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Please mark your calendars for a presentation by James L. Abbruzzese, MD, FACP, FASCO, DSc (hon.), professor of medicine and Waun Ki Hong Distinguished Char in Translational Oncology, Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, on Thurs., May 23 at 5:30 p.m. in 103 Bryan Research Building. Dr. Abbruzzese will present "Pancreatic Cancer: Recent Progress and a Look Forward."

Amy Abernethy, MD, associate professor of medicine (Medical Oncology) and director of both the Center for Learning Health Care and the Duke Cancer Care Research Program, spoke at TEDMED in April 2013. She presented Can patient data have a second life? Her talk starts around 1:30:00

http://youtu.be/3IMz2DoPJro Kimberly Blackwell, MD, professor of medicine (Medical Oncology) and clinical oncologist at the Duke Cancer Institute, is included in this year's roster of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people. Dr. Blackwell is director of the breast cancer program at Duke Cancer Institute.

The School of Medicine is hosting a TEDMED simulcast April 16-19 in the Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Center for Health Education on the 4th Floor in the Student Affairs Living Room. TEDMED is an annual event that features a multi-disciplinary community of innovators and leaders in health and medicine. Among the TEDMED speakers this year are two Duke Deparement of Medicine faculty members: Amy Abernethy, MD, and

Duke Center for Palliative Care's new outpatient palliative care program was recently featured in The News & Observer and on WRAL. [quote style="boxed"]One of the really important characteristics of palliative care is that you don't have to reject curative care.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., April 12 at 8 a.m. in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Steven Patierno, PhD, professor of medicine and deputy director of Duke Cancer Institute; William Lee, MD, professor of radiation oncology and associate professor of surgery; Daniel George, MD, associate professor of medicine (Medical Oncology) and surgery; and Stephen Freedland, MD, associate professor of pathology and surgery. Dr. Patierno, Dr. Lee, Dr. George and Dr.

The Medicine Research Conference returns Fri., Feb. 22 at 12 p.m. in Duke Hospital 2002 with a presentation by David Hsu, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine (Medical Oncology) and William Dalton Family Assistant Professor of Cancer Genomics. Dr.

Amy Abernethy, MD,  associate professor of medicine (Medical Oncology) and director of the Duke Cancer Care Research Program, was a featured speaker at ScienceOnline2013 on Feb. 2.

The Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee invites Department of Medicine faculty and staff to attend several upcoming events: The North Carolina Oncology Navigator Association will hold a Patient Navigation Conference from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Fri., Feb. 1 in the Searle Center.