Announcements

Nolan Miller, MHA, has been named administrative director, team lead, effective July 13. This is a newly created role within DCI.

The Society for Neuro-Oncology will host its "Second Annual Conference on Brain Metastases" virtually on Aug. 14; includes DCI presenters.

A message from President Price and Chancellor Washington on Duke Becoming a Tobacco-Free Campus.

NCCN released new Guidelines for Patients in it's Immunotherapy Side Effects series, with the publication of a book focused on CAR T-Cell therapy.

AACR hosts conference on emerging data in basic, clinical, & epidemiologic research related to COVID-19 and cancer. Anthony Fauci delivers keynote.

NCCN announced the publication of new Guidelines for Patients in the Immunotherapy Side Effects series with the publication of a book on Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors.

Flags were lowered to half-staff today across Duke for Neil Spector, MD, physician-scientist, mentor, advocate, friend, husband, and father who passed away on June 14.

 Yvonne Mowery, MD, PhD, was one of four young physician-scientists nationwide selected to receive the Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award.

On Monday, June 1, Caring House re-opened after having been closed temporarily due to COVID-19 precautions.

Duke Cancer Institute will present more than 100 abstracts across multiple cancer types during the ASCO20 Virtual Scientific Program of the 2020 ASCO Annual Meeting.

This is of substantial significance to the department and university because it marks the funding of a new national center.

Join Duke Cancer Institute for a virtual event to learn about COVID-19 and what it means for our cancer patients and community.

Duke Cancer Institute thoracic oncologist Neal Ready, MD, PhD joins Rev. Adrian Dixon and a lung cancer survivor to share best practices during COVID-19.

Twelve faculty in the School of Medicine were recently awarded distinguished professorships. A third of these are DCI members.

Duke Cancer Institute member and family physician Kevin Oeffinger, MD, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (FASCO). 

The National Cancer Institute has created new pages on its website related to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation: one for patients and one for researchers.

Christopher Kelsey, MD, associate professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology and DCI member, was awarded the 2020 Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award.

The DCRI study is the first cardiovascular outcomes trial to compare two different types of cancer treatment.

The LLS COVID-19 Patient Financial Aid Program will provide $250 to eligible blood cancer patients experiencing financial hardship due to the pandemic.

PCORI has funded up to $50 million to evaluate hydroxychloroquine as a preventive drug for the novel coronavirus.

Duke Health research and clinical teams have confirmed a way to use existing vaporized hydrogen peroxide methods to decontaminate the masks.

The clinical trial of a potential COVID-19 therapy gives hospitalized adult patients with significant symptoms an option to participate.

Exec. director of DCI, Michael Kastan, MD, PhD, was one of 97 to sign an AACI letter imploring the president to use the DFA in the COVID-19 emergency.

Due to concern for the health and welfare of our patients and their families and friends, and in order to comply with official Duke policy, CRUSH to go virtual this year.

Graduate program rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report place the School of Nursing and School of Medicine among the top in the nation.

Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Keith Sullivan, MD, and colleagues reflect on his career and passion.

Due to evolving public health risks related to coronavirus, the April 25 Angels Among Us 5K & Walk of Hope has been rescheduled to Oct. 10.

John Sampson, MD, PhD, MBA, named to new leadership role at Duke. Allan Friedman, MD, appointed interim chair of the Dept. of Neurosurgery.

Suzanne L. Topalian, MD, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, delivers the Thomas J. Matthews Endowed Lecture, March 11 via livestream.

Duke and Leica formally established a Leica Microsystems Center of Excellence at the Light Microscopy Shared Resource.

The Duke Department of Pathology/Duke Clinical Labs has established the Division of Artificial Intelligence and Computational Pathology.

Research on immunotherapy in NSCLC by Scott Antonia, MD, PhD, selected by ASCO for inclusion in Clinical Cancer Advances 2020.

An article co-authored by Meira Epplein, PhD, on H. pylori, published in the International Journal of Cancer, has been selected for a special IJC Virtual Issue.

Jennifer Wilkins, RN, MSN-HA, NEA-BC, admin. director, Duke Regional Hospital Based Clinics, elected president of the North Carolina Triangle Chapter of ONS.

Natalie Ashley, who began as a patient navigator with the DCBSM, has been instrumental in growing the program, say center leaders.

Medical oncologist Edwin P. Alyea, III, MD, formerly with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, has been named chief medical officer (CMO) for Duke Cancer Institute.

Steven Bender, MBA, FHFMA, assumes his new role as senior director of finance, DCI, today, January 6.

Mark Oldham, PhD, has been named director of the Medical Physics Program, effective January 1, 2020.

Scott Floyd, MD, PhD, has joined the Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis at DCI as associate radiation director.

Jennifer K. Plichta, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, on being appointed to the editorial board of Breast Cancer Research.

April Salama, MD, director of the Melanoma Disease Group, has joined the Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis at DCI as associate medical director.

Duke Cancer Institute-branded merchandise is now for sale at the Belk Boutique at Duke Cancer Center Durham, at Duke Raleigh Cancer Center and at Duke Women's Cancer Care Raleigh.

Three DCI employees — from Duke Cancer Center Durham, Duke Cancer Center North Durham, and Duke Cancer Center Raleigh — were recently honored with DCI Superstar awards.

Claire Howell, MMCi, has been named manager of Clinical Data Strategy for the Duke Cancer Institute. She began her new role on September 9.

After many months of preparation and an extensive review process, DCI was renewed as an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center for another five-year period.

Ebony Boulware, M.D., and Peter Ubel, M.D., have been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine (NAM).

Surgical oncologist and melanoma specialist Georgia Beasley, MD, MHSc, has been named co-director of Duke Cancer Institute’s Melanoma Disease Group.

Carolyn Menendez, MD, FACS, assistant professor of Surgical Oncology has been appointed director of Duke Cancer Institute’s Clinical Cancer Genetics Program.

The Duke Cancer Patient Support Program will host the 29th Annual Nancy Weaver Emerson Tree of Hope Lighting Ceremony at on Thursday, Dec. 5.

Duke Cancer Institute hematologic oncologist Joseph Moore, MD, after 44 years, retired from clinical practice this summer. He and colleagues reflect on his legacy.