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ANCDS is a non-profit professional association that supports practitioners who serve individuals with neurologic communication disorders by providing education, training, and certification opportunities to promote high quality professional service.

The Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences department recognizes the importance of building a diverse pipeline to careers in its field.

Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences faculty, Jessica West, PhD, MPH, was recently awarded $28

We are thrilled to extend a warm welcome to the latest addition to our Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences – Dr.

Dr. Minga, a dedicated researcher at the intersection of Neurology, Head and Neck Surgery, and Communication Sciences departments, focuses her work on understanding linguistic apragmatism, a communication impairment that impairs the ability to use contextually appropriate language after a right hemisphere stroke.

On Saturday, August 5th, our volunteers partnered with North Raleigh International Baptist Church (NRIBC) and Duke Raleigh Hospital to offer Head and Neck Cancer screenings.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Brian B.

Duke University's Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences is thrilled to announce that Dr.

Jessica “Jessie” West joined our department this month as a Medical Instructor. 

Congratulations to Sherri Smith, PhD, AuD, CCC-A, upon being elected a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (A