To recognize the research accomplishments of our learners and to foster further accomplishments, the Department of Surgery is sponsoring its 9th Annual Research Day on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in the Great Hall, Trent Semans Building.
Learners in the Duke Department of Surgery or Duke NUS are encouraged to submit an abstract highlighting innovation and research fostered among departmental trainees. Eligible learners include fellows (MD or PhD), residents, graduate students, medical students, and undergraduate students working in a lab and/or contributing to research within the Department of Surgery. Also included is any individual engaged in their first two years of postdoctoral training; however, those who have completed postdoctoral training and are eligible for a faculty position are NOT eligible to participate as first author on an abstract. Please see below for additional details regarding eligibility and rules.
Top clinical and basic/translational abstracts will be selected for oral presentations at a morning symposium and will be evaluated by a select faculty panel. The faculty panel will feature guest judge and Surgery Grand Rounds Speaker, Dr. Michael T. Longaker from Stanford University.
Dr. Longaker is currently the Deane P. and Louise Mitchell Professor in the School of Medicine and Professor, by courtesy, of Materials Science and Engineering.
The presenter of the best talk in each category will receive a conference travel award.