Here we share feature stories of the department's efforts and achievements throughout the year, looking deep into the cutting-edge research, educational advancements, and patient care breakthroughs performed by Duke Surgery faculty, trainees, and staff.
Spring '21 Faculty Recognition
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A Century of Discovery: Celebrating Nearly 100 Years of Research in Duke Surgery
It’s Valentine’s Day, 1985, and Kent Weinhold, PhD, is in the lab of his mentor Dani Bolognesi, PhD, cycling a series of pharmaceutical compounds through a scintillation counter to measure their effect on retrovirus counts. The research team had just discovered the world’s first treatment for HIV. By July of 1985, just 5 months later after a rapid clinical trial, the first patients at Duke and at the clinical center of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) were receiving HIV treatment.
Spring '21 Surgery Research Grant Activity and Awarded Clinical Trials
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A Portrait of Change: Duke Surgery’s Pledge for a More Inclusive Future
In the Section of Surgical Disciplines administrative suite hangs a gallery of portraits, displayed under bold, silver lettering reading “Duke Surgery Master Surgeons.” These four words denote the highest honor bestowed upon faculty members, past or present, within the section.