Dalane W. Kitzman, MD
- Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine (Winston-Salem)

Dalane W. Kitzman, MD
- Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine (Winston-Salem)
Research Interests
- Aging
- Clinical Trials
- Cardiovascular Imaging
- Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction
- Exercise Physiology
- Exercise and Diet Interventions
- Education
- MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1984
- Residency
- Internal Medicine, Mayo Medical Center, 1987
- Fellowship
- Cardiology, Duke University Hospital, 1990
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
- Memberships
- Albemarle County Medical Society
- American College of Physicians
- American Medical Association
- Forsyth Prepared Childbirth Association
- American Society of Echocardiography
- American College of Cardiology
- American Association of Clinical Anatomists
- American Society of Internal Medicine
- Positions
- Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine (Winston-Salem)
- Professor, Clinical and Translational Science Institute (Winston-Salem)
- Professor, Gerontology and Geriatrics, Internal Medicine (Winston-Salem)
- Departments and Affiliations
- Cardiovascular Medicine (Winston-Salem)
- Clinical and Translational Science Institute (Winston-Salem)
- Gerontology and Geriatrics, Internal Medicine (Winston-Salem)
- Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention (CHAAP)
- Cardiovascular Sciences Center (CVSC)
Research
- Aldosterone antagonists and outcomes in real-world older patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction. Patel K, Fonarow GC, Kitzman DW, Aban IB, Love TE, Allman RM, Gheorghiade M, Ahmed A. JACC Heart Fail. 2013 Feb; 1(1):40-7.
- Association between resting heart rate, chronotropic index, and long-term outcomes in patients with heart failure receiving ß-blocker therapy: data from the HF-ACTION trial. Dobre D, Zannad F, Keteyian SJ, Stevens SR, Rossignol P, Kitzman DW, Landzberg J, Howlett J, Kraus WE, Ellis SJ. Eur. Heart J. 2013 Aug; 34(29):2271-80.
- Clinical characteristics, response to exercise training, and outcomes in patients with heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: findings from Heart Failure and A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise TraiNing (HF-ACTION). Mentz RJ, Schulte PJ, Fleg JL, Fiuzat M, Kraus WE, Piña IL, Keteyian SJ, Kitzman DW, Whellan DJ, Ellis SJ, O'Connor CM. Am. Heart J. 2013 Feb; 165(2):193-9.
- Lifestyle intervention improves heart rate recovery from exercise in adults with type 2 diabetes: results from the Look AHEAD study. Ribisl PM, Gaussoin SA, Lang W, Bahnson J, Connelly SA, Horton ES, Jakicic JM, Killean T, Kitzman DW, Knowler WC, Stewart KJ. J Obes. 2012; 2012:309196.
- 6-min walk test provides prognostic utility comparable to cardiopulmonary exercise testing in ambulatory outpatients with systolic heart failure. Forman DE, Fleg JL, Kitzman DW, Brawner CA, Swank AM, McKelvie RS, Clare RM, Ellis SJ, Dunlap ME, Bittner V. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 2012 Dec; 60(25):2653-61.