Division News

Dr. Robert J. Lefkowitz, the Duke researcher who earlier this month received the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and Duke President Richard Brodhead will discuss research, scientific mentoring and other topics in a public discussion at 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, in the Bryan Center's Griffith Theater.

The event is open to the public. No tickets or reservations are required. A video of the conversation will be made available on Duke on Demand soon after the event is completed.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., Oct. 12 at 8am in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Manesh Patel, MD, assistant professor of medicine (Cardiology). Dr.

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Mary Klotman, MD, chair of the Department of Medicine, today announced the selection of Christopher O’Connor, MD, as chief of the Division of Cardiology, a role he has filled in an acting capacity since July 2010. "Throughout a deliberative and comprehensive national search for a new chie

Joanne P. McCallie, Duke University Women's Basketball head coach, and Kevin Thomas, MD, assistant professor of medicine (Division of Cardiology), explain the simplified CPR technique that can help save a person in cardiac arrest. During pre-game festivities and throughout Duke's Sept. 1 home football opener, the Duke Heart Center and Duke Women's Health Initiative will host a training tent on the main concourse to teach compression-only CPR. Learn more.

Three of medicine's most charismatic giants (Robert Lefkowitz, Joseph Goldstein, and Michael Brown) interview each other. Robert Lefkowitz, MD, James B. Duke Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Biochemistry, is known for his seminal discoveries in understanding G protein-coupled receptor function. The legendary partnership between Brown and Goldstein (University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center) has spanned four decades.

The North Carolina Biotechnology Center has awarded a $100,000 grant to explore the state’s readiness for a Center of Innovation (COI) to help capitalize on the growing field of personalized medicine. The grant goes to a statewide consortium of business and academic institutions, represented by Geoff Ginsburg, MD, PhD, professor of medicine (Cardiology) and executive director of the Duke Center for Personalized Medicine.

Robert Lefkowitz, MD, James B. Duke Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Biochemistry, received the 2012 Robert R. Ruffolo Career Achievement Award in Pharmacology from the  American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. The award was established in recognition of the contributions made to drug discovery and development by Dr.

Manesh Patel, MD, assistant professor of medicine (Cardiology), speaks with Duke residents as part of the Stead Attending Rounds at Duke University Hospital. Dr. Patel and this photo were featured in an Associated Press article about a research study investigating renal denervation. Read more in this Palm Beach Post article. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)