
Protection Against Future Variants: Developing the Pan-Coronavirus Vaccine
When the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, faculty members in Duke Surgery’s Division of Surgical Sciences quickly joined the efforts to develop a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2. As time went on, SARS-CoV-2 kept evolving and developed new strains, including, most notably, Beta, Delta, and Omicron.

A Box of Chocolates: Insights from a Trauma, Acute, and Critical Care Surgeon
At Duke, the physicians and staff within Division of Trauma, Acute, and Critical Care Surgery are familiar with the unfamiliar. Patients present with a host of complex issues that need to be solved, often within crucially short time constraints.

Cutting Through the Fog: One Patient’s 6-Year Journey to Finding Treatment for Primary Hyperparathyroidism
Photo above: Duke endocrine surgeon and Assistant Professor of Surgery Hadiza Kazaure, MD leads the care team to perform surgery to correct primary hyperthyroidism. Photo by Colin Huth | HuthPhoto

4 Activities Duke Surgery Residents Enjoy Around the Triangle
For many residency applicants, the city where they will train is just as important as the benefits of the program itself.
The location where they will begin their surgical careers will not only be their new home for the next several years, but will also be a place where they can relax and have an enriching life outside of their work. For Duke Surgery residents, the city of Durham, NC, fits the bill.