Breast Fellowship News

The Akwari Society is pleased to announce the inaugural membership class, comprised of faculty, trainees, and researchers across the Departments of Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, and Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences.

The Duke University Department of Surgery is pleased to announce that Gayle DiLalla, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, has been appointed the department’s first Vice Chair of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI).

Duke Surgery is pleased to announce the appointment of Maggie DiNome, MD, to the position of Chief, Section of Breast Surgery, within the Division of Surgical Oncology.

Laura Rosenberger, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Surgical Oncology, Section of Breast Surgery, in collaboration with the College of American Pathologists (CAP) has developed a new CAP Cancer Reporting Template for the examination of resection specimens from patients with phyllodes tumors of the breast.

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.

In the wake of the current pandemic, administrative team members had to quickly shift gears to a virtual work environment to ensure the safety of patients and frontline workers. The shift has greatly impacted the Program Coordinators and administrative staff of the Section’s education programs, who now are organizing some of the programs’ most important events of the year from afar.

When Shelley Hwang, MD, MPH, is in the operating room performing surgery on a patient with breast cancer, she focuses all of her considerable experience, skill, and knowledge on the task at hand: giving this individual patient the best possible outcome. At the same time, she recognizes that every operation is an opportunity to learn just a little bit more about the disease she battles every day. Every patient and every procedure add to the store of knowledge that guides research and ultimately informs the advances that improve care.

The Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) on the Breast Surgical Oncology Team have received a Presidential Award from Duke University President Vincent E. Price, one of the highest honors awarded to faculty and staff at Duke. The Breast Surgery APPs were recognized for providing compassionate care to patients undergoing treatment for breast cancer while working to improve the quality of care.