School of Medicine

and Allied Health Programs

www.medschool.duke.edu

By the numbers:

Students:

School of Medicine: 467
PhD Programs in Basic Sciences: 771
Allied Health Programs:

Physical Therapy: 110
Physician Assistant: 91
Pathologist's Assistant: 12
Clinical Leadership Program (MHS degree): 9
Clinical Research Program (MHS degree): 68
Clinical Pastoral Education: 24
Ophthalmic Medical Technology: 7

Graduate Medical Education: 832 (approximately 80 percent residents, 20 percent fellows)

Faculty: 1,509 (including 869 with MDs, 529 with PhDs, 111 with MD-PhDs)

Highlights:

The medical school ranked #6 in the nation in research funding from the National Institutes of Health in FY2004, and also ranked #6 in the 2005 U.S.News & World Report ranking of American medical schools.
In April 2005, officials from Duke and the National University of Singapore signed an agreement under which the two institutions will partner to establish a new graduate medical school in Singapore.
Furthering Duke's commitment to improve global health, the medical school was awarded $4 million in the first NIH grant for study of AIDS co-infections in Tanzania, and also received $6.5 million to establish the Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health. Locally, Duke and community partners opened the Walltown Neighborhood Clinic to improve health care in a low-income neighborhood near campus.
Faculty continued to advance scientific knowledge through notable discoveries such as a gene variant that increases the risk of age-related macular degeneration and a potential new drug that inhibits destructive cell signals that drive the growth of one-third of all cancers.
Duke physician-scientists also worked to translate scientific concepts into practical advances—in one notable study, proving that new human blood vessels can be grown from cells of elderly heart patients in need of bypasses—and reported results of several landmark clinical trials, including a study showing that infants with the formerly fatal Krabbe disease can be saved through stem-cell transplants.

Awards and recognition:

Samuel L. Katz, MD, chair emeritus of pediatrics, received the University Medal for Distinguished Meritorious Service at Duke.

Biochemistry professor Homme Hellinga, PhD, received the NIH Pioneer Award.

Chancellor for Health Affairs Victor J. Dzau, MD, received the 2004 Max Delbruck Medal and was also named a Distinguished Scientist of the American Heart Association.

Neurobiologist Michael Ehlers, MD, PhD, was named a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator.

Brigid Hogan, PhD, chair of Cell Biology, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

More faculty awards (PDF, 2MB)

Appointments:

Molly O'Neill was appointed vice chancellor for medical center integrated planning and chief strategic planning officer and vice president for business development for the Duke University Health System.

Geoffrey Ginsburg, MD, was named director of genomic medicine and David Goldstein, PhD, was named director of the Center for Population Genomics and Pharmacogenomics within Duke's Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy.

New division chiefs appointed included Judd Moul, MD, urology; Paul Kuo, MD, general surgery; and Eric DeMaria, MD, endosurgery.

More appointments (PDF, 2MB)

Major gifts:

$10 million from John and Christy Mack of Rye, N.Y. for the Center for Integrative Medicine on Duke's Center for Living Campus.

$5 million from Dr. and Mrs. George W. Brumley, Jr., of the Zeist Foundation for establishment of the Jean and George Brumley, Jr., and George Brumley, Jr. Professorships in Developmental Biology, and for research at the Duke Neonatal-Perinatal Research Institute.

$5 million from Mr. and Mrs. William H. Gross of Laguna Beach, Calif., for the William and Sue Gross Medical School Scholarship Fund.

$2.5 million from Dr. Richard N. Hubert of Atlanta, Ga., and $1.2 million from Mr. Sherman A. Yeargan, Jr., and Ms. Rowann Yeargan of Garner, N.C., to establish the Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health.

$2 million from Dr. and Mrs. James P. Gills, Jr., of Tarpon Springs, Fla. for the James P. Gills, Jr. Annuity Fund—a research endowment in ophthalmology at the Albert Eye Research Institute.

$2 million from the Robert C. Atkins Foundation of Jenkintown, Pa. to establish the Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Professorship and fund research, clinical care, and education in nutrition and metabolism.

$2 million from Leonard and Tobee Kaplan of Greensboro, N.C. to establish two funds named in their honor—a distinguished university professorship in computational medicine, and a research fund for personalized health planning.

$1.73 million from the Children's Miracle Network of Salt Lake City, Utah, for the McGovern-Davison Children's Health Center at Duke.

$1.5 million from Durham developer Gary M. Hock for the Gary M. Hock Professorship in Global Health.

$1.5 million from Mr. and Mrs. Michael I. Wilkins of Berkely, Calif., for the Robert H. and Gloria Wilkins Professorship in Neurosurgery.

$1.25 million from the National Marrow Donor Program of Minneapolis, Minn., to establish the National Marrow Donor Program Grant at Duke.

$1 million from Bill and Peggy Britt of Chapel Hill, N.C., to advance the potential of stem cell research for the benefit of humans.

$1 million from Disque D. Deane of Boston, Mass., to establish the Disque D. Dean Distinguished University Professorship in Neuroscience.

$1 million from Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure, Inc. of Washington, D.C. to establish the Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure Award at the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center.