Division News

At the Spring Faculty Meeting May 4th at the Duke Gardens, the following Medicine faculty were honored with awards:

William Kane, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine (Hematology), received the 2011 Leonard Palumbo, Jr. MD Faculty Achievement Award, which recognizes a member of the School of Medicine faculty who displays dedication to compassionate patient care and excellence in the teaching and mentoring of young physicians.

Three Department of Medicine faculty members were among the 13 members of the School of Medicine and School of Nursing faculty named to endowed professorships by Duke University on April 26, 2011. Congratulations to the following:

Shiao-Wen David Hsu, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine (Medical Oncology), was named the William Dalton Family Assistant Professor in Medical Oncology.

Victoria Seewaldt, MD, professor of medicine (Medical Oncology), is co-PI on an ARRA grant looking for answers to the disparity in breast cancer death rates for black and white women. That effort, dubbed the REACH Project (Reaching, Educating, and Advocating to Change Health), is featured in this National Institute of Environmental H

Christopher Woods, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases) has been elected to the Academic Council of Duke University.

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Congratulations to Sascha Tuchman, MD, medical instructor in the department of medicine (Oncology), for passing both heme and med onc boards. Also congratulations to  Nicole Kuderer, MD, medical instructor in the department of medicine (Oncology), for receiving the K-award in Translational Comparative Effectiveness.

Linda Sutton, MD, associate professor of medicine (Medical Oncology), has been selected to be the next president-elect for the North Carolina Oncology Association.

Doug Stokke, associate vice president for Duke Medicine News and Communications, announced to Duke Cancer Institute administration and faculty that  Sarah Avery, the health and medicine reporter for the News & Observer for the past 11 years, will be joining the Duke Medicine News & Communications group.

Gary H. Lyman, MD, MPH, professor of medicine (Medical Oncology) has been selected to be on the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Dr.

Philip M. Rosoff, MD, MA, professor of medicine (Medical Oncology) and pediatrics and director of the Duke Hospital Program in Clinical Ethics, announces the start of a monthly Clinical Ethics Round Table Discussion Group, a forum for the presentation of complex, confusing and challenging cases and topics in clinical care.