Cameron R. Wolfe, MD, HS’07-’08, professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Duke University, has been named a recipient of a Duke Medical Alumni Association 2025 Distinguished Faculty Award in recognition of his sustained contributions to clinical care, research, education, and institutional leadership.
Wolfe earned his medical degree from the University of Melbourne and completed postgraduate training in Australia before joining Duke as an Infectious Diseases Fellow in 2007. He became a faculty member in 2009 and was promoted to professor in 2023. He is also affiliated with the Duke Initiative for Science and Society and the Duke Vaccine Institute.
His research focuses on HIV in transplantation, respiratory viral infections in immunocompromised patients, donor-derived infections, and pandemic preparedness.
Wolfe was among those who played key roles in Duke’s successful COVID-19 and influenza responses, contributing to antiviral drug development, including remdesivir, and shaping care strategies for COVID-positive transplant patients.
He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications and multiple book chapters and edited a textbook on emerging transplant infections. His work has been widely cited, with publications in journals including The New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet Respiratory Medicine, and American Journal of Transplantation.
Wolfe chaired the UNOS Disease Transmission Advisory Committee and has led national efforts to expand the safe use of HIV, hepatitis, and COVID-19 infected organ donors, resulting in over 500 additional transplants at Duke.
He serves as infectious disease chair of the International Society of Transplant Infectious Diseases, and president-elect of the Transplant Infectious Disease Society. His administrative roles at Duke include directing emerging pathogen response effects on campus and recently co-chairing Duke’s COVID-19 Response Force for the university, the ACC, and the NCAA.
Wolfe’s contributions have been recognized with numerous honors, including the Duke University Presidential Award and multiple institutional awards. His work continues to influence infectious disease and transplant medicine on a national and international scale.