Duke Surgery Ranks First Nationwide in NIH Funding
The Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research has released its 2018 rankings of NIH funding for basic and clinical science departments, revealing that Duke Surgery ranks highest nationwide with more than $30 million in funding committed to research.
Should Patients with Stage 2 Melanoma Undergo PET-CT Staging?
Studies fail to show early benefit, but changing landscape may increase utility of cross-sectional imaging
Dr. George Kasotakis Receives Scholarship for Leadership Development Program
Congratulations to George Kasotakis, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Trauma and Critical Care Surgery, who received a 3-year schol
General Surgery Resident Receives Resident Educator Award from Medical Students
Dr. Brian Gilmore, General Surgery Resident, has received the 2018 Resident Educator Award from medical students in the surgery clerkship.
Duke Surgery Hosts Students from Athens Drive Magnet High School
Duke Surgery's Academic Success Through Surgical Education and Training (ASSET) program recently hosted a hands-on surgical skills activity for deaf and hard-of-hearing students from Athens Drive Magnet High School and for visually impaired members of the Durham community.
Cancer Cells Steer a Jagged Path
A jagged little protein appears to be a key to how cancer stem cells differentiate and enable metastasis, according to researchers at Duke Cancer Institute and Rice University.