Endowed Professorships
Duke Health endowed professorships are the highest honor bestowed upon faculty in recognition of their steadfast commitment to improving human health and training the next generation of physician-scientists. Distinguished faculty in the Department of Surgery are leaders in their field and have made significant advances in medical science while providing invaluable mentorship to future surgeons and scientists.
Distinguished Faculty

Allan D. Kirk, MD, PhD
Chairman of Surgery
David C. Sabiston, Jr. Professor of Surgery
Previous David C. Sabiston, Jr. Professors of Surgery
- Danny Odell Jacobs, MD
Chairman of Surgery (2003-2012) - Robert William Anderson, MD
Chairman of Surgery (1994-2003)

Peter Kent Smith, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Mary and Deryl Hart Professor of Surgery

Shelley Hwang, MD, MPH
Vice Chair of Research
Chief, Section of Breast Surgery
Mary and Deryl Hart Professor of Surgery
Previous Mary and Deryl Hart Professors of Surgery
- Stuart Knechtle, MD
Executive Director, Duke Transplant Center - Robert H. Jones, MD
Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Stuart Knechtle, MD
Executive Director, Duke Transplant Center
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor

Kent James Weinhold, PhD
Chief, Division of Surgical Sciences
Joseph W. and Dorothy W. Beard Professor of Experimental Surgery

Bruce Alan Sullenger, PhD
Division of Surgical Sciences
Joseph W. and Dorothy W. Beard Professor of Experimental Surgery
Previous Joseph W. and Dorothy W. Beard Professors of Experimental Surgery
- Eli Gilboa, PhD
Division of Surgical Sciences (1993-2006) - Jeffrey L. Platt, PhD
Division of Surgical Sciences (1994-1998)

Jonathan Charles Routh, MD
Division of Urology
Paul H. Sherman, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery
Previous Paul H. Sherman, M.D., Associate Professors of Surgery
- Jeffrey Robert Marcus, MD
Chief, Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery - Henry Elliot Rice, MD
Chief, Division of Pediatric General Surgery

Herbert Kim Lyerly, MD
Division of Surgical Sciences
George Barth Geller Professor

Judd Wendell Moul, MD
Division of Urology
James H. Semans, M.D. Professor of Urologic Surgery

Thomas Anthony D'Amico, MD
Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Gary Hock Professor of Surgery

Glenn Michael Preminger, MD
Chief, Division of Urology
James F. Glenn, M.D. Professor of Urology

Theodore N. Pappas, MD
Chief, Advanced Oncologic and Gastrointestinal Surgery
The Duke Surgical Innovation Professorship

Brant Allen Inman, MD
Division of Urology
Cary N. Robertson, MD, Assistant Professor
Previous Recipients of Endowed Professorships

David Coston Sabiston, MD
Chairman of Surgery (1964-1994)
James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Medicine
James B. Duke Professor of Medicine

Dani Paul Bolognesi, PhD
Division of Surgical Sciences
James B. Duke Professor of Medicine

William Warner Shingleton, MD
Department of Surgery (1987-2005)
E. L. and Lucille F. Jones Cancer Research Professor