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Every minute, 250 infants are born worldwide, and two of those are born with a congenital heart defect.

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Congratulations to Drs. Brian Shaw, General Surgery Resident, E. Hope Weissler, Vascular Surgery Integrated Resident, and Muath Bishawi, Integrated Thoracic Surgery Resident, for receiving the Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) R38 awards from the National Institutes of Health.

Congratulations to the Duke Cleft and Craniofacial Team!

Congratulations to John Migaly, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, on being elected into the Southern Surgical Association.

Zachary Hartman, PhD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Sciences, has received an R01 award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for his proposal "Enabling effective anti-tumor immunity from targeted antibodies through dual innate and adaptive immune checkpoint blockade in non-immunogenic cancers."

Congratulations to Dr. Justin Barr, General Surgery Resident, on having his book, Of Life and Limb: Surgical Repair of the Arteries in War and Peace, 1880-1960, published.

In 2019, the Duke heart, lung, liver, and kidney transplant programs experienced unprecedented volume growth: more than 20% for most programs.

Georgia Beasley, MD, MHS, Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Surgical Oncology, has received a 2019 award from the Duke Cancer Institute

The Duke Transplant Center (DTC) of the Duke University School of Medicine aims to promote cross-disciplinary clinical, translational, and basic research with the ultimate goal of optimizing transp