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Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis director Carey Anders, MD, is the center of a new episode of Breakthrough Women in Science & Medicine. 

Jeffery S. Johns, MD, has been named as the first chief of the newly established Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation by Duke Neurosurgery and Duke Orthopaedics, effective March 23, 2026.

In December 2023, after watching with horror the October 7 attacks and the subsequent war between Israel and Hamas, Duke neurosurgeon Dr. David Hasan joined a team of physicians on the first medical mission to Gaza.  

Christina Cone, DNP, MBA, ANP-BC, AOCNP, has been named associate deputy director of the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke.

Biomedical engineering is rapidly reshaping and revolutionizing stroke care.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a gold standard tool for capturing crisp, detailed pictures without radiation, to diagnose serious conditions like cancer and epilepsy.  

Novel technology from Duke researchers for identifying brain tumors during the course of surgery is showing promise.

Michael Tadross, MD, PhD, joined the department of Neurosurgery as an assistant professor on July 1, 2025.

A $3.2 million, five-year R01 renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health will further advance the work being done by researchers from Duke Neurosurgery and Cleveland Clinic in the clinical application of magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) in epilepsy.

Duke Neurosurgery became a full department in the Duke School of Medicine in 2015, having previously been a division in the Department of Surgery.