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On March 26, 2023, Duke Neurosurgery and the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke opened the 2023 The International Conference on Brain Tumor Research and Therapy (ICBTRT) in Kiawah Island, South Carolina.

A research program established recently at the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke will characterize and analyze the interrelated “omics” fields (genomics, transcriptomics, epigenetics, proteomics, and metabolomics) to better understand brain tumor development and progression.

Duke University School of Medicine was awarded more than $527 million in federal funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2022, ranking ninth nationally among academic medical centers, according to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.

Deb A. Bhowmick, MD, has joined the faculty of Duke Department of Neurosurgery, effective February 1, 2023.

Duke University’s skull base surgery team has been named a Multidisciplinary Team of Distinction by the North American Skull Base Society (NASBS). This designation recognizes a multidisciplinary approach to patient care by a comprehensive team of sub-specialists.

Duke neurosurgeon Muhammad Abd-El-Barr, MD, PhD, has been selected for 2023 Duke Clinical Leadership Program.

Kate McDaniel, PhD, has been named Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) for the Department of Neurosurgery.
 

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Two Duke surgeons are collaborating to offer peripheral nerve care by combining surgical reanimation with nerve restoration therapy in one of the first practices of its kind in the Carolinas.

A dozen faculty and staff in the Duke Department of Neurosurgery have served our country, representing every branch of the Armed Forces