Divisions select faculty recipients for 2018 Excellence in Education Awards
The recipients of the Department of Medicine faculty Excellence in Education Awards have been announced.
4 from Medicine honored at SoM Spring Faculty Meeting
Four Department of Medicine faculty were recognized with awards at the School of Medicine's annual Spring Faculty Meeting on May 9.
Duke Performs State's First Liver Transplant from HIV Donor to HIV Recipient
In December, Duke transplant surgeons performed the state’s and region’s first organ transplant from a deceased HIV-positive donor to an HIV-positive recipient.
Tsalik leads study to assess biomarker as potential indicator of whether lower respiratory tract infections improve with antibacterial treatment
A new clinical trial led by principal investigator Ephraim Tsalik, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases), aims to determine whether low blood levels of the protein procalcitonin can reliably indicate whether a person’s lower respiratory tract infection will improve with antibiotic treatment.
2/27/18: Celebrating Duke Microbiology
The Duke University School of Medicine will host a celebration honoring Duke Microbiology's achievement of being ranked No. 5 globally by US News and World Report.
The reception will take place from 5-6:30 p.m. on Tues., Feb. 27 in the Great Hall of the Trent Semans Center.
5 from Medicine accepted to ALICE leadership program
School of Medicine Office for Faculty Development has announced the next class in its ALICE program, a leadership development opportunity for mid-career women faculty in the School of Medicine. Five participants in the next class are from the Department of Medicine.
Duke Infectious Diseases celebrates 40 years of history and growth as a division
On Oct. 20-21 at Hanes House, Duke Department of Medicine celebrated the Division of Infectious Disease’s 40th anniversary in a symposium that reviewed Duke Infectious Diseases’ infancy, years of research, and the division’s contributors over the years. The division was established in 1977 with David Durack, MD, MBBS as the first division chief for Infectious Diseases.
Duke Infectious Diseases 40th Anniversary Symposium
The Duke Division of Infectious Diseases will hold its 40th Anniversary Symposium Oct. 20-21, 2017 in 131 Hanes House.
New PDC members, August 2017
The following providers in the Department of Medicine joined the Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC) in July, as reported by the PDC Physician Integration Office.
Find clinic information and appointment phone numbers for each of these PDC members on DukeHealth.org.
Battling malaria from afar with clinical research, bench science and global allies
With global collaborations, laboratory studies and blood samples taken where the trouble is, infectious disease specialist Steve Taylor, MD, collaborates widely to battle lethal malaria. The aim is to better prevent, treat, and generally disable an illness caused by one-cell parasites that excel at moving from mosquitoes to people and back again, producing a loop of infection.