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Congratulations to two Duke Pediatrics faculty for receiving the 2025 Physician-Scientist “Strong Start” awards from Duke University School of Medicine. The awards program, funded with a gift from the Nanaline H. Duke Fund, supports promising, early career physician-scientists at Duke as they develop independent research programs.   

UPDATE 11/29/24: Since the program started, 26 cases have been completed and 4 patients returned for their 2nd procedure.

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Transnasal Endoscopy (TNE) is now available at Duke Children's, the first hospital in North and South Carolina to offer this service. TNE is a relatively new procedure that allows a child's gastroenterologist to evaluate the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum; perform biopsies; and obtain good-quality images without sedation.

Nancy McGreal, MD, associate professor of pediatrics in the division of gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition, received the inaugural Community Impact Award from the Carolina Chapter of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation. Dr. McGreal is an adult and pediatric gastroenterologist at Duke who has been involved with the Foundation for over 19 years, holding numerous national and local leadership positions.

Every spring the Duke University School of Medicine recognizes the achievements of a number of our colleagues with the presentation of School of Medicine faculty awards.

Narayanan Venkatasubramani, MD, MBBS, MRCPCH, is a pediatric gastroenterologist whose fascination with the resilience of children in overcoming their medical conditions drew him to a career in medicine.

This week’s faculty spotlight shines on John Lyles, MD, clinical associate in the Department of Pediatrics in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. Lyles talks to us about how he became interested in medicine, particularly pediatric gastroenterology, and the challenges in caring for patients with disorders of the gut-brain axis. He also shares his reflections on his most significant mentor, Lisa Martin, PhD, and offers some insights into his research focused exploring options to offer IB-Stim to patients in addition to other related interests.

Malcolm Henderson Rourk, Jr, MD, died on Friday, September 4. Dr. Rourk was an assistant professor of pediatrics from 1971 - 2002 and an assistant professor of family medicine and community health from 1994 – 1995 at Duke University Medical Center.