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Duke Department of Neurosurgery by the numbers

25Clinical
Neurosurgeons

$22Million in
Grant Funding

80Adult
Neuroscience Beds

4,518Surgical Cases, FY17

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Herb Fuchs About four years ago, Oren Gottfried, MD, clinical vice chair for quality in the Department of Neurosurgery, was charged with digging into the quality, safety, and outcomes data available for the department, to determine how it could be used to improve care.

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The Duke Department of Neurosurgery has been ranked third nationally for neurosurgery research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Chairman John Sampson is the NIH's top-funded principal investigator in neurosurgery.

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04/19/2018
Simple Tool Improves Patient Satisfaction
A simple, one-page form given to patients ahead of their doctor visit can significantly improve satisfaction with the care they receive, according to a study by Duke Health researchers. The low-tech tool, which asks for a list of the... Read More
04/17/2018
Making Surgery Happen, Seamlessly: Meet Grace Fabito
Grace Fabito is a clinical lead nurse for neurosurgery who has been at Duke for 22 years. In short, her job is to “collaborate with a lot of different disciplines in order to make surgery happen seamlessly,” she says. Grace credits a... Read More
04/13/2018
Quick Case: Neck Pain Persists Following ACDF
by Cat Lewis Three months after undergoing C5-T1 anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF), an active 60-year-old man from Florida began to experience recurrent neck and left shoulder pain. In an attempt to resolve the pain and... Read More
04/09/2018
Sampson Named New President of PDC
The Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC) has named John H. Sampson, MD, PhD, MHSc, MBA, as its new president. The PDC is the physician practice of Duke Health, with 1,650 members practicing in Duke hospitals and more than 100 clinics in North... Read More
03/15/2018
Toddler Thrives After Endoscopic Craniosynostosis Surgery
When an observant pediatrician told April Longmire and Mike Stone of Louisburg, NC that there were some irregularities in their infant’s skull, they were instantly worried. "You never want to have anyone say anything is wrong with your... Read More
03/09/2018
Sampson Elected to Association of American Physicians
John Sampson, MD, PhD, chair of the Duke Department of Neurosurgery, has been elected to the Association of American Physicians, an honor given to those who have attained excellence in the pursuit of medical knowledge and its application... Read More
03/05/2018
New Director of Brain Tumor Center Named
David M. Ashley, MBBS (Hon), FRACP, PhD, has been named director of the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke as of March 1, 2018. He succeeds Darell Bigner, MD, PhD, who became director emeritus on February 1. Before leaving... Read More
02/26/2018
Six Faculty Lose 205 Pounds To Get Healthier, Happier
02/21/2018
Duke Neurosurgeon's Invention Named in Top Ten for 2017
Duke neurosurgeon Rob Isaacs, MD, (right) inventor of TrackX, got a top ten spot in Orthopedics This Week's "Best New Spine Technologies for 2017." TrackX tracks surgical instruments in real surgical time using ultra low dose radiation... Read More
02/19/2018
Duke Neurosurgery Now Third Highest in NIH Funding
The Duke Department of Neurosurgery has been ranked third nationally for neurosurgery research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for 2017, with a total of $6,749,755. In addition, Chair John Sampson, MD, PhD, was... Read More

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