Alexander Limkakeng

MD, MHSc, FACEP

Dr. Alexander T. Limkakeng, Jr., MD, MHSc, FACEP is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and the Vice Chief of Research and Director of the Acute Care Research Team for the Duke University Division of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Limkakeng has served as the Course Director of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Research Forum from 2016-2018, the largest emergency medical research platform in the nation, and chair of the ACEP Research Committee. He is also the Assistant Director of ACEP’s Emergency Medicine Basic Research Skills course.

As a researcher, Dr. Limkakeng has led multiple clinical trials and interdepartmental sponsored projects and is author on over 70 peer-reviewed manuscripts. These include studies in emergency conditions such as COVID-19, traumatic brain injury, hypertension, heart failure, thrombosis, stroke, envenomations, and septic shock. He has lectured internationally on acute coronary syndrome, responsible conduct of research, design of clinical trials, and precision medicine in emergency care. He has led Duke’s involvement in NIH-funded research networks for emergency critical care (PETAL) and emergency cardiac and neurologic care (SIREN) and on industry-funded work that led to FDA approval for multiple high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays. He serves as Co-PI for the Duke U24 Hub in the NIH Early Phase Pain Investigation Clinical Network (EPPIC-Net).