piers.barker@duke.edu

Education

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2001
Johns Hopkins University, 1998
Johns Hopkins University, 1996
M.D. Cornell University, 1995

In the News

A Heart You Can Hold In Your Hands (Apr 7, 2021 | Duke Stories)
How 3-D Printing is Changing Surgical Care at Duke (Dec 21, 2017)
3D models enhance surgical strategies (Sep 14, 2015 | WRAL)
Local family shares story during Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week (Feb 11, 2015 | WTVD)

Representative Publications

Curtis, SF; Cicioni, M; Mullikin, A; Williams, J; Campbell, JM; Barker, PCA; McCrary, AW, Detection of occult thrombosis in individuals with Fontan circulation by cardiac MRI., Cardiol Young (2024), pp. 1-6 [10.1017/S1047951124000489] [abs].
Chidyagwai, SG; Kaplan, MS; Jensen, CW; Chen, JS; Chamberlain, RC; Hill, KD; Barker, PCA; Slesnick, TC; Randles, A, Surgical Modulation of Pulmonary Artery Shear Stress: A Patient-Specific CFD Analysis of the Norwood Procedure., Cardiovasc Eng Technol (2024) [10.1007/s13239-024-00724-3] [abs].
George, IA; Souder, B; Berkman, A; Noyd, DH; Jay Campbell, M; Barker, PCA; Roth, M; Hildebrandt, MAT; Oeffinger, KC; McCrary, AW; Landstrom, AP, Obesity Predisposes Anthracycline-Treated Survivors of Childhood and Adolescent Cancers to Subclinical Cardiac Dysfunction., Pediatr Cardiol (2024) [10.1007/s00246-024-03423-x] [abs].
Williams, JL; Hung, F; Jenista, E; Barker, P; Chakraborty, H; Kim, R; McCrary, AW; Shah, SH; Thielman, N; Bloomfield, GS, Diffuse myocardial fibrosis is uncommon in people with perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus infection., AIDS Res Ther, vol 21 no. 1 (2024) [10.1186/s12981-024-00598-4] [abs].
Collins, SD; Bowers, A; Hua, K; Moore, C; Sethi, N; Miller, S; Barker, PCA; Hong, H; McCrary, AW, Assessing the Accuracy of Fetal Aortic Valve Range Phantom Measurements., J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2024) [10.1016/j.echo.2024.01.013] [abs].