Division News

Dr. Richard Becker, director of the Cardiovascular Thrombosis Center and professor of Medicine, has accepted a new position at his alma mater, the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Dr. Becker will serve as the Mable Stonehill Endowed Chair for the Division of Cardiovascular Health and Disease; director of the Heart, Lung, and Vascular Institute; director of the Cardiovascular Center of Excellence in Research; and chief of Cardiovascular Services at West Chester Hospital.

Robert Lefkowitz, MD, professor of medicine (Cardiology) and Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, will throw out the first pitch at the Durham Bulls game on tonight. Dr.

Duke Cardiology, through a Center of Excellence Grant from the NIH and philanthropic funding, has teamed up with AMPATH and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital to develop a Clinical Research Training program and build a Cardiac Care Unit. This initiative is providing expanded care to the hospital's catchment area of around 20 million while training the next generation of clinical researchers and leaders in Kenya's health care system.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., July 26 at 8 a.m. in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Todd Kiefer, MD, assistant professor of medicine (Cardiology). Dr.

The Same-Day Access Heart Failure Clinic is designed to catch the signs and symptoms before patients have to go to the emergency department, explains Zubin Eapen, assistant professor of medicine (Cardiology) and the clinic's medical director.

Geoffrey Ginsburg, MD, PhD, professor of medicine (Cardiology) and pathology and director of genomic medicine at the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, is one of four investigators to receive a grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)'s Genomic Medicine Pilot Demonstration Projects program.

Alyssa Zamora, communications specialist for Duke Global Health Institute, shared this blog post about her recent trip to Eldoret, Kenya, and surrounding communities to learn about the work there of Duke faculty, students and partners. During the visit, Mary Klotman, MD, along wi

Please save the day for a research conference featuring Susan Smyth, MD, PhD, chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and professor of Cardiology at the University of Kentucky and adjust associate professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Physiology at UNC-Chapel Hill. Dr. Smyth will present "Lysophospholipid Signaling in Cardiovascular Disease" on from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Fri., June 21 in MSRB II, Room 3018. Lunch will be provided and space is limited.

Robert Lefkowitz, MD, professor of medicine (Cardiology) has been named one of The 100 Most Trusted People in America in the Reader's Digest Trust Poll. Read more about the poll here.

Join "In Conversation with the Mystic: An Experiential Symposium on Optimal Health & Wellbeing," Sun., May 5 from 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m.