Division News

Ann Marie Navar-Boggan, MD, PhD, fellow in the Division of Cardiology, was elected to the Duke University School of Medicine chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society.

Rob Califf, MD, professor of medicine (Cardiology) and vice chancellor for clinical research, has been named deputy commissioner for Medical Products and Tobacco at the Food and Drug Administration.

Califf will begin his appointment, which was announced today by FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, MD, at the end of February.

Geoffrey Pitt, MD, PhD, professor of medicine (Cardiology), has been named a 2015 Harrington Scholar-Innovator grant recipient. The awards, funded by The Harrington Discovery In

The fellows and faculty of the Duke Heart Center have developed a free iOS mobile application, Duke Cardiology Fellows Cardiovascular Education App, that serves as a cardiovascular educational reference. The app is meant for medical stude

Only about 10 percent of people who go into cardiac arrest outside a hospital survive, but in a way, the man face down in the Chicago hotel lobby Sunday could scarcely have been luckier. This News & Observer story tells how Monique Anderson, MD, medical instructor in the Division of Cardiology and an expert on CPR, attended to the man. Read the full story.

Dennis Abraham, MD, medical instructor in the Division of Cardiology, has won the Melvin L.

No clinical trial had ever asked what happened when LDL levels get below 70 because, said Dr. Robert Califf, a Duke cardiologist and the study chairman, “many people were nervous about going this low and imagined a lot of possible toxicities.”

E. Magnus Ohman, MD, professor of medicine (Cardiology), has agreed to serve as Vice Chair of Development and Innovation for the Department of Medicine, announced Mary Klotman, MD, chair of the Department of Medicine. "This is a new position on the Medicine Chair’s leadership team," said Dr. Klotman.

This weekend, Duke Heart Center is marking its 25th anniversary.

This weekend, Duke Heart Center is marking its 25th anniversary.