Priscilla Graham Earns Winn Award for Achievements in Diversity and Inclusion
Priscilla Graham, human resources director in the Duke Department of Neurosurgery, received the staff award in the Michelle P. Winn Inclusive Excellence Award program, which celebrates exceptional achievements in diversity and inclusion in the Duke University School of Medicine.
Williamson named REACH scholar
Duke Neurosurgery resident Theresa Williamson, MD, has been named one of two winners of a Duke REACH Equity Center Research Scholar Award for early-stage investigators interested in health disparities.
Southwell Awarded Prestigious Fellowship
Derek Southwell, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Duke Department of Neurosurgery, has been awarded the Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Award in Neuroscie
Bias in brain injury: A new study
Socioeconomic Factors Appear to Influence How Brain Injuries are Treated
Race, geography and payment status were associated with treatment withdrawal
Duke Tops in NC for Pediatric Neurosurgery
Duke Children’s was the highest ranked for neurology and neurosurgery in North Carolina in the most recent rankings by US News & World Report.
Kathy Tobin Named to Leadership of National Society
Duke Neurosurgery Chief Administrator Kathy Tobin has been named chair of the Education Committee for the Neurosurgery Executives' Resource Value & Education Society (NERVES). This appointment follows previous appointments to Southeast Regional Director of the society and the Liaison to the Practice Management Committee of the AANS, roles she still holds.
Andrew Cutler Receives Snyderman Award
The Institutional Committee for Graduate Medical Education has selected Andrew Cutler, MD, a fifth year resident in Neurosurgery, as the recipient of the annual Ralph Snyderman, MD, GME Research Award. Established in 2004, the award recognizes excellence in graduate medical research.
Vikram Mehta Receives Grant from NC Spine Society
Fourth year Neurosurgery resident Vikram Mehta, MD, has been awarded a grant from the North Carolina Spine Society. The grant wlll fund research for Mehta's research, Tethering in the Prevention of Proximal Junctional Kyphosis After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery.