The Duke University School of Medicine comprises 22 clinical and basic science departments consisting of more than 2000 faculty, 450 medical students, nearly 1000 residents and fellows, and approximately 640 PhD students. The school’s strong emphasis on research to improve clinical outcomes encourages collaborations among faculty members, departments, and other schools at the university and has resulted in the development of numerous centers and institutes.
Academic Departments
Basic Science Departments
Chair: Richard Brennan, PhD
Assistant: Peggy Wilkison
Business Manager: Esther Self
Office: 255B Nanaline H. Duke
Campus PO Box: DUMC 3711
Phone: (919) 681-8804
FAX: (919) 684-8885
The Department of Biochemistry is engaged in cutting-edge research that clarifies the molecular nature of biological processes with a vision of making key discoveries that will transform our molecular understanding of fundamental life processes and ultimately enhance human health. The department is composed of 18 primary faculty members and 12 secondary members from other departments throughout Duke University. Currently, there are 70 students in the Biochemistry Graduate Program and 22 postdoctoral fellows and research associates.
Chair: Elizabeth DeLong, PhD
Assistant: Debbie Medlin
Business Manager: Dawn Hails
Office: 11072 Hock Plaza, Suite 1102
Campus PO Box: 2721
Phone: (919) 668-8828
FAX: (919) 668-7061
The discipline of biostatistics constitutes a primary focus of the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, which serves as the academic home for faculty biostatisticians. The department engages in methodological and collaborative research, and directs educational programs in biostatistics, computational biology, statistical genetics, epidemiology, health economics, health services research, and computational medicine. The department currently has more than 55 faculty members. The department offers four graduate programs, the PhD and Master of Biostatistics, the Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP) and the Master of Management in Clinical Informatics (MMCi).
Chair: Brigid Hogan, PhD
Assistant: Jacquelyn Soderling
Business Manager: Mollie Sykes
Office: 388 Nanaline Duke
Campus PO Box: 3709
Phone: (919) 684-8085
FAX: (919) 684-8592
The Department of Cell Biology focuses on research of the molecular structure and function of cells and their component parts with a vision of determining how cells interact to form embryos, tissues, and nervous systems; and to investigate their role in physiology, behavior, and tissue repair and regeneration. The department, which currently consists of 25 faculty members, 42 students and 32 postdoctoral fellows, seeks to prepare PhD and MSTP students and postdoctoral fellows for clinical, academic and non–academic careers.
Chair: Michael S. Krangel, PhD
Assistant: Jennifer Goins
Business Manager: Todd Leovic
Office: 318 Jones Building
Campus Box: 3010
Phone: (919) 684-3578
Fax: (919) 684-8982
The Department of Immunology serves as the focal point for research and education in immunology at Duke. The department consists of 15 primary faculty members and 29 secondary faculty members drawn from a range of basic science and clinical departments. The department provides a robust training environment for 32 PhD students and 25 postdoctoral trainees. Collaboration between basic and clinical immunologists provides fundamental insights into immune system development and function and into pathologies such as immunodeficiency, autoimmunity, infectious disease and cancer.
Chair: Joseph Heitman, MD, PhD
Assistant: Melissa Palmer
Business Manager: Susan Wiley
Office: 322 CARL Building
Campus PO Box: 3546
Phone: (919) 684-2814 OR (919) 684-2824
FAX: (919) 684-5458
Research conducted in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM) spans model and pathogenic organisms and the full spectrum of genetics from unicellular to multicellular eukaryotic organisms, including mice and humans. Existing areas of research strengths include: 1) microbiology (virology, mycology, bacteriology); 2) RNA biology and genomic expression analysis; 3) yeast genetics; 4) genetics of model systems and humans; and 5) chromosome structure, function, replication and repair. The department is currently composed of 29 primary faculty members, 33 secondary faculty members from multiple departments across the University, and 90 students.
Chair: Stephen G. Lisberger, PhD
Assistant: Kimberly Davis
Business Manager: Ann Keefe
Office: 101 Bryan Research Building
Campus PO Box: 3209
Phone: (919) 684-0320
FAX: (919) 684-4431
The Department of Neurobiology aims to further our understanding of the brain and its role in health and disease through research and education. Research topics include how neural circuits create behavior, the cellular and molecular mechanisms that make brain cells function and adapt, and the mechanisms of brain development. The department is the administrative home for the interdepartmental Graduate Training Program in Neurobiology, and works closely with the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences (DIBS), other basic science departments, and relevant clinical departments.
Chair: Donald P. McDonnell, PhD
Assistant: Trena Martelon
Business Manager: Sharon Dowell-Newton
Office: C238A LSRC
Campus PO Box: 3813
Phone: (919) 684-6035
FAX: (919) 681-7139
The Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology comprises 27 primary faculty, 113 graduate students and 39 postdoctoral fellows with complementary research interests and expertise. Ongoing research in the department addresses a myriad of important scientific questions relevant to cancer, metabolism, nervous system function, drugs of abuse, and environmental toxicants. One unifying theme is the use of pharmacological approaches to define the key regulatory steps in relevant pathways that may be amenable to pharmaceutical exploitation or whose dysregulation may be involved in the pathogenesis of disease.
Clinical Science Departments
Chair: Joseph P. Mathew, MD, MHSc, MBA
Assistants: Meghan Balfrey and Melinda Macalino
Business Manager: John Borrelli
Office: 5692 HAFS Building
Campus PO Box: 3094
Phone: (919) 681-6646
FAX: (919) 681-2923
The Department of Anesthesiology is composed of 12 clinical divisions and eight centers and programs. The department’s mission is to provide extraordinary care through a unique culture of innovation, education, research, and professional growth. The department is fueled by the unfettered ambition of faculty, staff, and trainees at Duke University Hospital, Duke Raleigh Hospital, Duke Regional Hospital, clinics in Mebane, and the Davis Ambulatory Surgery Center.
Chair: J. Lloyd Michener, MD
Assistant: Kaye Gardner
Business Manager: Ellen O'Briant
Office: 319 Hanes House
Campus PO Box: 2914
Phone: (919) 681-3178
FAX: (919) 681-5785
The Department of Community and Family Medicine is dedicated to improving the health of people in their communities through educational, research and clinical programs. The department is composed of four interdependent divisions: Community Health, Family Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and the Duke Physician Assistant Program. The divisions weave together the core practices required to stimulate health care innovation, quality, and access.
Chair: Russell P. Hall, III, MD
Assistant: Tria Smothers
Business Manager: Virginia King-Barker
Office: 4044 Purple Zone, Duke South
Campus PO Box: 3135
Phone: (919) 684-3110
FAX: (919) 684-3002
The Department of Dermatology consists of 26 faculty members within in the areas of General Dermatology, Pigmented Lesions, Immunodermatology, Lasers/Wound Treatment, MOHS Surgery, and Hair Disorders. The department also has nine adjunct faculty members, nine residents, one fellow, and eight postdoctoral scholars. The department focuses on three key areas: caring for patients; investigating skin diseases; and preparing students, residents, and fellows to be the next generation of highly-skilled dermatology specialists.
Chair: Mary E. Klotman, MD
Assistant: Donna Salvo
Business Manager: Joe Doty
Office: 1102 Duke North
Campus PO Box: 3703
Phone: (919) 668-1755
FAX: (919) 681-5400
The Department of Medicine, comprising 12 divisions, serves as the academic home for more than 1,500 faculty members, staff, residents, and fellows engaged in research, education, and patient care. The department’s outstanding clinical programs are dedicated to providing the best in evidence-based patient care across all disciplines in medicine. Research and clinical activities serve as the basis for training future leaders in medicine through the department's widely-recognized residency and fellowship programs, whose former trainees are prominent among leaders in academic, practice, and administrative medicine.
Chair: Richard J. O'Brien, MD, PhD
Assistant: Evelyn Morgan
Business Manager: JT Solomon
Office: 227-J Bryan Research
Campus PO Box: 2900
Phone: (919) 684-0053
The Department of Neurology is committed to providing the highest level of patient care, education and research in neuroscience. The department consists of nine divisions with a total of 58 primary faculty members and eight secondary faculty members. Included within the practice are the three hospitals in the Duke University Health System and three community-based neurological practices. The department is dedicated to providing a high standard of training for future physicians and scientists and currently has 17 residents, 13 fellows, and five postdoctoral fellows. Ninety percent of the departmental faculty members are actively involved in research with many collaborations across the institution and throughout the world.
Chair: John Sampson, MD, PhD
Assistant: Alisha D. Overton, CAP
Business Manager: Kathy Tobin
The Department of Neurosurgery maintains a robust clinical practice with a national and international referral base and reputation. Our clinical service includes approximately 20 staff neurosurgeons who are engaged in all clinical sub-specialties of neurosurgery. Our research team is led by a very productive group of clinically active neurosurgeons, neuro-oncologists, surgeon scientists, and seven dedicated PhD researchers, and has been awarded more than $21 million in grant support. The internationally recognized Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center, recognized as a Program of Distinction within Duke Medicine, is housed within the department, as is our neurosurgical global health initiative. Our comprehensive residency training program is among the best in the country, and fellowships are offered in six multidisciplinary areas, including a recently added pediatric neurosurgery fellowship.
Assistant: Laverne Alston
Business Manager: Jim Morgridge, MBA, CPA
Office: 203 Baker House
Campus PO Box: 3084
Phone: (919) 668-3948
FAX: (919) 668-5547
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology provides outstanding clinical care, promotes innovative research in human reproduction, and promotes excellence in medical education. The department consists of 57 faculty members, 33 residents, 14 fellows, and more than 100 medical students engaged in research and dedicated to offering the most advanced care in general obstetrics and gynecology, reproductive endocrinology, oncology, urogynecology, minimally invasive gynecologic surgery, and maternal fetal medicine.
Chair: Edward Buckley, MD
Assistant: Michele Clifton
Business Manager: Adrienne Lloyd
Office: Suite 3002, AERI Building
Campus PO Box: 3802
Phone: (919) 684-5846
FAX: (919) 681-6343
The Department of Ophthalmology comprises nine divisions: research, comprehensive, cornea, glaucoma, low vision, neuro-ophthalmology, oculoplastics, pediatrics, and retina. The department’s 54 clinical and 16 research faculty members work together to carry out its missions of clinical eye care, innovation through research, and technology development. The department seeks to advance the understanding and treatment of potentially blinding eye conditions and train the next generation of ophthalmology leaders. Training programs include clinical and postdoctoral fellowships, residents, medical students, and an Ophthalmic Technician Training Program.
Chair: Ben Alman, MD
Assistant: Melanie Frank
Business Manager: Mike Gagnon
Office: 200 Trent Drive, Orange Zone 5th floor, Durham, NC 27710
Campus PO Box: 2888
Phone: (919) 684-2894
FAX: (919) 681-8377
The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery’s mission is to provide compassionate, cost-effective, and high quality patient care to all patients. Faculty members perform cutting-edge research that translates into improved patient care at Duke and around the world. The department also is dedicated to training the next generation of surgeons in an environment that challenges and educates them across a spectrum of disciplines including patient care, research, and academic pursuit.
Chair: Jiaoti Huang, MD, PhD
Assistant: Tam McVey
Business Manager: Tom Dod
Office: M301 Davison Building
Campus PO Box: 3712
Phone: (919) 684-3528
FAX: (919) 681-0778
The Department of Pathology’s vision is to deepen the understanding of human illness and disease treatments through the use of technology and research. The department consists of 53 clinical and 17 research faculty, 25 residents, five fellows, 23 graduate students, and 16 Pathologists' Assistant students, all who strive to transform medicine and healthcare locally and globally through innovative scientific research, rapid translation of breakthrough discoveries, educating future clinical and scientific leaders, advocating and practicing evidence-based medicine to improve community health, and leading efforts to eliminate health inequalities.
Chair: Ann M. Reed, MD
Assistant: Theresa Harris
Business Manager: Susan Kline
Office: T0901 Children's Health Center
Campus PO Box: 3352
Phone: (919) 681-4080
FAX: (919) 681-2714
The Department of Pediatrics comprises 19 divisions and includes nearly 200 faculty members, 72 residents, 65 subspecialty fellows, and 100 rotating medical students.The department is dedicated to providing world-class patient care to children of all ages in a family-centered atmosphere; educating future leaders in pediatric medicine; discovering treatments that will enhance the health care of future generations; and advocating for children, all while aiming to achieve these goals in a diverse and inclusive environment.
Interim Chair: Richard Weiner, MD, PhD
Assistant:
Business Manager: Jennifer Ellis
Office: 4584 White Zone, Duke South
Campus PO Box: 3950
Phone: (919) 684-5616
FAX: (919) 681-5489
The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is an interdisciplinary leader in brain and behavioral health. The department’s 430 active faculty are organized into eight divisions: addictions; behavioral medicine; brain stimulation and neurophysilogy; child and family mental health and developmental neuroscience; geriatric behavioral health; social and community; translational neuroscience; and general psychiatry. The department seeks to provide the best available care to patients and their families, while advancing science to improve mental health on a global scale and equipping its roughly 80 trainees to lead the future of mental health care.
Chair: Christopher G. Willett, MD
Assistant: Donna Wimberley
Business Manager: Terry Brewer
Office: 05143A Morris Building
Campus PO Box: 3085
Phone: (919) 668-5640
FAX: (919) 688-7345
The Department of Radiation Oncology consists of 53 clinical and research faculty members, 14 students, 11 residents, and an esteemed Radiation Physics Division. The department’s four core missions are to provide expert, compassionate, and prompt clinical service to patients; to generate new knowledge concerning the causes, prevention, and treatment of cancer; to transmit new knowledge from clinical and laboratory research to the medical community and the public; and to actively participate in, and further the missions of, the Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Health System, and Duke University.
Chair: Erik Paulson
Assistant: Maria Nelson
Business Manager: John Dion
Office: 1527 Duke Hospital
Campus PO Box: 3808
Phone: (919) 684-7293
Fax: (919) 613-5716
The Department of Radiology is committed to providing the highest quality imaging services, reporting, safety, education and support of innovative laboratory and clinical research. We are comprised of eight subspecialty clinical divisions that include Abdominal Imaging, Breast Imaging, Cardiothoracic Imaging, Interventional Radiology, Musculoskeletal Imaging, Neuroradiology, Nuclear Medicine and Pediatric Radiology. We have 59 subspecialty faculty, 48 residents and 34 fellows that serve 11 locations. Our residency is among the most competitive in the country and Radiology is also now a required clerkship for every Duke University medical student. Our radiologists work closely with referring physicians to provide state of the art radiologic care and service to our patients.
Chair: Dr. Allan Kirk, MD, PhD, FACS
Assistant: Kim Toole
Executive Director: Katherine Stanley
Office: 7690 HAFS Building, Duke North
Campus PO Box: 3704
Phone: (919) 681-3445
FAX: (919) 681-2779
The Department of Surgery is one of the leading surgery programs in the world, committed to Duke Medicine's mission of providing outstanding and compassionate patient care, training tomorrow's leaders, and conducting innovative research. The department consists of 315 clinical and research faculty, 150 residents and fellows, and 650 staff members. There are 15 divisions in the department.