The Department of Medicine is a national leader in research, education and clinical care.
Our Members
- Total regular rank faculty: 813
- MD faculty: 696
- PhD faculty: 77
- MD, PhD faculty: 40
- Staff: 735
- Residents (PGY 1-3 and combined): 179
- Fellows (PGY 4 and up): 165
The Duke Department of Medicine ranks No. 5 for NIH funding nationally among clinical departments. In fiscal year 2022, our faculty received more than $185 million in research funding and accounted for 35 percent of NIH funding to the School of Medicine.
Rankings
Many of the divisions in the Department of Medicine were among the specialties ranked in the U.S. News Best Hospitals 2023-24 guide:
- Cardiology & Heart Surgery – No. 28
- Geriatrics - No. 28
- Pulmonology - No. 28
- Cancer - No. 29
- Gastroenterology & GI Surgery - No. 34
- Rheumatology – High Performing
- Nephrology - High Performing
- Diabetes and Endocrine - High Performing
In U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 America’s Best Graduate Schools edition, Duke University School of Medicine received top marks for internal medicine (No. 5) and research (No. 6). The School of Medicine is No. 3 among all medical schools nationwide.