Over the course of the last 15 years, Duke MSTP has seen 134 graduates, 94% of these graduates going onto residency programs. Of those that did not pursue clinical training, all remained engaged in a meaningful way in science, most in biomedical research. Of those graduates who did residencies, 79.4% completed or are serving residencies in hospitals ranked among the top ten in the 2021 US News & World Report Research Rankings, and the program's graduates populate the ranks of academic medical centers throughout the United States. The top residency fields selected include Internal Medicine, Radiation Oncology, Pathology, Pediatrics, and Anesthesiology.
Thirty-nine of Duke MSTP's 372 alumni serve as faculty members at Duke
Gerard Blobe, MD, PhD | Medicine - Oncology | Professor |
Evan Calabrese, MD, PhD | Radiology | Assistant Professor |
Joseph Corless, MD, PhD | Cell Biology | Associate Professor Emeritus |
Michael Datto, MD, PhD | Pathology | Associate Professor |
Kafui Dzirasa, MD, PhD | Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | K. Ranga Rama Krishnan Associate Professor |
Christine Eyler, MD, PhD | Radiation Oncology | Medical Instructor |
Peter Fecci, MD, PhD | Neurosurgery | Professor |
Herbert Fuchs, MD, PhD | Neurosurgery | Professor |
Stephanie Gaillard, MD, PhD | Medicine | Adjunct Assistant Professor |
Sidney Gospe III, MD, PhD | Ophthalmology | Assistant Professor |
Sidney Gospe, Jr, MD, PhD | Pediatrics | Adjunct Professor |
Laura Hale, MD, PhD | Pathology | Professor |
Allison Hall, MD, PhD | Pathology | Adjunct Associate Professor |
Caroline Haynes, MD, PhD | Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Associate Professor Emeritus |
James Herbert, MD, PhD | Anesthesiology | Assistant Professor |
Christopher Holley, MD, PhD | Medicine | Associate Professor |
David Howell, MD, PhD | Pathology | Professor |
Claude Hughes, Jr., MD, PhD | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Consulting Professor |
Virginia Lightner, MD, PhD | Dermatology | Assistant Consulting Professor |
David Lobach, MD, PhD | Family Medicine and Community Health | Associate Consulting Professor |
Giselle Lopez, MD, PhD | Pathology | Assistant Professor |
John Madden, MD, PhD | Pathology | Associate Professor |
Mary Markert, MD, PhD | Pediatrics | Professor Emeritus |
John McManigle, MD, PhD | Anesthesiology | Assistant Professor |
Niharika Mettu, MD, PhD | Medicine | Assistant Professor |
Yvonne Mowery, MD, PhD | Radiation Oncology | Butler Harris Assistant Professor |
Lawrence Ngo, MD, PhD | Radiology | Adjunct Associate |
Mark Palmeri, MD, PhD | Biomedical Engineering | Professor |
Dhavalkumar Patel, MD, PhD | Medicine | Associate Consulting Professor |
Zachary Reitman, MD, PhD | Radiation Oncology | Assistant Professor |
Timothy Robinson, MD, PhD | Radiation Oncology | Adjunct Assistant Professor |
Alfred Sanfilippo, MD, PhD | Pathology | Adjunct Professor |
Karen Scherr, MD, PhD | Family Medicine and Community Health | Clinical Associate |
John Shelburne, MD, PhD | Pathology | Professor Emeritus |
Thomas Van de Ven, MD, PhD | Anesthesiology | Associate Professor |
Philip Walther, MD, PhD | Surgery | Professor |
Richard Weiner, MD, PhD | Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Professor Emeritus |
Melodi Whitley, MD, PhD | Dermatology | Assistant Professor |
Julius Wilder, MD, PhD | Medicine | Assistant Professor |
Seventeen of Duke MSTP's 372 alumni are residents/house staff/affiliates at Duke
- Alejandro Antonia, MD, PhD
- Jeffrey Ashton, MD, PhD
- Kristen Batich, MD, PhD
- Alexandra Bey, MD, PhD
- Mark Chen, MD, PhD
- Jamie Courtland, MD, PhD
- Matthew Draelos, MD, PhD
- Drake Edwards, MD, PhD
- Michael Forrester, MD, PhD
- Stephen Harward, MD, PhD
- Daniel Joh, MD, PhD
- Aaditya Khatri, MD, PhD
- Ryan Meyerhoff, MD, PhD
- Ibtehaj (Janoo) Naqvi, MD, PhD
- Amy Petty, MD, PhD
- Ilia Shadrin, MD, PhD
- Karolina Woroniecka, MD, PhD
If you are an alumnus of the Duke University Medical Scientist Training Program and would like to update information, please contact mstp@duke.edu