The Innovator: Meet Nandan Lad
In November, Nandan Lad, MD, PhD, officially assumed the role of Vice Chair for Innovation in the Department of Neurosurgery.
Documentary: Duke Neurosurgery's "Mission of Mercy"
For 10 years, members of the Duke Global Neurosurgery and Neuroscience group have taken a medical team to hospitals in Uganda twice a year to establish and maintain neurosurgery programs.
Getting to know you: Teresa Clayton, PA-C
Teresa Clayton’s path to becoming physician assistant was a bit untraditional. Still, she can point out with certainty the small moments along the way that guided her on her journey.
Sampson Named to National Academy of Medicine
Duke Neurosurgery’s John H. Sampson, MD, PhD, has been named to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine. Sampson is the Robert H. and Gloria Wilkins Distinguished Professor of Neurosurgery, chair of the Duke Department of Neurosurgery, and co-leader of the Duke Cancer Institute Neuro-Oncology Program.
Getting to know you: Oren Gottfried, MD
The world is awash in data, and if you have the interest and the ability to sort through it, you can find some very useful insights.
Getting to know you: Resident Jackie Corley, MD
Too often in medicine, no feedback is good feedback, so a little positive reinforcement can go a long way. This is the basis for a “burnout app” that third-year resident Jackie Corley and fourth-year resident Theresa Williamson are developing, and they believe there is a market for it.
Duke Neurosurgeons Rated Best in Triangle and Nation
Who are the Triangle's best surgeons? A new report provides scores and rankings.
Poliovius Therapy Induces Immune Response to Cancer
An investigational therapy using modified poliovirus to attack cancer tumors appears to unleash the body’s own capacity to fight malignancies by activating an inflammation process that counter’s the ability of cancer cells to evade the immune system.
From Misery to Marathons
Banishing back pain, spinal cord stimulator got Andrew DeAngelis off the couch and onto the racetrack.