The Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research has released its 2018 rankings of NIH funding for basic and clinical science departments, revealing that Duke Surgery ranks highest nationwide with more than $30 million in funding committed to research.
Since the FDA approved the first balloon sinus dilation (BSD) device for the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) in 2008, the number of procedures performed has dramatically increased.
Untreated hearing loss can have a profound lifelong impact on children, causing problems with speech and language, reading, and school success and putting them at risk for developmental delays.
The Duke and UNC Chapters of the Association of Women Surgeons held the inaugural Southeast Exchange Conference on September 22, 2018, at the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School.
Duke University Hospital has been named to the national Honor Roll as the No. 19 medical center in the country by U.S. News & World Report, which released its annual hospital rankings today.
Duke Surgery's Academic Success through Surgical Education and Training (ASSET) program and the Duke Student National Medical Association (SNMA) chapter initiated a collaboration to provide high school students under the Health Professions Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP), an opportunity for a hands-on surgical skills activity.
Last summer, Duke ear surgeon and global health professor Susan Emmett, MD, MPH, began a professional journey that would challenge her to take her finely-honed communication skills to new heig