Duke Surgery Ranks First Nationwide in NIH Funding
The Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research has released its 2018 rankings of NIH funding for basic and clinical science departments, revealing that Duke Surgery ranks highest nationwide with more than $30 million in funding committed to research.
Establishing a Safety Culture Is Key to Saving Lives
Photo: (From left) Henry Rice, Astrid Tello, Sohail Dogar, and Bria Johnston. Tello, from Guatemala, and Dogar, from Pakistan, were patient safety fellows at Duke this spring.
It’s a given that medical providers think about patient safety, but as Duke pediatric surgeon Henry Rice, MD, has discovered through his international research, many healthcare facilities fail to establish a safety culture—leading to preventable medical errors, complications, and poor patient outcomes.
Chief of Pediatric Surgery Receives Humanism in Medicine Award
We are pleased to announce that Henry E. Rice, MD, Professor and Chief of Pediatric General Surgery, has received the 2018 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award.
Duke Fellowship Program Enacts Positive Changes in Guatemala Hospital
The feature story of the Fall 2017 Duke Surgery Newsletter highlighted several of the Department’s global initiatives, including the Safety and Quality Training fellowship program led by Henry Rice, MD, Chief of Pediatric General Surgery.
Research Reveals that Pediatric Surgery Should Be a Global Reality, Not a Luxury
Congratulations to Dr. Henry Rice, Chief, Division of Pediatric General Surgery, for his recent publication in PLOS ONE. Dr. Rice’s research titled “Economic Analysis of Children’s Surgical Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Analysis,” scans a 19-year period from 1996 to 2015 and sheds light on the economic value of pediatric surgery in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The article was co-written by Anthony T. Saxton, senior clinical trials assistant in the Department of Surgery, and Emily R.