George and LeBlanc named fellows of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Thomas Leblanc, MD, MA, MHS, FAAHPM, and Daniel George, MD, have been named Fellows of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (FASCO), ASCO announced last week in a press release introducing the 2021 FASCO class and presenting other special awards.
Pearls from 2/16/21 Medicine LEADS
The Feb. 16, 2021 session of Duke Medicine LEADS featured a discussion led by Yolanda Guzman, MD; Matthew Harbrecht, MD; and Jonathan Komisar, MD, "71-year-old male with dizziness, nausea, and difficulty walking."
Expert consultants included, Christopher Eckstein, MD; Thomas Holland, MD; and Neal Ready, MD, PhD, who weighed in for the diagnostic reasoning and discussion.
9 faculty from Medicine selected for 2021 Duke Clinical Leadership Program.
28 faculty from the School of Medicine, including 9 faculty from the Department of Medicine, have been selected for the School of Medicine's 2021 Duke Clinical Leadership Program cohort.
New Faculty: September 2020
A warm welcome to new Department of Medicine faculty members who started in September 2020!
Divisions select faculty recipients for 2020 Excellence in Education Awards
The recipients of the Department of Medicine faculty Excellence in Education Awards have been announced.
Call for applications: Duke UNC-Chapel Hill Immunotherapy Training Grant
The Duke UNC-Chapel Hill Immunotherapy Training Grant (DUNC-IMTG) is accepting applications for the 2020-2021 admission cycle. DUNC-IMTG is a combined training program from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University that will focus on training individuals in translational and/or clinical research focusing on tumor immunology and cellular immunotherapy. Applications are due June 15, 2020.
Lessons from Master Mentors
The Department of Medicine is proud to announce the recipients of the 2020 DOM Research Mentoring Awards, which recognize outstanding mentors among our faculty.
Cooney, Patel and Fowler honored with Distinguished Professorships
Kathleen Cooney, MD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine, Manesh Patel, MD, chief of the Division of Cardiology, and Vance Fowler, MD, MHS, are among 12 faculty who have been recognized with Distinguished Professorships from the School of Medicine in 2020.
Cooney: Hereditary prostate cancer linked to family history of breast, ovarian cancer
New research by Kathleen Cooney, MD, chair of the Department of Medicine, finds a link between hereditary prostate cancer and family history of breast and ovarian cancer.