Division News

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

Adrian Hernandez, MD, MHS, has been named Vice Dean and the new Executive Director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), effective May 15.

Nour Nazo, lab manager of the Rajagopal Lab in the Duke Cardiovascular Research Center (CVRC), has been named the 2020 recipient of the CVRC Research Staff Appreciation Award.

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.

Congratulations to the Department of Medicine faculty who are being recognized by the School of Medicine for their leadership, service, mentoring, and professionalism.

Three internal medicine residents and five fellows have been elected to the Duke University School of Medicine chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society for Spring 2020.

Jessica Regan, MD, has been selected as the Duke Cardiovascular Research Center's 2020 Mandel Fellow.

Eight faculty from the Department of Medicine have been selected for the 2020 Duke Clinical Leadership Program.

Robert Califf, MD, Vice Chancellor for Data Sciences for Duke Health, Director of Duke Forge and Donald F. Fortin, M.D. Professor of Cardiology, will transition to a full-time role with the Alphabet Company, serving as Head of Medical Strategy and Policy and working across the Google Health and Verily enterprises, beginning Nov. 18, 2019.

George Yankey, MD, cardiovascular disease fellow, is among the recipients of the 2019 Duke REACH Equity Research, Education, and Training Subcore Research Scholar (trainees) and Research Voucher (faculty) award programs.