Division News

Momen Wahidi, MD, MBA, associate professor of medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine) and director of Interventional Pulmonology and Bronchoscopy, was recently featured in a news story on WRAL. In the video, you'll see Dr. Wahidi talk about a study at Duke that uses lung coils to treat patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Patients undergo a procedure in which a bronchoscope sent into the lungs releases up to 10 coils inside the damaged areas.

Two Department of Medicine faculty were awarded distinguished professorships and recognized at a May 1 dinner at the Washington Duke Inn.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., April 25 at 8 a.m. in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature John Williams, Jr., MD, professor of medicine (General Internal Medicine) and psychiatry, and Christopher Cox, MD, MHA, MPH, associate professor of medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine).  Dr. Williams and Dr.

The Duke Red Blood Cell Transfusion Colloquium will meet Mon., April 28, at 11:30 a.m. in the Great Hall, Room A of the Trent Semans Center. The featured speakers will be Claude Piantadosi, MD, professor of medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine) and pathology and assistant professor of anesthesiology, and Elliott Bennett-Guerrero, MD, professor of anesthesiology and director of perioperative clinica

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., Feb. 21 at 8 a.m. in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Tim McMahon, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine), with a case presentation by Howard Lee, MD, resident in Internal Medicine. Dr.

UPDATE 2/13/2014: Medicine Grand Rounds tomorrow is canceled due to the inclement weather. Please monitor the Duke Alert page for official Duke and DUHS announcements about the inclement weather policy. Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., Feb. 14 at 8 a.m.

Monica Kraft, MD, professor of medicine, chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care and director of the Duke Asthma, Allergy and Airway Center, was a recent guest on NPR's "The People's Pharmacy," where she discussed what lies behind asthma and how can it be contro

Today's News & Observer includes a story about patient care and research by Momen Wahidi, MD, MBA, associate professor of medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care) and director of Interventional Pulmonology and Bronchoscopy at Duke. The article highlights Dr. Wahidi's use of bronchial thermoplasty to treat patients with severe asthma.

Monica Kraft, MD, chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, is featured today on NHLBI's Behind the Bench, where she discusses her current and future research on asthma, airway remodeling, inflammation and health disparities.

Four faculty from the Department of Medicine will be awarded The Butler Pioneer Award for Outstanding Young Physician-Scientists, a generous bequest from the Clarence C. and Sarah T. Butler Charitable Trust. Recipients from Medicine are Matthew J.