Traditional Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency News

The U.S. News and World Report has ranked the Duke University School of Medicine 2nd in surgery among the best medical schools in the country. This 2nd place ranking is up considerably from the department’s 5th place ranking last year.

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.

Duke Surgery researchers are bridging the gap between basic research and clinical application, moving gene therapy from the bench to the bedside

Emergency Medicine Residency

Congratulations to Muath Bishawi, MD, MPH, Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident, on receiving first place for his oral presentation at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society (NCTERMS). Dr. Bishawi’s presentation titled, “Tissue-Engineered Blood Vessels Is a Model of Endothelial Radiation Injury,” was based on his current PhD work using tissue-engineered blood vessels to model radiation-related injury to cardiovascular function.

Dr. Brittany Zwischenberger, Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident at Duke University, has been invited to speak at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) 54th Annual Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on January 28. She will be participating in the Multidisciplinary Innovations in Cardiothoracic Patient Care session. The mission of this meeting is to enhance the provision of high-quality care for patients with cardiothoracic diseases through research and education.

In this interview, Cardiothoracic Surgery resident Dr. Anthony Castleberry discusses the advantages of living in Durham during residency.

Hear from Dr. Castleberry on what makes Durham such a great place to live.