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Kevin Ray Campbell (born Nov 4, 1969) is an American cardiologist, author, and medical journalist who frequently appears on the Fox News and Fox Business channels and other media. He is nationally recognized for his work on the prevention of sudden cardiac death in women and the author of Women and Cardiovascular Disease: Addressing Disparities in Care.. He is currently an assistant professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and a cardiac electrophysiologist with North Carolina Heart & Vascular based in Raleigh.
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Background
A native of Raleigh, NC, Campbell was raised in Raleigh, NC by Theresa and C. Ray Campbell. His father is an agronomist and adjunct professor at North Carolina State University. His brother, Todd Campbell, is also an agronomist. Campbell is married and the father of a daughter.
Campbell graduated summa cum laude in 1992 as a valedictorian from North Carolina State University with a bachelor of science degree, having majored in biochemistry. He completed medical school at Wake Forest University’s Bowman Gray School of Medicine in 1996 and his internship and residency in internal medicine at University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1999. At Duke University Medical Center, he was a fellow in cardiology (1999-2001) and an advanced fellow in electrophysiology (2001-2003). He was initially board certified in internal medicine in 1999 and in cardiovascular disease in 2003. He is a fellow in the American College of Cardiology.
Career
Campbell specializes in heart rhythm disorders and in the prevention of sudden cardiac death, particularly in women, and is known for the symposia he developed to raise awareness. In addition, he is widely recognized for advancing the use of social media and mobile technology in medicine, and he often addresses major medical conferences on this topic.
In 2003, Campbell joined North Carolina Heart & Vascular (formerly Wake Heart and Vascular Associates), part of the UNC Heart & Vascular Network. He is director of cardiac electrophysiology for Johnston Health, the health care system for Johnston County, NC, part of UNC Health Care. In addition to teaching at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, he serves on the faculty of the Western Atrial Fibrillation Symposium, and he has been a presenting faculty speaker for continuing medical education. He is active in the American College of Cardiology and in the Heart Rhythm Society and lectures each year at their annual scientific sessions.
Women and cardiovascular health
Campbell has developed national symposia for healthcare providers, including obstetrician-gynecologist physicians. He wrote, “Men are much more likely to receive more advanced, more aggressive, and more cutting-edge therapy than women in identical circumstances.”
In 2015, Imperial College Press published his book, Women and Cardiovascular Disease: Addressing Disparities in Care, which was inspired by his daughter, who has battled insulin-dependent diabetes since age 4. Diabetics are at risk for heart disease. “… More women than men die of heart disease each year. I have made it my mission to help close the gap — through education, increasing awareness efforts, and advocating for women,” Dr. Campbell said in an interview about his book. His Twitter feed was named among the “Top 100 Twitter accounts for healthcare professionals to follow.”
Social media in medicine
Campbell is outspoken in promoting the use of social media in medicine, and he is considered an expert on the use of social media to market physicians and medical practices. He annually addresses master’s students as a guest lecturer at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health on this subject.
The downside to social media, Campbell has written, is its relatively unregulated use by the medical/pharmaceutical industry. Campbell believes more FDA regulation of medical-related activity in cyberspace is coming.
Medical journalism
Campbell frequently appears on air for the Fox News and Fox Business channels. He also is the on-air medical expert for WNCN-17 in Raleigh, the NBC local affiliate, where he writes and produces weekly segments.
On April 17, 2015, Campbell appeared on Fox Business’s The Willis Report for a segment featuring tax return fraud victims. Campbell said someone had used his identity to file 2014 federal and state income taxes. The state had spotted the attempted fraud, he said.
Several times a month, Campbell’s articles appear online on the conservative Newsmax Health website, where subjects include surgeons’ ratings, summer health hazards, the Veterans Administration scandals, mobile devices in disease management, and Obamacare fallout. On both Newsmax and Fox News, Campbell has voiced opposition to the Affordable Care Act.
Campbell also writes for EP Lab Digest, and he is a regular guest on SiriusXM Radio’s Doctor Radio program and the conservative talk-radio KC O’Dea Show.
Sponsorships
Campbell serves as a clinical advisor for AliveCor, and is chief medical officer for CardioReady. St. Jude Medical has sponsored some of his lectures on women and cardiovascular disease, and Campbell is a co-investigator for three SJM-sponsored clinical trials. He also is a sponsored speaker for Biotronik and Boehringer Ingelheim.