News & Recognition

Photo: Trey Sinyard (MS3) presenting the Duke General Surgery Interest Group’s initiatives and progress as part of a podium presentation at the 2016 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress in Chicago The life of a medical student is that of long days studying medicine, sleepless nights spent...Read more

Shelley Hwang, M.D., chief of breast surgery at the Duke Cancer Institute, has been named one of TIME’s 100 most influential people for 2016 as a pioneer in her field. One of the world’s foremost experts in early-stage breast cancers, Hwang has become an international leader calling for research to...Read more

Durham Nativity School students recently visited the Surgical Education and Activities Lab (SEAL) for a unique, hands-on workshop as part of an educational outreach program from the Department of Surgery. Led by Dr. Linda Cendales, the Academic Success Through Surgical Education and Training (ASSET...Read more

Congratulations to medical student Rohit Tejwani and the Surgical Intensive Care Unit Quality Improvement (SICU QI) team for winning the Rebecca Kirkland Award for best overall project at the Duke Patient Safety and Quality Conference. Their poster “The Patient Voice Approach: Informing SICU Care...Read more

Photo: Dr. John I. Gallin, left, director of the NIH Clinical Center, presents a plaque to Dr. Allan D. Kirk, the 2016 Distinguished Clinical Research Scholar and Educator in Residence. Dr. Allan D. Kirk, David C. Sabiston Jr. Professor and Chairman of Surgery, was named the 2016 NIH Distinguished...Read more

Photo credit: Shawn Rocco A new study from Duke Health suggests that patients who need to have their thyroid gland removed should seek surgeons who perform 25 or more thyroidectomies a year for the least risk of complications. Thyroidectomy is one of the most common operations performed in the U.S...Read more

The Lunch Pail Defense Foundation recently donated a $15,000 gift to the Duke Organ Transplant Family Support Program. The organization’s founder, Coach Bud Foster, associate head football coach for Virginia Tech, and director, Jim Tynan, presented the check on Monday. Jim underwent a successful...Read more