July '22 Faculty Recognition
Tamara Fitzgerald, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Pediatric General Surgery
School of Medicine Establishes Onyekwere E. Akwari Endowed Professorship; Lisa McElroy Named Inaugural Recipient
Story originally published by Duke School of Medicine.
Mary E. Klotman, MD, dean of the Duke University School of Medicine, announced today the creation of the Onyekwere E. Akwari, MD, Endowed Professorship, and named Lisa McElroy, MD, MS, assistant professor of surgery and population health sciences, the inaugural recipient of this new professorship.
Duke Surgery Ranks #1 in NIH Funding
The Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research has released the rankings of funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for U.S. medical schools in 2021, and Duke University has been ranked #1 for NIH funding among Surgery departments.
Black Voices in Healthcare: Bradley Collins, MD, Senior Faculty Member
This piece is part of a series featuring Black voices from the surgical and emergency medicine communities at Duke. Dr. Collins attended Duke University for medical school and completed his residency and research fellowship at Duke.
Nine Specialty Areas at Duke Children’s Hospital Rank in the Top 50 by U.S. News
U.S. News & World Report has ranked Duke Children’s Hospital among the top 50 children’s medical centers nationally and the only hospital in North Carolina with nine of 10 specialties ranked in the magazine’s analysis.