Dr. Grant talks to a young patient at bedside

Duke Neurosurgery

Duke represents excellence in neurosurgical care, research, and education. A team of highly skilled neurosurgeons provide comprehensive care for patients in all sub-specialties. Clinicians embrace a multidisciplinary, team-based approach to care, with a commitment to the very best patient outcomes. Duke Neurosurgery excels at translational research, moving innovations rapidly from bench to bedside.
Dr. Goodwin with a patient

Duke Spine Center
Dr. Chandramohan in her lab

Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center
Leadership of the Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis, left to right: Carey Anders, MD; Anoop Patel, MD; Rory Goodwin, MD, PhD; Peter Fecci, MD, PhD; John Kirkpatrick, MD, PhD; and Betsy Fricklas, PA-C, MMSc.

Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis

Highlights

A group of residents taking a selfie

Get to Know Our Residents

Meet the 21 members of our outstanding team of residents
Nanthia Suthana looks at VR scenes being shown to her study volunteer with her lab colleague.

Neurorestoration

Reimagining recovery from brain and spine injury and disease
10 Years 10 Milestones A Decade of Innovation and Impact

10 Years, 10 Milestones

Highlights of the first decade of Duke Neurosurgery

New in Duke Neurosurgery

A group of seven students are posed in front of a poster display.

Imagine living in a rural community far from a large hospital and needing a specialized surgical procedure.

Annick Desjardins

Many brain tumors are survivable. Then, there’s glioblastoma.

The aggressive, fast-growing brain cancer seems to strike randomly, devastating people of all ages and their families.

A person sitting on a sofa holding a colorful box with unicorn imagery, pointing at the box. Behind them is a wall with framed collections of small figurines. DNA strands and the word 'Isoforms' are digitally overlaid on the right side.

When Max Bucklan opened an e-newsletter from the Duke Graduate School last March, his eyes landed on three words that “stopped me dead in my tracks,” he said. The three words? Biomedical video contest.

Kate McDaniel, PhD, MSW

Kate McDaniel, PhD, MSW, is one of five Duke faculty members named Provost Faculty Fellows for the 2026-27 academic year. 

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