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Healing Hearts in Honduras

November 1, 2019

This article first appeared in DukeMed Alumni News .

Imagine a doctor saying you need surgery to replace a heart valve, and if you don’t get it you will die from heart failure within two years.

If you live in Honduras, once you get that diagnosis at a public hospital, the doctor will hand you a list of the items needed for the surgery: saline solution, sutures, gloves, an...Read Full Story

Mind, Body, and Soul: Warrior Wellness for Older Vets with PTSD

Katherine Hall remembers the moment she first knew she wanted to spend her career working with older veterans.

She had recently arrived in Durham to begin a postdoctoral fellowship at the Durham VA Medical Center after earning a PhD in kinesiology with a specialization in exercise...Read Full Story

Curing Pediatric Cancer in Tanzania: Kristin Schroeder Breaks Through Barriers to Help Families

The patient, a four-year-old girl, came to the Cambodian clinic with a painful mass in her abdomen. Kristin Schroeder, MD, MPH, then a resident at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was part of the medical team that diagnosed her: Wilm’s tumor, a type of kidney tumor that is...Read Full Story

Doctor holding a sign that says 'burnout'

“The B-Word”: Changing a Culture of Burnout Shame

Celia Reynolds, Duke University medical student

On Duke University’s medical campus, the Great Hall in the Trent Semans Center for Health Education is unusually still as a man walks solemnly to a chair seated on the stage. A palpable silence lingers heavy in the air as the speaker sits to face...Read Full Story

Rodger Liddle Has A Gut Feeling About the Origins of Parkinson's Disease

What is a gastroenterologist doing studying Parkinson’s Disease?

This is a question that Rodger Liddle , MD, a professor in the Department of Medicine in the School of Medicine, gets a lot. The answer involves a superhighway, a conversation with a Nobel Laureate, and a plastic foot....Read Full Story