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Photo from Southeast Exchange Conference for Duke and UNC Chapters of the Association of Women Surgeons

October 4, 2018

Duke, UNC Chapters of the Association of Women Surgeons Hold Inaugural Southeast Exchange Conference

The Duke and UNC Chapters of the Association of Women Surgeons held the inaugural Southeast Exchange Conference on September 22, 2018, at the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. The keynote address was delivered by Dr. Melinda Kibbe, Chair of UNC Department of Surgery. Eighty attendees at various...Read more

Illustration of kidney stones being measured

October 3, 2018

Duke Urology Fellow Receives AUA Research Scholar Award

Congratulations to Brenton Winship, MD, Endourology Fellow, who received a Research Scholar Award from the American Urologic Association (AUA) and funded by the Urology Care Foundation. The awards provide $40,000 per year for one- and two-year mentored training, fostering clinical and postdoctoral...Read more

October 2, 2018

T32 Training Grant Awarded to Duke Urologic Oncology Fellow

Congratulations to Wei Phin Tan, MD , Urologic Oncology Fellow, for receiving a T32 training grant from the National Institutes of Health. Under the mentorship of Associate Professor of Surgery Brant Inman, MD, MS , Dr. Tan is currently conducting research in two major areas. The first project...Read more

Gayathri R. Devi, PhD, Associate Professor in Surgery, Division of Surgical Sciences

September 28, 2018

Dr. Gayathri Devi Presents at International Inflammatory Breast Cancer Meeting

Gayathri R. Devi, PhD , Associate Professor in Surgery, Division of Surgical Sciences, was a keynote speaker at the International Inflammatory Breast Cancer Meeting in Madrid, Spain. Dr. Devi is the Program Director for the Duke Consortium for Inflammatory Breast Cancer . The title of her talk was...Read more

Graphic depicting water bottle, mobile phone, and kidney with kidney stones

September 28, 2018

NIH Grant Will Allow Duke Researchers to Study Smart Technology for the Prevention of Kidney Stones

The prevalence of kidney stones has steadily increased in the United States. According to the National Kidney Foundation, more than half a million people go to the emergency room each year for kidney stone problems, a number that has increased threefold in the last 30 years. The most common type of...Read more

Image of stethoscope with breast cancer ribbon

September 25, 2018

Breast Cancer Patients Prefer Knowing Costs Prior to Starting Treatment

Even well-insured women experienced financial toxicity associated with cancer care Even when they had good health insurance coverage, women with breast cancer reported having financial worries related to their care, and the vast majority said they preferred to know about treatment costs at the time...Read more

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

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