Division News

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.

Perfect honored at IDWeek 2016

John Perfect, MD, professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, was the 2016 Featured Lecturer at ID Week 2016.