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Duke Faculty Elected to the American Pediatric Society
Five Duke Department of Pediatrics physicians were recently elected to the American Pediatric Society (APS), one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious academic societies. More>>
Jhaveri, Thornburg Elected to Society for Pediatric Research
Two Duke Department of Pediatrics faculty members were recently elected to the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR), an organization whose mission is to encourage a wide range of cutting-edge science, from basic to translational, clinical and health services research that reflects diverse pediatric academic disciplines. More>>

Katz Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award
Samuel Katz, MD, Wilburt Cornell Davison Professor and Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Pediatrics at Duke University Medical Center, has been awarded a lifetime achievement award by Action for Children of North Carolina for his contributions to pediatric measles vaccine development. More>>

Faculty Receive Recognition for Contributions to Academic Medicine
This week, several faculty members from the Department of Pediatrics received institutional recognition for their important contributions to Duke and to academic medicine. More>>

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News and Articles

Radical Transplant Aims to Save Newborns

M. Louise Markert, MD, PhD, an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Allergy and Immunology will be profiled on ABC's Good Morning America and Nightline on July 15 for her efforts to perfect a radical transplant to save the lives of newborns with faulty immune systems. More>>

U.S. News Ranks Duke Children's Among the Nation's Best
Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center has once again been ranked as one of the nation's best in U.S. News & World Report's 2008 edition of America's Best Children's Hospitals. More>>

Children With a Fatal Genetic Disorder Receive Transplants--and a Friend for Life
For Louise Markert, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Allergy and Immunology, it was a child's parent who forever changed her approach to patient care. More>>

Fellowship Supports Pediatric Cancer Programs
Since 2002 Hyundai Motor America and its Southern Region Dealers Association have donated more than $700,000 to pediatric cancer programs and research at Duke. More>>

Vaccines and Autism

Samuel L. Katz, MD, co-creator of the measles vaccine and Chairman Emeritus of Pediatrics discusses the truth about the relationship between vaccinations and autism. More>>

Building Bridges, Building Brains
To maximize research to help shed light on the health problems faced by newborn infants, Ronald Goldberg, MD, Chief of the Division of Neonatology, fostered collaboration with a host of talented basic scientists throughout the Duke research community and co-founded the Neonatal Perinatal Research Institute. More>>

Duke Endowment Gives $50 Million for Medical Education Facility, Pediatric Care: Largest Gift Ever to Duke University Medical Center
The Duke Endowment of Charlotte is giving $50 million to the Duke University Medical Center to help build a medical education facility and to develop a state-of-the-art inpatient facility for pediatric patients. The $50 million gift is the largest single gift received by the Duke University Medical Center. More>>

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Anna's Angels Fund for Down Syndrome Research

The Anna's Angel Fund is again offering support for innovative research projects. Projects may be either basic or clinical and all members of the Duke community are eligible to apply. More>>

Kids Care Grants

Each year a portion of the net proceeds from the Children's Miracle Network fund raising at Duke Children's is allocated to the Kids Care Fund. This fund awards grants to support the patients and families receiving care at Duke Children's. More>>

2008 George Brumley, Jr. Memorial Lecture

Leonard I. Zon, MD, a Howard Hughes Investigator and a professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School will be visiting Duke at the end of February to present the Brumley Lectureship in Pediatrics. More>>

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School of Medicine Medical Alumni Weekend 2008

Medical Alumni Weekend is scheduled for October 23-26 and will include breakfast for Duke Pediatrics alumni on Saturday, October 25 at 8:00am in the McGovern-Davison Children's Health Center. We hope you'll join us. Please RSVP to Diane Crayton at: 919-681-3260 or diane.crayton@duke.edu. More >>

Celebrating Our Nurses
This week is National Nurses Week, and from May 6th through the 12th, nurses across the country are being honored for their countless contributions to patients every day. More>>
Duke Diabetes Day

Join members of the Duke Children's Pediatric Diabetes Program on Saturday, May 17, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for this free, fun-filled, educational event. More>>

Angels Among Us 5K and Family Fun Walk
Each year, more than 20,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with a primary brain tumor, and about 2,900 of those are children. Angels Among Us is a celebration of life, strength, courage and commitment, and has become a national event, with thousands coming from across the country to volunteer, participate, and make a difference. More>>

Duke Pediatrics Alumni Reception
Reconnect with former classmates and faculty at the Duke Pediatrics Alumni Reception on Sunday, May 4, 2008 from 9:30 to 11:00 p.m. at the Ala Moana Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii. More>>

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