Division News

Fourteen faculty from the Department of Medicine were chosen as Duke Health Scholars and Duke Health Fellows. This inaugural program was created with a transfer of funds from the Duke University Health System. Its aim is to support the research efforts and enhance the academic success of early to mid-career clinician-scientists in School of Medicine clinical departments.

Christopher Cox, MD, associate professor of medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine), director of the Duke Medical Intensive Care Unit and director of the Duke Program to Support People and Enhance Recovery, is Duke Today's Blue Devil of the Week.

Duke Pulmonary Research Conference will host Vincent Hascall, PhD, on Tues., Oct. 11 from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in MSRB-1. Dr. Hascall will present "Dividing Cells Do Not Like Hyperglycemia."

Congratulations to Neil MacIntyre, MD, professor of medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine), who received the Thomas L. Petty Distinguished Pulmonary Scholar Award at the annual meeting of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

Congratulations to Scott Palmer, MD, the Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Medicine, for his election in the Duke University School of Medicine chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society as an alumnus for Fall 2016.

Duke medical student Godefroy Chery, MHS, was ready for his moment in the spotlight, thanks in large part to the mentorship he’s received from Medicine faculty members Scott Palmer, Laurie Snyder, and others in Palmer’s lab.

Congratulations to Chris Willis, NP, a nurse in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, on being named one of NC Nursing’s Great 100! Willis works at the Duke Asthma, Allergy and Airway Center in Durham.

Congratulations to Neil MacIntyre, MD, professor of medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine), who is featured in the CHEST Journal "Giants in Chest Medicine" series in July.

Morgan Pope has joined the Duke Health Development Office as an associate director of development. She will work with the Department of Medicine on development activities and philanthropy efforts for the divisions of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, and Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care. Morgan will also work with Pathology and Molecular Genetics and Microbiology. Her first day was June 13. 

Dean Nancy Andrews, MD, PhD, alerted the School of Medicine today to the death of Herbert Otto Sieker, MD, professor emeritus of Medicine. Dr. Sieker passed away on June 11, 2016. 

Dr. Sieker arrived at Duke in 1948 as a graduate of Washington University School of Medicine and a new intern in Internal Medicine. Apart from a short stint as a Captain in the US Air Force in the early 1950s, when he worked on spacesuit development at Wright-Patterson Field, he remained at Duke until he retired in 1990.