Division News

Dean Nancy Andrews, MD, PhD, shared with the faculty of the School of Medicine today the news that Robert E. Whalen, MD, professor emeritus of medicine, passed away on April 25 after an extended illness. He was 81. Dr. Whalen trained as an intern, and completed his residency and fellowship in cardiology at Duke. He was a clinical cardiologist from 1961 to 1992, and will be remembered as one of the doctors who helped shape the Duke clinical practice in the late 1970’s and throughout the 1980’s. He became a professor of medicine in 1974.

Eric Peterson, MD, MPH, professor of medicine (Cardiology), will succeed Robert Harrington, MD, who is leaving Duke to become chairman of the Department of Medicine at Stanford University.

Bimal Shah, MD, assistant professor of medicine (Cardiology), and his colleagues at Duke Cardiology of Sanford, received the Duke Community PDC Patient Satisfaction Award.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., March 9 at 8am in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Sunil Rao, MD, associate professor of medicine (Cardiology).

Adrian Hernandez, MD, MHS, associate professor of medicine (Cardiology) shares this news: DCRI was awarded a seven-year renewal as Coordinating Center for NHLBI's Heart Failure Network, to be led by Kevin Anstrom, PhD, as the Data Coordinating Center PI & Adrian Hernandez, MD, MHS as Clinical Coordinating Center PI. The HF Network aims to accelerate research i

Robert Harrington, MD, professor of medicine (Cardiology) and director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute, sat down with William Friday, former chancellor of the UNC system, for the public television show NC People.

Watch the full episode.

The Division of Cardiology will celebrate the 39-year career of Joseph Kisslo, MD, professor of medicine (Cardiology) at a reception Thurs., Sept. 1 from 4:30pm to 6:30pm in the Searle Center Lecture Hall.