New Heart Transplant Method May Grow Donor Pool 30%
A study led by Duke Health physicians, including Jacob Schroder, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, found a relatively new method of heart transplantation, allowing the use of hearts donated after circulatory death (DCD), could expand the pool of available donor hearts by a projected 30%.
Duke Surgical Resident is Building a Medical Device Company
Muath Bishawi, MD, Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident, discusses his entrepreneurial journey developing a medical device that addresses and prevents the clogging of catheters.
John C. Haney, MD, Appointed Chair for Cardiothoracic Surgery at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
John C. Haney, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Surgery, has accepted a position at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida as the next Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr. Haney’s final day in the Duke Department of Surgery will be September 30, 2023.
An Inside Look at the COVID-19 Pandemic: Educational Program Coordinators
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.
