Division News


Passing of Joseph Greenfield, professor and chair emeritus

Joseph Greenfield, MD, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Medicine and chair of the Department of Medicine from 1983 to 1995, died on Wed., Oct. 14, 2020. He was 89. Dr. Greenfield was passionately committed to the professional development of faculty and trainees and will be remembered as great mentor.

New Faculty: July 2020

A warm welcome to new Department of Medicine faculty members who started in July 2020!

Lessons from Master Mentors

The Department of Medicine is proud to announce the recipients of the 2020 DOM Research Mentoring Awards, which recognize outstanding mentors among our faculty. 

Chair’s Research Award is a ‘lifeline’ for junior investigators

Recipients of the award for 2020 are Marat Fudim, MD, MHS, a fellow in Advanced Training in Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, and Julia Messina, MD, MHS, assistant professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases). Each will receive $95,000 in protected research time for one year to continue developing data and findings for their applications for NIH K funding.

Cooney, Patel and Fowler honored with Distinguished Professorships

Kathleen Cooney, MD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine, Manesh Patel, MD, chief of the Division of Cardiology, and Vance Fowler, MD, MHS, are among 12 faculty who have been recognized with Distinguished Professorships from the School of Medicine in 2020.