Feature Stories

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.

A man in a white physician coat stands in a hospital hallway
A Surgeon Shaped by Service
By Mary-Russell Roberson
Michael E. Kelly
1100 Tunnel Road, Box 3704 DUMC, Asheville, NC 28805
Michael E. Kelly

Michael
E.
Kelly

Positions

  • Medical Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery
1100 Tunnel Road, Box 3704 DUMC, Asheville, NC 28805
Martha Ann Keels
2711 North Duke Street, Durham, NC 27704
Mailing address
Duke Box 3810, Durham, NC 27708
Martha Ann Keels

Martha Ann
Keels

Positions

  • Medical Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery
  • Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics
2711 North Duke Street, Durham, NC 27704
Mailing address
Duke Box 3810, Durham, NC 27708
keels001@duke.edu
Garnett H. Kelsoe
Room 2243 Duke@RTP, 27 Alexandria Way, Durham, NC 27703
Mailing address
Room 2243 Duke@RTP, 27 Alexandria Way, Durham, NC 27703
Garnett H. Kelsoe

Garnett
H.
Kelsoe

Positions

  • James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Immunology
  • Professor of Integrative Immunobiology
  • Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery
  • Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
  • Member of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute
Room 2243 Duke@RTP, 27 Alexandria Way, Durham, NC 27703
Mailing address
Room 2243 Duke@RTP, 27 Alexandria Way, Durham, NC 27703
ghkelsoe@duke.edu
Samuel Kesseli
Samuel Kesseli

Samuel
Kesseli

Positions

  • House Staff
General Surgery Residency Program

Start Year: 2017

College/University: Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Medical School: Dartmouth

Clinical and Research Interests

  • Clinical and translational applications of ex-vivo organ perfusion technology
  • Liver, kidney, small bowel, and multivisceral transplantation

What were you looking for in a residency program?

  • Happy, cohesive, and motivated residents and faculty
  • High clinical volume, early operative experience
  • Highly structured and supportive approach to resident research
  • Excellent exposure in transplantation surgery, translational transplant research
  • Flexible moonlighting opportunities
  • Family friendly program
  • Affordable real estate

What are the strengths of the Duke program?

Clinical training is superb and academic productivity among residents is unparalleled.

What advice do you have for incoming interns?

Ask for help, support each other in and out of the hospital, and have fun!

What do you like best about living in Durham and the Triangle?

  • Fantastic breweries

What do you like to do outside of Duke?

  • Dining and brewery-hopping with my co-residents
  • Running, kickboxing, hiking
  • BBQing
samuel.kesseli@duke.edu