Faculty Promotions
Aaron Lentz, MD, MHS
Professor of Surgery
Division of Urology
Sreeja Natesan, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Emergency Medicine
Joshua Snyder, PhD
Associate Professor in Surgery
Division of Surgical Sciences
Zachary Williams, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Sabino Zani Jr., MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical
Oncology
Faculty Honors
Georgia Beasley, MD, MHS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Awarded the ASCI's 2022 Young Physician Scientist Award.
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.
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.
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, MD
Medical Instructor in the Department of Surgery
Division of Emergency Medicine
Selected to be in the 2022 ADVANCE-UP Scholars Program.
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, 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, 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 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, 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, MDCM, MS
Medical Instructor
Division of Trauma, Acute, and
Critical Care Surgery
Astrid Botty, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Bruce Rogers, PhD
Assistant Professor in Surgery
Division of Surgical Sciences
Emily Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor in Surgery
Division of Emergency Medicine
Emily Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor in Surgery
Division of Emergency Medicine
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