Division News

Two faculty members from the Department of Medicine have been selected to receive 2020 Physician-Scientist “Strong Start” awards from the School of Medicine.

Dean Mary Klotman, MD, has announced that Susanna Naggie, MD, associate professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases), has been named the new Vice Dean for Clinical Research for the Duke University School of Medicine. 

Emily Eichenberger, MD, a fellow in the Division of Infectious Diseases, has received the Chair's Research Award for Trainee Projects from the Department of Medicine.

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.

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.

Congratulations to the Department of Medicine faculty who are being recognized by the School of Medicine for their leadership, service, mentoring, and professionalism.

Duke University Hospital has joined the first national study to test a potential therapy for COVID-19, giving hospitalized adult patients with significant symptoms an option to participate. The study is being co-led by Cameron Wolfe, MD, associate professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases), and Emmanuel “Chip” Walter, MD, professor of pediatrics.

Infectious disease expert Greg Gray, MD, MPH, discusses why COVID-19 spread so quickly, why it’s so deadly compared to other viruses, and what we should be doing to prevent another pandemic.

Three faculty from the Department of Medicine have been selected for the School of Medicine's 2020 class of ADVANCE-UP Scholars.

Three faculty from the Department of Medicine have been selected for the School of Medicine's ALICE leadership development program.