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Dr. Monique Starks is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the Duke University School of Medicine. Although she wanted to be a doctor from the time she was very young, it wasn’t until her own father had a heart attack in his 30’s that she knew she wanted to be a heart specialist. As a general cardiologist at Duke, she cares for patients with a wide range of heart issues including palpitations, abnormalities, hypertension and heart attacks.She is also trained as a health services researcher and resuscitation scientist. Her research is focused on observational research and the design and testing of novel interventions to improve both in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) and out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Her research has helped to highlight geographical and racial disparities in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training, use of bystander CPR and defibrillation, and outcomes of OHCA.