In the News

Congratulations to the authors who received the 2017 Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Resident Quality Improvement Recognition Award for their winning video that focuses on a bedside tool to improve patient transports.

For the seventh year in a row, Duke raises the most funds for the nonprofit, Hope For The Warriors, and medals at the Run For The Warriors 5K race in Boston!

Congratulations to Niccolò Terrando, PhD, on receiving a five-year, $2,815,756 NIH/NIA grant for his innovative project aimed at reducing the burdens of neurologic complications after common surgical procedures.

In a quest to continuously measure pulse oximetry in hikers and study alternative strategies for treating hypoxia in patients, Drs. Richard Moon and Eugene Moretti describe their 11-day trek in the Himalayas.

Congratulations to Miles Berger, MD, PhD, and Duke Anesthesiology colleagues on receiving a five-year, $1,195,505 NIH grant aimed at understanding the role of neuro-inflammation in postoperative cognitive dysfunction.

Congratulations to Drs. Niccolò Terrando and Zhiquan Zhang on receiving an $8,000 voucher for their project that aims to prevent memory dysfunction after surgery with a novel, pro-resolving peptide.

A: The goal of the trip to Ghana was to create a project that could show an incremental measurable gain in the delivery of health care. We arrived in Accra, Ghana at a very interesting time.

A large crowd gathered to collaborate and celebrate the department’s excellence in research at this year’s 25th annual Academic Evening. View the highlights in this event wrap up!