Shaina Eckhouse, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, has been appointed Vice Chair for Clinical Operations for the Department of Surgery, effective Nov. 1.
In this new role, she will serve as the department's senior leader for clinical operations, overseeing inpatient and outpatient operative platforms, quality, and outpatient clinics across all Duke Health sites.
Dr. Eckhouse has extensive leadership experience in clinical operations, quality improvement, and multidisciplinary program development. Her experience includes serving as Patient Safety Officer at Washington University in St. Louis, Surgical Liaison to the Perioperative Services Leadership Team at Barnes Jewish Hospital, and Medical Director of the bariatric surgery programs at Duke Raleigh and Duke Regional Hospitals. She will soon begin an MBA program for physicians through Brandeis University.
"I'm confident that Dr. Eckhouse has the skill and experience to lead our department's clinical operations through the challenges of this moment," says Peter J. Allen, MD, David C. Sabiston Jr. Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery.