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Community has always been central in the life of Kimberly S. Johnson, MD, associate professor of medicine (Geriatrics) and director of the Duke Center for Research to Advance Healthcare Equity—also known as the REACH Equity Center.

Dr. Johnson grew up in tiny Winstonville, Mississippi, just outside Mound Bayou, a town founded by former slaves in 1887. She was aware that barriers to her success existed in the larger world, yet inside her all-black community, surrounded by grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, the sky was the limit.

“Probably more than anything else, I’m a product of my community,” she says.

Keith Sullivan, MD, the James B. Wyngaarden Distinguished Professor of Medicine (Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy), is the recipient of the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy's 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award.

We are pleased to announce the promotion of Dr. Gerardo Alcazar!

Dr. Suchita Sata's decision to pursue academic hospital medicine as a career was largely influenced by a hospital medicine elective during her residency at U Penn