News & Recognition

September 21, 2018

Duke Surgery Fellow to Present at the Association of Women Surgeons Annual Conference

Congratulations to Anjuli Gupta, MD , Breast Surgery Fellow, who will be presenting on "Breast Surgery: Adjuvant Chemotherapy Guided by a 21-Gene Expression Assay in Breast Cancer" during the 2018 Association of Women Surgeons (AWS) Annual Conference. Dr. Gupta will be presenting during the...Read more

Graphic depicting the state of North Carolina

September 19, 2018

N.C. Residents Living Near Large Hog Farms Have Elevated Disease, Death Risks

While the cause is not definitive, the health risks serve as a call for research and action North Carolinians who live near large hog farms -- known as concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs -- have higher death rates from a variety of causes than comparable state residents who live...Read more

September 5, 2018

Duke Plastic Surgeon Receives Grant to Improve Care for Patients with Chronic Wounds

Smartphone technology could predict how well chronic wounds will heal More than 6.5 million Americans with diabetes are affected by foot ulcers, which are the leading cause of lower extremity amputation. Of those patients who develop a foot ulcer, 6% will be hospitalized and approximately 14–24%...Read more

August 30, 2018

Jason Chandrapal, MD, Selected as Feagin Scholar

The Feagin Leadership Program has selected Duke Urology Resident Jason Chandrapal, MD , as a 2018-2019 Scholar. This 10-month program focuses on leadership development through seminars, conferences, and workshops, as well as mentoring and training. The program aims to prepare scholars to serve as...Read more

Ranjan Sudan, MD, Professor and Vice Chair of Education

August 27, 2018

Ranjan Sudan, MD, to Serve as Consultant to the ACS Division of Education

Congratulations to Ranjan Sudan, MD , Professor and Vice Chair of Education, on being asked to serve as consultant to the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Division of Education. In this capacity, Dr. Sudan will advise the ACS on integrating all of the resident- and student-related educational...Read more

Babatunde Yerokun, MD, General Surgery Resident

August 16, 2018

Surgery Resident Receives Teaching Award from Gold Foundation

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation has awarded its Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award to General Surgery resident Babatunde Yerokun, MD , in recognition of his exceptional teaching skills and commitment to compassionate treatment of patients, families, students, and colleagues. Recipients of the...Read more

August 14, 2018

Duke University Hospital Again Named Among the Nation’s Best by U.S. News

Duke University Hospital has been named to the national Honor Roll as the No. 19 medical center in the country by U.S. News & World Report , which released its annual hospital rankings today. Duke University Hospital also remains the No. 1 hospital in North Carolina and No. 1 in the Raleigh-...Read more

Group photo of participants in the Duke Craniomaxillofacial Trauma Anatomy Course

August 6, 2018

Duke Plastic Surgery Hosts 5th Annual Craniomaxillofacial Trauma Course

The Duke Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery recently hosted the 5th Annual Craniomaxillofacial (CMF) Trauma Anatomy Course for residents involved in the management of CMF trauma. Directed by Dr. David Powers, Associate Professor of Surgery , the course provides training in anatomy...Read more

Whitney Lane, MD, General Surgery Resident

August 3, 2018

General Surgery Resident Receives Conquer Cancer Merit Award

Whitney Lane, MD, General Surgery Resident , has been selected to receive a 2018 Conquer Cancer Foundation of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Merit Award. The award will assist with expenses associated with attending and presenting her research at the ASCO Quality Care Symposium...Read more

July 31, 2018

General Surgery Resident to Present on Pediatric Blood Transfusions at AAP National Conference

Congratulations to General Surgery Resident Harold Leraas, MD , who will present his abstract, “Balanced RBC to plasma ratio is associated with decreased mortality risk in pediatric trauma patients receiving massive transfusion,” during the 2018 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National...Read more

July 30, 2018

Duke Researchers Find Safer, Reversible Method of Preventing Blood Clots During Bypass Surgery

In a research study published in Nature Biotechnology , Duke researchers report that they have found a safer way to prevent blood clotting, and reverse the effects, in patients undergoing surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). For decades, the standard anticoagulant used during CPB surgery has...Read more

Durham high school students gowned up in the Duke Fresh Tissue Laboratory

July 25, 2018

High School Students Participate in Hands-On Surgical Skills Lab

Duke Surgery's Academic Success through Surgical Education and Training (ASSET) program and the Duke Student National Medical Association (SNMA) chapter initiated a collaboration to provide high school students under the Health Professions Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP) , an opportunity...Read more

Dr. Jeffrey Marcus, Chief of Plastic Surgery, and Dr. Brett Phillips, Assistant Professor of Surgery

July 19, 2018

Duke Plastic Surgery Welcomes Dr. Brett T. Phillips as a New Faculty Member

The Duke Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery welcomes back former resident Brett T. Phillips, MD, MBA, as a new faculty member. Dr. Phillips was a resident in the Plastic and Reconstructive Residency Program from 2014–2017. He now joins the division as Assistant Professor of Surgery and Associate Program Director for the residency program.Read more

July 18, 2018

Ranjan Sudan, MD, Named President-Elect of the Clinical Robotic Surgery Association

Congratulations to Ranjan Sudan, MD , Professor and Vice Chair of Education, for being named the President-Elect for the Clinical Robotic Surgery Association (CRSA) . The CRSA was formed in 2009 as a not-for-profit educational association aimed at improving the scientific knowledge of robotic...Read more

July 17, 2018

Urology Chief Residents Graduate

Congratulations to the 2018 graduates of the Urology Residency Program . Diyva Ajay, MD , will be starting a fellowship in Urologic Reconstruction at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center/University of Texas-Houston. Captain Joe Fantony, MD , of the U.S. Army will be staying in the area, as he was assigned...Read more

Michael C. Brown, PhD, post-doctoral fellow, Nair lab

July 13, 2018

Postdoctoral Fellow Receives NCI Kirschstein Research Service Award

The National Institutes of Health has chosen Michael C. Brown, PhD, post-doctoral fellow, as the recipient of the Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award. This post-doctoral fellowship award will enhance Dr. Brown’s investigation of “Cancer Immunotherapy through...Read more

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