Academic departments within the School of Medicine are divided between departments engaged mainly in patient care and departments engaged mainly in basic science research.

Basic Science Departments

• Biochemistry
• Biostatistics & Bioinformatics 
• Cell Biology
• Immunology
• Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
• Neurobiology
• Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
  

Clinical Science Departments

• Anesthesiology
• Community and Family Medicine
• Dermatology
• Medicine
• Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Ophthalmology
• Pathology
• Pediatrics
• Psychiatry
• Radiation Oncology
• Radiology
• Surgery

Centers and Institutes

• Academic Program in Women's Health
• Brain Imaging and Analysis Center
• Center for Clinical Health Policy Research
• Center for Neuroengineering
• Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development
• Duke Clinical Research Institute
• Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Duke Global Health Institute
  
• Duke Human Vaccine Institute
• Duke Translational Medicine Institute
• Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy
• Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition Center
• Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities and History of Medicine