An Inside Look at the COVID-19 Pandemic: Dr. Amy Alger
Before getting into her car to go home, Dr. Amy Alger begins a 3-step decontamination process. She changes out of her scrubs and personal protective equipment (PPE), scrubs her hands, and puts on new clothes.
Duke Teams Earn NIH Funding as Part of National Effort to Combat Opioid Crisis
Research teams from Duke received more than $24 million in federal grants to address challenges related to pain and the opioid crisis, with more than $19 million awarded to investigators from the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), the world’s largest academic research organization.
Curating Care: Machine Learning's Deep Dive into Big Data
Consider the sheer volume of data your brain processes in making one decision. Something as simple as your choice of breakfast is the culmination of data analysis—decades of zeroing in on personal taste, allergic reactions, nutrition, health considerations, and other factors.
Dr. Alexander Limkakeng Interviewed on ACEP’s “Frontline” Podcast
Alexander Limkakeng Jr., MD, MHS, Division of Emergency Medicine, was recently interviewed for the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)’s “
Emergency Medicine Faculty and Resident Receive SAEM Grants
Congratulations to three members of the Division of Emergency Medicine for receiving grants from the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM).
Duke Surgery's Global Impact on Patient Safety
This past October, faculty from the Surgery and Anesthesiology departments collaborated with the Guatemala Ministry of Health to organize the Executive Leadership and Patient Safety Symposium.
Dr. Sreeja Natesan Named Director of National EM Board Review Course
Registration is now open for EM Board Review Redefined, a National Emergency Medicine Board Review Course. Sreeja Natesan, MD, Assistant Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director and Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine, is the course director.
Sreeja Natesan, MD, Earns CORD Scholar Award
Congratulations to Sreeja Natesan, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine, for receiving the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors’ (CORD) Academy Scholar Award in the category of Teaching and Evaluation.
Emergency Medicine Residents Place Third in Patient Care Simulation Competition
On May 16, 2018, Emergency Medicine residents competed in the national simulation competition SimWars, conducted by the Simulation Academy of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM).
Susan D. Emmett, MD, MPH, Calls TED Fellow Experience “Transformative”
Last summer, Duke ear surgeon and global health professor Susan Emmett began a professional journey that would challenge her to take her finely-honed communication skills to new heights: the TED Fellows program.