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October 1, 2020

Surgery Research Grant Activity and Awarded Clinical Trials

Abdominal Transplant Surgery Andrew S. Barbas, MD "Therapeutic Strategies to Improve Function of High-Risk Liver Grafts" National Institutes of Health Allan D. Kirk, MD, PhD "SC2i Renewal" Henry Jackson Foundation/USU "Neonatal Porcine Islet Xenografts for the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes" National...Read more

October 1, 2020

Rapid COVID-19 Test Approved for Emergency Use by U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Photo above: A new rapid COVID-19 test uses a less invasive nasal swab and produces results within 15 minutes An early diagnosis of COVID-19 infection enables healthcare providers to treat patients as quickly as possible before symptoms become severe while at the same time isolating patients to...Read more

October 1, 2020

Publications in High Impact Factor Journals

Publications in Journals with an Impact Factor of 10.0 or Greater Hiding in plain sight. Fayanju OLM . JAMA . 2019 Dec 10;322(22):2173-2174. Antigen-loaded monocyte administration induces potent therapeutic antitumor T cell responses. Huang MN, Nicholson LT, Batich KA, Swartz AM, Kopin D, Wellford...Read more

Electron Microscopy image of SARS-CoV-2 virus

October 1, 2020

Duke Researchers Testing Novel Therapeutics for Early and Acute Stages of COVID-19

Photo above: Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (green) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (purple), isolated from a patient sample. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland Credit: NIAID...Read more

September 25, 2020

Duke Tests Novel COVID-19 Therapy, Is Lead Enroller in International Trial

The early stage of COVID-19 offers a critical window of opportunity to prevent the progression of the disease to the acute state, when patients require supportive care. By targeting the SARS-CoV-2 virus early on, a therapeutic can help to quickly eliminate the virus from the body while the patient’...Read more

September 21, 2020

Dr. Gayathri Devi Appointed to Editorial Board for Cancers Journal

Dr. Gayathri Devi, Associate Professor in Surgery , Division of Surgical Sciences, was recently appointed to the editorial board for the journal Cancers . Published by MDPI, Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694) is an international, peer-reviewed open access journal on oncology and includes articles in basic,...Read more

August 7, 2020

Dr. Lola Fayanju to Serve on Editorial Board of Annals of Surgical Oncology

Lola Fayanju, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, has been selected to serve on the Editorial Board for the Breast Oncology Section of the Annals of Surgical Oncology (ASO) . A leading journal in Oncology and Surgery, ASO is a monthly publication that features...Read more

July 31, 2020

Dr. Michael Lidsky Selected to Receive the Strong Start Physician-Scientist Award

Congratulations to Dr. Michael Lidsky , Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology , for being selected to receive the Duke Strong Start Physician-Scientist Award. The Strong Start Physician-Scientist Award was created in 2016 as an awards program by the Duke University School of...Read more

June 23, 2020

Nine Specialty Areas at Duke Children’s Hospital Rank in the Top 50 by U.S. News

U.S. News & World Report has ranked Duke Children’s Hospital among the top 50 children’s medical centers nationally and the only hospital in North Carolina with nine of 10 specialties ranked in the magazine’s analysis. “We are proud and honored to be ranked by U.S. News & World Report in...Read more

Aerial shot of Duke Hospital and Duke Medical Pavilion

June 23, 2020

Transplantation at Duke in the Time of COVID-19

Photo above: Aerial shot of Duke University Hospital and Duke Medical Pavilion 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...Read more

June 23, 2020

Flexibility in Vaccine Research: Using HIV Assays to Research Potential Mutations in SARS-CoV-2

In the wake of a pandemic, the one question that many people have is how to protect themselves from something they cannot physically see. The solution to it is simple to understand, yet complex in its creation—vaccines. Dr. Guido Ferrari , associate professor of surgery, Dr. David Montefiori ,...Read more

May 21, 2020

An Inside Look at the COVID-19 Pandemic: Educational Program Coordinators

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

James Meza, MD, General Surgery Resident

May 19, 2020

An Inside Look at the COVID-19 Pandemic: Dr. James Meza

This story is part of an ongoing series of reflections from Duke Surgery faculty, residents, and staff. The final year of residency holds many milestones. For general surgery administrative chief resident James Meza, MD, the COVID-19 pandemic significantly altered the last few months of his...Read more

May 15, 2020

Division of Emergency Medicine Is Awarded the Global Health Endeavors Department Award

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

May 13, 2020

Balancing Act

When Shelley Hwang, MD, MPH, is in the operating room performing surgery on a patient with breast cancer, she focuses all of her considerable experience, skill, and knowledge on the task at hand: giving this individual patient the best possible outcome. At the same time, she recognizes that every...Read more

Emergency Medicine team practicing social distancing

May 11, 2020

Coping with COVID-19: Emergency Medicine Introduces Resiliency Working Group

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

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