Division News

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.

This video about tissue regeneration research in the Duke Department of Cell Biology features Cardiology fellow Ravi Karra and pulmonologist Christina Barkauskas.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., Sept. 6 at 8 a.m. in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Neil MacIntyre, MD, professor of medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine), and a case presentation by Amera Rahmatullah, MD, junior assistant resident. Dr.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., Aug. 30 at 8 a.m. in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Peter Kussin, MD, associate professor of medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine) and Jason Stout, MD, MHS, associate professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases), with a case presentation by Laura Caputo, MD, senior assistant resident. Dr. Kussin and Dr.

Patricia Lugar, MD, MS, assistant professor of medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care), has received a $1.3 million award that will support research into the genetic mechanisms that give rise to Common Variable Immune Deficiency (CVID).

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