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Breast surgical oncologist and Mary and Deryl Hart Distinguished Professor of Surgery Eun-Sil Shelley Hwang, MD, MHS, with Oluwadamilola "Lola" Fayanju, MD, MA, MPHS, FACS, in early 2020.
Dr. Hwang was Chief of Breast Surgery at Duke at that time and Dr. Fayanju was an assistant professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology. Dr. Fayanju is currently Chief of the Breast Surgery Division at Penn Medicine.
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THE GRADUATE Monica Bodd, MD, MTS, at her MD Graduation with Associate Dean for Student Affairs Aimee Chung, MD, her advisory dean (left); her primary Duke Surgery mentor DCI head & neck surgical oncologist Dan Rocke, MD (top right) and clinic staff; and with her proud parents on match day (bottom right).
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U.S. map of 12 states
New Mexico, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina, make up the Southern Division of the National Cancer Institute Cooperative Human Tissue Network's Southern Division. Duke University is the headquarters of the Southern Division.
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THRIVERS: Patient advocate Katrina Cooke, Komen Development Director Pam Kohl, and patient advocate Rhonda Howell, in Oct. 2018. Metastatic breast cancer survivors Cooke and Howell — both of whom are Duke Cancer Institute patients — are participating in three new DCI/UNC Lineberger metastatic breast cancer research projects made possible by the Susan G. Komen MBC Collaborative Research Initiative. The initiative is the brainchild of Kohl, also a longtime Duke patient.
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