News & Recognition

Transplantation remains the last hope for many patients with end-stage organ failure. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a nationwide decrease in transplants and organ donation. A recent study in The Lancet reported that deceased donor organ transplants in the United States have...Read more

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...Read more

The Emergency Medicine Global Health section from the Division of Emergency Medicine has been awarded the Global Health Endeavors Department Award by the Global Emergency Medicine Academy (GEMA). GEMA is an academy of the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine. The Global Health Endeavors...Read more

Photo: The Emergency Medicine team practices social distancing during the Thank You Duke Health parade. Dr. Catherine Staton Associate Professor of Surgery As a front-line responder, Dr. Catherine Staton has experienced first-hand the stress associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. When the pandemic...Read more

This story is part of an ongoing series of reflections from Duke Surgery faculty and staff. Before getting into her car to go home, Dr. Amy Alger begins a 3-step decontamination process. She changes out of her scrubs and personal protective equipment (PPE), scrubs her hands, and puts on new clothes...Read more

To care for patients, healthcare providers must stay healthy themselves. During the initial weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, Duke’s surgical residency programs faced a serious challenge: how to keep their residents safe, healthy, and available, while still meeting the needs of patients in a rapidly...Read more

How can a surgical program define and measure growth? The number of incoming patients? Surgical outcomes? Or is it the perioperative experience of the patient? For the section of hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) surgery in the Division of Surgical Oncology, program growth is considered secondary to...Read more