Faculty Recognition

Faculty Promotions

Aaron Lentz

Aaron Lentz, MD, MHS
Professor of Surgery
Division of Urology

 

 

Sreeja Natesan

 Sreeja Natesan, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Emergency Medicine

 

 

Joshua Snyder

Joshua Snyder, PhD
Associate Professor in Surgery
Division of Surgical Sciences 

 

 

Zachary Williams

Zachary Williams, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

 

 

Zani Sabino

 Sabino Zani Jr., MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical

Oncology

Faculty Honors

Georgia Beasley

Georgia Beasley, MD, MHS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology

Awarded the ASCI's 2022 Young Physician Scientist Award.

 

Linda Cendales

Linda Cendales, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery

Invited to speak at the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons 75th Annual Meeting in Quebec City, Canada from June 14–18, 2022. Dr. Cendales will deliver the A.W. Farmer Lecture. 

Dr. Cendales has also been invited to serve as an external reviewer for the Academic Promotions at the College of Medicine and King Khalid University Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Gayla DiLalla

 

Gayle DiLalla, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology

Selected to be the new Chair of the Membership Committee for the Association of Women Surgeons.

Francis Samuel

Samuel Francis, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Emergency Medicine

Awarded the Duke Strong Start Physician-Scientist Award. Funded by Duke Endowment, this award will support Dr. Francis, a promising new physician-scientist, at Duke as he works on his independent research.

 

Kendrick Kennedy

Kendrick Kennedy, MD
Medical Instructor in the Department of Surgery
Division of Emergency Medicine

Selected to be in the 2022 ADVANCE-UP Scholars Program.

 

Stuart Knechtle

Stuart Knechtle, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Abdominal and Transplant Surgery

Awarded a seven-year NIH CTOT 42 grant entitled, "Targeting the B Cell Response to Antibody-Mediated Rejection." Dr. Knechtle will be able to perform a multi-center clinical trial novel treatment of antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplant patients.

Michael Lidsky

 

Michael Lidsky, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology

Awarded the Duke Clinical Translational Science Award KL2. This award will provide Dr. Lidsky the resources to aid his current research.

Jennifer Plichta

Jennifer Plichta, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology

Selected to serve on the Editorial Board for the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC). She will be actively involved in the development, promotion, and maintenance of evidence-based systems for the classification and management of cancer in collaboration with multidisciplinary organizations dedicated to cancer surveillance and to improving care.

Charles Scales

 

Charles Scales Jr., MD, MSHS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Urology

Awarded the U24 award to continue coordinating center work of the NIDDK Urinary Stone Disease Research Network. This award will support the completion of the Prevention of Urinary Stones with Hydration (PUSH) trial, which is the largest prevention randomized clinical triel ever conducted in urinary stone disease.

Ranjan Sudan

Ranjan Sudan, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery

Awarded the Master Educator Award from the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Foundation (ASMBS). The Master Educator Award recognizes an ASMBS member who has demonstrated excellence as a master educator and mentor in the field of Bariatric Surgery

New Faculty

Ioana Antonescu

Ioana Antonescu, MDCM, MS
Medical Instructor
Division of Trauma, Acute, and
Critical Care Surgery

 

 

Astrid Botty

Astrid Botty, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology

 

 

Bruce Rogers

 Bruce Rogers, PhD
Assistant Professor in Surgery
Division of Surgical Sciences

 

 

Emily Smith

Emily Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor in Surgery
Division of Emergency Medicine

 

 

Sonny Tucker

 Emily Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor in Surgery
Division of Emergency Medicine

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