Markert retires following four decades of service
Mary Louise Markert, MD, PhD, professor of pediatrics in the Division of Allergy and Immunology and professor of immunology recently announced her retirement effective October 15, 2021, following over four decades of service at Duke University.
Faculty Spotlight: Talal Imad Mousallem, MD
For Talal Mousallem, MD, the call to medicine came at an early age. Interestingly, he grew up Lebanon during the Lebanese civil war, and his great grandfather, grandfather and uncle were all physicians, who graduated from the same medical school.
Pioneering therapy provides long-term survival for babies lacking thymus
An investigational treatment pioneered by a Duke Health pediatrician resulted in a one-year survival rate of 77% among children born with a rare condition in which they lack an immune system.
Faculty Spotlight: Xiaoping Zhong, MD, PhD
Zhong talks to us about how he became fascinated by the complexity and importance of the immune system during medical school in China.
Honoring Dr. Rebecca Buckley
This article honors Rebecca Hatcher Buckley, MD, who served as chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology from 1974 to 2003 and has been the James Buren Sidbury Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Immunology at Duke since 1979.
Faculty Spotlight: Buckley recognized on 2019 'Best Doctors' list
Congratulations to Rebecca Buckley, MD, for being recognized on the 2019-2020 Best Doctors List.