Duke General Surgery RESIDENT CANDIDATE’S GUIDE 2019 – 2020 CONTENTS
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Duke General Surgery RESIDENT CANDIDATE’S GUIDE 2019 – 2020 CONTENTS Table of Contents WELCOME...................................................................................................................................4 Message from the Chair ...............................................................................................................5 Message from Residency Program Director ...............................................................................6 ABOUT THE DUKE DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY............................................................8 Duke University Medical Center History .....................................................................................9 Duke Surgery Milestones ...........................................................................................................14 Duke Surgery Department Chairs ..............................................................................................18 Facilities ......................................................................................................................................21 Duke Health and Duke University..............................................................................................23 Durham, North Carolina .............................................................................................................24 Community Engagement ............................................................................................................25 DEPARTMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH ............................26 Surgical Center for Outcomes Research (SCORES) ...................................................................26 Surgery Office of Clinical Research (SOCR) ...............................................................................27 Substrate Services Core & Research Support (SSCRS) .............................................................28 Residency Programs ...................................................................................................................30 Surgical Education at Duke ........................................................................................................31 Surgical Education Research Group (SERG) ..............................................................................32 How Does Duke Compare? .........................................................................................................34 Conferences ................................................................................................................................35 Educational Laboratories ..........................................................................................................36 Innovate MD ................................................................................................................................37 Ergonomics Program ..................................................................................................................39 RESIDENTS ...............................................................................................................................40 Residents’ Lounge ......................................................................................................................41 Positions of Chief Residents of Surgery ....................................................................................42 Chief Resident Profiles ...............................................................................................................76 Current Residents .......................................................................................................................99 Dedicated Resident Research Program in General Surgery ..................................................114 Click to jump to a particular section. 2 CONTENTS RESEARCH LABORATORIES ..............................................................................................115 Duke Endocrine Neoplasia Diseases Research Group ...........................................................116 Determinants of Progression in Early Breast and Ovarian Cancer .......................................116 Cardiothoracic Surgery Translational Research Laboratory ..................................................117 Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Biology Laboratory ...............................................................117 Duke Center for Aortic Disease Research Program ...............................................................118 Fibrosis and Wound Healing ....................................................................................................118 DataLab for Clinical Care & Population Health .......................................................................119 Tissue Engineering and Implantable Devices .........................................................................120 Vascularized Composite Allograft Laboratory .......................................................................120 Knechtle Lab ..............................................................................................................................121 Immune Management Laboratory ..........................................................................................121 Vascular Surgery Research Laboratory ...................................................................................122 Antiviral Drug Discovery Laboratory .......................................................................................122 Cardiovascular Biology Laboratory .........................................................................................123 Cell Death Laboratory ...............................................................................................................123 Center for Applied Therapeutics..............................................................................................124 Immune Dysfunction and Evolutionary Mismatch Laboratory..............................................125 Immune Mechanisms of Disease Pathogenesis Laboratory ..................................................125 Immune Responses and Virology Laboratory .........................................................................126 Immunologic Signatures Laboratory .......................................................................................126 Immunology, Inflammation, and Immunotherapy Laboratory .............................................127 Innate and Adaptive Cellular Cytotoxicity Laboratory ...........................................................127 Laboratory for AIDS Vaccine Research and Development .....................................................128 FACULTY ..................................................................................................................................129 Abdominal Transplant Surgery ................................................................................................130 Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery ........................................................................................133 Pediatric General Surgery ........................................................................................................135 Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery ...................................................................................136 Surgical Oncology .....................................................................................................................141 Surgical Sciences .......................................................................................................................151 Trauma and Critical Care Surgery ...........................................................................................159 Vascular and Endovascular Surgery ........................................................................................165 Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery ......................................................................................170 3 Stay Connected. Click. Like. Follow. Watch. surgery.duke.edu Duke Surgery @DukeSurgery Duke Surgery WELCOME Message from the Chair Welcome to Duke! That you have chosen to dedicate your time to visit Duke and consider our program for your residency training indicates you are seeking a high-caliber experience that will prepare you for a rewarding career in academic surgery. That you have been selected for an interview should provide affirmation you have the capacity to excel in surgery, and both derive benefit from and contribute to the field. I am thus very glad that you are here, and hope that your visit will help you determine whether Duke is the best fit for you. Your choice of training program will define your career, and indeed, our choice of residents defines our institution. As such, this is an important decision for us both. During your visit to Duke, you will have an opportunity to meet our residents and faculty, tour our facilities, Allan D. Kirk, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S. and gain insights into our training philosophy. You will no doubt find both breadth and depth in the resources available to you; including state-of-the-art clinical operating and patient care facilities, comprehensive training and simulation venues; a well-organized, enthusiastic and dedicated educational faculty engaged in a comprehensive didactic curriculum; and an exceptionally developed and well-funded surgical research enterprise embedded within the larger environment of a world-class research university. The comprehensive offering of