Public health experts at Duke are taking steps to establish a new population health department in the School of Medicine with the recent launch of the Center for Population Health Sciences. The center will be directed by Dr. Lesley Curtis, professor of medicine and director of the Center for Pragmatic Health Services Research in the Duke Clinical Research Institute.
Dr. William Anlyan, renowned innovator and leader of Duke Medical Center, died Sunday at the age of 90.
Seaman v. Duke University et al. is a class action lawsuit filed by Danielle Seaman, assistant professor of radiology at Duke University Medical Center, on behalf of all similarly situated Duke and UNC medical faculty since 2012.
The Duke School of Medicine’s specialized curriculum is drawing attention from other medical schools across the country.
President Richard Brodhead and Dr. Damon Tweedy, psychiatrist and assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the School of Medicine, exchanged thoughts on the intersection of race and patient care at a public discussion Thursday afternoon at Rubenstein Library.
After three years of development, Duke Medicine released a student-created app earlier this year that instructs users in performing compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
The School of Medicine’s Physician Assistant Program will celebrate its 50-year heritage and accomplishments Saturday.
Graduate of Duke School of Medicine and now Assistant Professor Damon Tweedy recently published his book, Black Man in a White Coat. In light of the national racial questions and campus events , the book is an interesting reflection on Tweedy's experiences through medical as a black student as well as a larger commentary on the discriminatory "facts" that medical institutions uphold.
The Duke Medical School last week announced the launch of a new Center for Statistical Genetics and Genomics, hoping to bring together statisticians, bioinformaticists and other quantitative scientists to work on genetic issues. The center, directed by Andrew Allen, a professor of biostatistics and bioinformatics, will focus mainly on how genetics and genomics can affect disease.
After a lawsuit was filed this summer, faculty movement between Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has become an increasingly scrutinized topic—and former Duke administrators claim that the the two institutions have avoided hiring each other’s faculty for many years.
Surgeons at Duke University Medical Center performed a successful separation of conjoined twins last month, and both twins are now recovering well.
Duke professor Blake Wilson is the winner of the 2015 Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize for his work with cochlear implants, the National Academy of Engineering announced Wednesday.
Duke Medicine developed a revolutionary model for cancer care that reduces readmission rates among patients.
With the Affordable Healthcare Act changing the financial side of medicine, Duke has launched a new program to educate physicians about the business of healthcare.
"Previously, when patients lost vision, there was nothing we could really do about it. And for the first time, we can actually provide artificial vision."
Duke Medicine may have broken a Guinness World Record by hosting the largest gathering of heart transplant recipients ever Sunday.
A thumb drive containing unencrypted patient information was stolen this summer, Duke Medicine announced in a statement Thursday.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald spoke at the Duke Medical School Friday morning as part of a new recruitment initiative to attract more qualified medical professionals to the VA.
Duke Medicine has received a $15 million award to pursue treatment of brain disorders.
Dr. David Zaas, former chief medical officer for the Duke Faculty Practice and vice chair for clinical practice at the Department of Medicine, was recently named president of Duke Raleigh Hospital.
