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We are excited to welcome our new residents to the Department of Surgery. Congratulations to all those who matched with us! We look forward to meeting you this summer.

This piece is part of a series featuring Black voices from the surgical and emergency medicine communities at Duke.

The Emergency Medicine Global Health section from the Division of Emergency Medicine has been awarded the Global Health Endeavors Department Award by the Global Emergency Medicine Academy (GEMA).

To help manage the stress of caring for patients in the emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic, the emergency medicine team launched a Resiliency Working Group for faculty and staff.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Dr. Jason Theiling spends most of his time in the emergency department. As medical director, he now works most days of the week to treat patients requiring emergency care while meeting the new demands of the pandemic.

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.

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.

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.