Division News

The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund has awarded two Duke researchers grants through the Liz Tilberis Scholars Program, which supports junior faculty with a strong commitment to ovarian cancer research. Mythreye Karthikeyan, PhD, assistant professor of medicine (Medical Oncology), was awarded $450,000 for a period of three years for the project "Investigating the TGFß Superfamily as Therapeutic Targets in Ovarian Cancer." Dr.

The Program for Women in Internal Medicine will meet Wed., Jan.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., August 24 at 8am in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Sandeep Dave, MD, MBA, associate professor of medicine (Medical Oncology). Dr.

Victoria Seewaldt, MD, professor of medicine (Medical Oncology) and director of the Breast Cancer Prevention Program at the Women’s Wellness Clinic, learned recently that  she and her colleagues at Duke, along with

This week, the Department of Medicine is beginning a search for a new chief of the Division of Medical Oncology.

Tom LeBlanc, MD, MA, current fellow in both hospice and palliative medicine and medical oncology and former chief resident, learned this month that he's been chosen as a 2012 Research Scholar by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM). The AAHPM chooses just 6 fellows/jun

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At the Spring Faculty Meeting May 2 at the Duke Gardens, the following Medicine faculty were honored with awards: Jon Gockerman, MD, professor of medicine (Medical Oncology) received the 2012 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award.This award is presented annually to a faculty member who demonstrates outstanding compassion in the delivery of care, respect for patients, their families, and healthcare colleagues

Gary Lyman, MD, MPH, professor of medicine (Medical Oncology) is News & Observer Tar Heel of the Week. This article profiles Dr. Lyman and his recent research into cancer treatments.

Victoria Seewaldt, MD, professor of medicine (Medical Oncology) and director of the Breast Cancer Prevention Program at the Women’s Wellness Clinic, received a National Institutes of Health R01 grant for a study called Targeted Chemoprevention of Breast Cancer: From the Bench to Clinical Testing. The grant, which has grown out of collaboration between Duke University and CAARE Inc., a Durham-based nonprofit that provides healthcare to l