In the News

Congratulations to Duke’s Total Parental Nutrition (TPN)/Nutrition Support Team, led by Duke Anesthesiology’s Dr. Paul Wischmeyer, on being awarded the prestigious American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Clinical Nutrition Team of Distinction Award.

Congratulations to Kelly Machovec, MD, MPH, on being a recipient of the 2022 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, recognizing her compassion in the delivery of care, respect for patients, their families, and health care colleagues, as well as clinical excellence.

Congratulations to Vijay Krishnamoorthy, MD, MPH, PhD, on being named chief of the Critical Care Medicine Division in which he will be responsible for leading, supporting and growing the division's clinical, research and education programs.

The Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research ranks Duke Anesthesiology eighth in the nation for National Institutes of Health funding ($7.9 million) among anesthesiology clinical science departments.

A newly-published study with first author, Dr. Miles Berger, could help ease concerns that Alzheimer’s disease risk might be increased by major surgeries and/or general anesthesia.

Congratulations to Wei Yang, PhD, FAHA, on receiving a $1,619,689 R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health for his project aimed at advancing post-resuscitation care and improving overall cardiac arrest prognoses.

Congratulations to Kelly Machovec, MD, MPH, on receiving the Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center Impact Award for the exceptional impact she has had on clinical practice around hemostasis.

As featured on WNCN-TV, Duke anesthesiologist Dr. Richard Moon shares his expertise about the dangers of carbon monoxide and the increased risk of exposure during winter weather.

Congratulations to Miriam M. Treggiari, MD, PhD, MPH, of Yale University, on being named the department’s vice chair for research in which she will develop an interdisciplinary strategy and lead efforts to grow, promote, and support research and scholarship of programs.

Congratulations to Wei Yang, PhD, on being awarded a five-year, $2,012,500 renewal grant from the National Institutes of Health to further study the role of the unfolded protein response in stroke outcomes.