Awards and recognition:
Charles B. Hammond, MD, E. C. Hamblen Professor of Reproductive Biology and Family Planning, received the Leonard Palumbo, Jr., MD, Faculty Achievement Award for compassionate patient care and excellence in the mentoring of young physicians.

Samuel Katz, MD, the Wilburt Cornell Davison Professor and chairman emeritus of pediatrics, received the Sabin Gold Medal from the Albert B. Sabin Vaccine Institute for his exemplary contributions to disease prevention, including his role in developing the measles vaccine.

John Klingensmith, PhD, assistant professor of cell biology, and James A. Tulsky, MD, associate professor of medicine, each received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from President Bush. Klingensmith was recognized for basic research in developmental biology, while Tulsky was honored for research exploring quality of care at the end of life.

Ralph Snyderman, MD, chancellor for health affairs and president and CEO of Duke University Health System, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and also received the prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations for his contributions to medicine.

Jonathan S. Stamler, MD, professor of medicine and biochemistry and associate investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, received the Ruth and A. Morris Williams, Jr., Faculty Research Prize for his groundbreaking studies in the field of nitric oxide biology.

Gary M. Cox, MD, assistant professor of medicine, and Jeffrey Crawford, MD, professor of medicine, were appointed to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society.

R. Sanders Williams, MD, dean of the Duke University School of Medicine, and Debra A. Schwinn, MD, professor of anesthesiology at Duke, were appointed to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.

Faculty and staff appointments:
Leadership appointments:

• Pascal Goldschmidt, MD, chair, Department of Medicine
• Danny O. Jacobs, MD, chair, Department of Surgery
• H. Kim Lyerly, MD, director, Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Ross McKinney Jr., MD, vice dean for research, School of Medicine
• James McNamara, MD, chair, Department of Neurobiology
• Huntington Willard, PhD, director, Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy
• Jo Rae Wright, PhD, vice dean for basic sciences, School of Medicine

Endowed professorship appointments:

• Edward C. Halperin, MD, R.J. Reynolds Professor of Medical Education in the School of Medicine
• Brigid L.M. Hogan, PhD, George Barth Geller Professor for Research in Molecular Biology in the School of Medicine
• Paul P. Lee, MD, JD, James Pitzer Gills III, M.D. and Joy Gills Professor of Ophthalmology in the School of Medicine
• Brooks W. McCuen II, MD, Robert Machemer Professor of Ophthalmology in the School of Medicine
• Christopher B. Newgard, PhD, W. David and Sarah W. Stedman Professor of Nutrition in the School of Medicine
• Debra A. Schwinn, MD, James B. Duke Professor of Anesthesiology
• Bruce A. Sullenger, PhD, Joseph W. and Dorothy W. Beard Professor of Experimental Surgery in the School of Medicine

School statistics:
Students:

Graduate Medical Education: 815 residents and fellows

Faculty: 1,534 (including 899 with MDs, 463 with PhDs, 95 with MD-PhDs)

Major gifts:

• $6 million from the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of Asheville, N.C., to establish a new Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Institute at Duke.
• $2 million from the Leon Levine Foundation of Charlotte, N.C., to establish the Barbara Levine University Professorship in Cancer Genomics and the Barbara Levine Breast Cancer Genomics Faculty Research Endowment Fund.
• $1.8 million from the estate of the late Harriet I. Johnston of Charlotte, N.C., for unrestricted support for Duke University Medical Center.
• $1.3 million from Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Johnson of Palm Beach, Fla., to establish the Richard and Pat Johnson University Professorship in Cardiovascular Genomics at the Duke School of Medicine.
• $1.2 million from the Children's Miracle Network to support various programs within Duke Children's.
• $1 million from Dr. and Mrs. W. Lester Brooks, Jr., MD, of Charlotte, N.C., to establish the W. Lester Brooks, Jr., Professorship in Rheumatology at the Duke School of Medicine.
• $1 million from Mr. and Mrs. Gary Cless of Northbrook, Ill., to establish the Bryan Cless Brain Tumor Research Fund at the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, and $100,000 to the Harris-Silverman Brain Tumor Endowment.
• $1 million from Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cullather of Richmond, Va., to establish the Cullather Brain Tumor Research Fund.
• $1 million from Mr. Oscar W. Ellis and Ms. Anne M. Colville of Bettendorf, Ia., to establish the Oscar W. Ellis and Anne M. Colville Brain Tumor Fund.