Division News

7 faculty from the Department of Medicine will participate in the School of Medicine's LEADER program.

In April, Duke University Engineering alumnus Alan Kaganov and his wife Carol gave the university a gift of $3 million to advance research efforts for pulmonary medicine in collaboration with the Duke Pratt School of Engineering and School of Medicine this fall.

Duke Health has announced a new class of the Duke Clinical Leadership Program (DCLP), including eight faculty from the Department of Medicine. The 26 clinicians in the 2018 class will join the ranks of the 169 fellows who completed the DCLP program during its first seven years. 

The photograph of blue, pink and neon-green globes that Christina Barkauskas, MD, keeps on her desk inside the Nanaline Duke Research Building looks like a string of glowing holiday lights. That is, until she decodes it.

Produced with a confocal microscope, the image is evidence of new insight into how some lung tissue repairs itself. It captures type 2 epithelial cells within alveoli functioning like stem or progenitor cells by giving rise to type 1 epithelial cells, which contribute to tissue repair.  

For Dr. Barkauskas, this is not knowledge for knowledge’s sake. It’s data needed to better serve  patients with often-lethal idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

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.

Duke University Lung Transplant will hold its Duke Lung Transplant Symposium Aug. 25-26, 2017. 

The Duke School of Medicine has selected additional faculty members for the Duke Health Scholars and Duke Health Fellows Program. Among the faculty honored are six individuals from the Department of Medicine.

A generous gift from Duke Engineering alumnus Alan L. Kaganov and his wife, Carol, aims to advance the diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of pulmonary diseases by fostering new collaborations across engineering and medicine at Duke University.

Mary Klotman, MD, chair of the Department of Medicine, has initiated the search for a Chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine. 

Scott Palmer, MD, MHS, has turned his love for research and discovery into making a lasting impact on pulmonary patients across the country. In this Q&A, he elaborates on his path to being a pulmonary researcher and its life-changing experiences, and his insights on why medical research is vital for progression in medicine.