Alexander Limkakeng

MD, FACEP

Dr. Alexander T. Limkakeng, Jr., MD, MHSc, FACEP is a Professor of Emergency Medicine, Vice Chair of Clinical Research, Director of the Acute Care Research Team in the Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina.

Dr. Limkakeng has served as chair of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Research Committee and as the Course Director of the ACEP Research Forum from 2016-2018, the largest emergency medical research presentation platform in the nation. He is also the Director of ACEP’s Research Academy course. He was elected in a national election to the Nominating Committee of the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine for 2020-21.

As a researcher, Dr. Limkakeng has led multiple clinical trials and interdepartmental sponsored projects and is author on over 100 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. His research has been funded by grants and contracts totaling over $9 million dollars. 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 and industry-funded work that led to FDA approval for multiple high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays. He served as Co-PI for the Duke U24 Hub in the NIH Early Phase Pain Investigation Clinical Network (EPPIC-Net) (U24NS114416) and now serves as co-PI on the Duke U24 Hub award (U24NS129498) in the NIH Strategies to Innovate Emergency Care Clinical Trials (SIREN) Network and the Duke-UNC U24 Hub Award for the NIH Strokenet (U24NS135250).