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Owens appointed President of Duke University Hospital

Thomas A. Owens, MD, Vice President for Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer for Duke University Health System and associate professor of medicine (General Internal Medicine) and pediatrics, has been has been named the next president of Duke University Hospital, effective Jan. 1, 2018.

Medicine faculty showcase their research at ASH

Department of Medicine faculty are attending the American Society of Hematology's (ASH) 59th Annual Meeting & Exposition in Atlanta this week. Keep reading for highlights on their research.

Sneak preview: SGIM 2018

The highly regarded SGIM annual meeting will take place April 11-14, 2018, in Denver, CO, and early-bird registration just opened December 14. Here are the details you need to know! 

Sounds of Turkey Bowl 2017

Every Thanksgiving since 1973, Duke internal medicine residents have squared off for a friendly game of flag football—the Duke Hospital Marines versus the Durham VA Jets.

Revising molecular maps to hypertension and organ damage

It was the chance to try to help people, even at their sickest, that drew Dr. Steven Crowley to medicine 25 years ago.

Today the nephrologist still sees patients at the Durham VA Medical Center, but he spends much more time decoding how immune system cells contribute to hypertension and organ damage in his laboratory.

Still, the mission endures.

“The most important aspect of our work is to show solidarity with our patients. That is something we can always do, regardless of the stage of their illness,” says Crowley, whose research may lay groundwork for needed improved treatments.