Division News

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., March 2 at 8am in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Neil MacIntyre, MD, professor of medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine).

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., Jan.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., Jan.

The American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (AABIP) selected Momen Wahidi, MD, MBA, associate professor of medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine) as the recipient of the 2011 Geoffrey McLennan Memorial Award for achievements in interventional pulmonology. In addition, Dr. Wahidi is the president-elect of the AABIP for 2015-2016.

At the Department’s monthly Medicine Research Conference on Fri., Sept.

Duane Davis, MD, professor of surgery, at left, and David Zaas, MD, MBA, assistant professor of medicine, celebrating with lung transplant recipient Amber Wesemann at the recent Lungapalooza event. The event, attended by lung transplant patients, their family and Duke transplant services staff, raised more than $30,000. The highlight of the event, said Wesemann, was up-and-coming Nashvill

David Zaas, MD, MBA, assistant professor of medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine) and vice chair for clinical practice, has taken on the role of chief medical officer of the Private Diagnostic Clinic.

The Medicine Research Conference returns Fri., Sept. 30 at 12 pm in Duke Hospital 2002 with presentations by Robert M Tighe, MD, medical instructor, and Paul Noble, MD, professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine.

• Dr.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., Sept. 16 at 8am in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Momen M.

Dean Nancy Andrews, MD, PhD, has announced the recipients of the School's first round of Biology of Aging Initiative pilot studies (original RFA here), and three of the six have gone to Medicine faculty:

• Kent R. Nilsson, Jr., MD, MA, assistant professor of medicine (Cardiology) and Vann Bennett, MD, PhD, James B.