News & Recognition

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August 2, 2016

U.S. News & World Report Ranks Duke University Hospital Among Nation’s Best

Duke University Hospital has been named the No. 16 medical center in the country by U.S. News & World Report, which released its annual hospital rankings today. In addition to being included on the national Honor Roll, Duke University Hospital remains No. 1 in North Carolina and No. 1 in the...Read more

Rizwan Ahmed, MD, Plastics Surgery Resident, and Uttara Nag, MD, General Surgery Resident

August 1, 2016

Rizwan Ahmed, MD, and Uttara Nag, MD, Selected as Feagin Leadership Scholars

Please join Duke Surgery in congratulating Rizwan Ahmed, MD, Plastic Surgery Resident, and Uttara Nag, MD, General Surgery Resident, on being selected as 2016-2017 Feagin Leadership Scholars. The Feagin Leadership Program was created to honor John A. Feagin, Jr., MD, Duke University Emeritus...Read more

Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, MD, General Surgery Research Fellow

July 27, 2016

Dr. Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang Receives American Society of Clinical Oncology Merit Award

Congratulations to Dr. Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, General Surgery Research Fellow, on his 2016 American Society of Clinical Oncology Merit Award! Dr. Yang received the award for the study "Impact of Timing of Lobectomy on Survival for Clinical Stage IA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer."Read more

Alice Wang, MD, General Surgery Research Fellow

July 26, 2016

Alice Wang, MD, Receives Heart Center Leadership Council Trainee Award

Congratulations to Alice Wang, MD, Research Fellow in General Surgery, on receiving the Heart Center Leadership Council Trainee Award!Read more

Charles Gerardo, MD, Chief, Division of Emergency Medicine

July 15, 2016

Charles Gerardo, MD, Appointed Chief of the Division of Emergency Medicine

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Charles Gerardo as the Chief of the Division of Emergency Medicine . Dr. Gerardo graduated with honors from Stanford University with a B.S. in Biological Sciences and received his medical degree from the University of California, Davis School of...Read more

Georgios Kokosis, MD, and Brian Gilmore, MD

July 10, 2016

George Kokosis, MD, and Brian Gilmore, MD, Receive Practice Course Professionalism Award

Congratulations to George Kokosis, MD, and Brian Gilmore, MD, who each received the Practice Course Professionalism Award as voted by second-year medical students! Dr. Kokosis recently graduated from the Duke General Surgery Residency and is now in the Johns Hopkins Plastic Surgery Residency...Read more

Duke Surgical Center for Outcomes Research Speed Science Event

July 2, 2016

Duke SCORES Speed Science Event a Success

Duke SCORES held a Speed Science event on June 29 to foster collaborations surrounding surgical outcomes research. Over 40 faculty members, research scientists, and trainees from across Duke Health attended the "speed-dating" type event. The event will facilitate new collaborations between the...Read more

June 28, 2016

Research by William Parker, PhD, Featured in Duke Magazine

“The immune system is like a bored teenager. If you don’t give it something to do, it will find something stupid to do.” - Dr. William Parker, Associate Professor of Surgery William Parker, PhD, Division of Surgical Sciences, discusses the hygiene hypothesis in an article in Duke Magazine titled "A...Read more

Dr. Devi as a PhD Examiner at St. Augustine Hospital and University of Antwerp

June 23, 2016

Gay Devi, PhD, Invited as Visiting Faculty at St. Augustine Hospital and University of Antwerp

Gayathri Devi, PhD, Division of Surgical Sciences, was recently invited as a visiting faculty member to St. Augustine Hospital and the University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. Dr. Devi will also serve as an Examiner on June 23 for the PhD thesis titled "Understanding inflammatory breast cancer,...Read more

June 23, 2016

Leila Mureebe, MD, Appointed Chair of Vascular Surgery Scientific Advisory Board

Congratulations to Dr. Leila Mureebe on her appointment as Chair of the Vascular Surgery Scientific Advisory Board by the Veterans Health Administration National Surgery Office.Read more

June 21, 2016

President Obama Appoints Francis Ali-Osman, DSc, to National Cancer Advisory Board

Congratulations to Francis Ali-Osman, DSc, Professor of Surgery, on his Presidential appointment to the National Cancer Advisory Board.Read more

2016 General Surgery Chief Residents, Dr. John Migaly, and Dr. Allan Kirk

June 17, 2016

General Surgery Chief Residents Graduate

Congratulations to the General Surgery Chief Residents on your recent graduation. Wishing you the best in your future careers! Photo: Dr. Allan Kirk, Chair of Surgery and Dr. John Migaly, Director of the General Surgery Residency with General Surgery Chief Residents Drs. Michael Lidsky, Anthony...Read more

June 16, 2016

Duke SCORES Announces Scholars Program

Duke SCORES is pleased to announce the official release of the Request for Applications for the SCORES Scholars Program. The Duke SCORES Scholars Program provides funding of up to $15,000 per project for 12 months to catalyze investigations of key questions in surgical outcomes research. The goals...Read more

June 14, 2016

Dr. Allan Kirk and Dr. Linda Cendales Attend White House Summit on Organ Transplantation

Dr. Allan Kirk and Dr. Linda Cendales attended a White House Summit on June 13 for the launch of a new Presidential initiative on organ transplantation. Duke Surgery has been asked to participate in a new organ donor paired exchange initiative driven by the Department of Defense.Read more

June 9, 2016

Duke Health Team Performs First Hand Transplant in North Carolina

A Duke Health team has performed the first hand transplant in North Carolina, attaching the limb to a 54-year-old patient from Laredo, Texas, whose hand was severed in a childhood accident. The highly complex, 12-hour procedure was performed May 27, 2016, by a team of surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, operating room staff and technicians, and was led by Linda Cendales, M.D., associate professor of surgery at Duke University School of Medicine and director of Duke’s hand transplant program.Read more

Georgia Tomaras, PhD, Professor, Division of Surgical Sciences

June 3, 2016

Georgia Tomaras, PhD, Selected to Serve as Chair of AIDS Vaccine Research Subcommittee

Georgia Tomaras, PhD , was selected to serve as the Chair of the AIDS Vaccine Research Subcommittee (AVRS) (2016-2019) for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The AVRS assists the NIH in developing a comprehensive research program aimed at expediting the discovery and development of an HIV/...Read more

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