Recent News

Surgery can be hard on older adults, resulting in serious complications and death far more often than in younger patients.

The Duke Department of Surgery has 23 abstracts accepted for presentation at the 13th Annual Academic Surgical Congress (ASC) January 3

The Duke Intellectual Community Planning Grant initiative has announced the eight recipients of its 2018 awards, including a group led by Duke Urology’s Thomas Polascik, MD, Professor of Surgery.

Congratulations to Dr. Megan Turner, General Surgery Resident, on having her abstract accepted for a presentation at the 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS).

The Duke Surgical Education Research Group (SERG) will be well represented at Surgical Education Week, a combined meeting of the Association of Program Directors in Surgery and the Association of Surgical Educators.

Five faculty members from the Duke Department of Surgery have been selected to participate in the 2018 Duke Leadership Development for Researchers (LEADER) program sponsored by the Duke University

Compared to younger adults, older people have higher rates of complications from surgery.

Researchers at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute have led an effort to develop a more accurate way to gauge the incidence of HIV infections in large populations, which will improve research and prevention strategies worldwide.

The feature story of the Fall 2017 Duke Surgery Newsletter highlighted several of the Department’s global initiatives, including the Safety and Quality Training fellowship program led by Henry Rice, MD, Chief of Pediatric General Surgery.

In recognition for his extraordinary efforts to accommodate a patient’s needs, Jeffrey Gaca, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, has received the Strength, Hope, and Caring Physician Award from Duke University Hospital.