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James Hildebrand, medical technologist and supervisor in the Duke Allergy Lab, was one of four recipients of the Duke University Presidential Award, one of the highest honors given to Duke staff and faculty.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., April 20 at 8am in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Victor Tapson, MD, professor of medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine) and director of the Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Dr.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., April 13 at 8am in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature State Health Director Jeff Engel, MD and Melva Fager Okun, DrPH, senior health promotion manager, NC Prevention Partners, along with Roy Pleasants II, MD, assistant professor of medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine). They will present Current Tobacco Issues and Strategies. [toggle title_open="Close Me" title_closed="Video archives" hide="yes" border="yes" style="default" excerpt_length="0" read_more_text="Read More" read_less_text="Read Less" include_excerpt_

Mary Klotman, MD, chair of the department, and Monica Kraft, MD, vice chair for research, announced the recipients of the 2012 Chair's Research Award, which funds junior investigators who are making the transition to becoming independent scientists prior to their acquisition of extramural funding. Recipients of the award, and the titles of their research projects:

Dennis Abraham, MD Cardiology Fellow TREK-1 Mediates Diastolic Dysfunction

The American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) will induct new members at its annual meeting on April 27.

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.