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!
Divisions select faculty recipients for 2020 Excellence in Education Awards
The recipients of the Department of Medicine faculty Excellence in Education Awards have been announced.
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.
Hernandez named Vice Dean and the new Executive Director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute
Adrian Hernandez, MD, MHS, has been named Vice Dean and the new Executive Director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), effective May 15.
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.
Nazo receives Duke Cardiovascular Research Center's Staff Appreciation Award
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.
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.
13 Medicine faculty recognized by the School of Medicine
Congratulations to the Department of Medicine faculty who are being recognized by the School of Medicine for their leadership, service, mentoring, and professionalism.
8 trainees from Medicine elected to Duke University School of Medicine chapter of AOA
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.