The overall objectives of the program are four-fold:

• To insure that each trainee is provided the background and experience necessary to diagnose and manage the panoply of childhood hormonal and metabolic disorders intrinsic to the field of pediatric endocrinology;
• To insure that trainees develop expertise in fundamental techniques of modern molecular and cellular endocrinology;
• To provide each fellow the opportunity to explore a research project in depth and to present the results of that research in oral and written form; and
• To inculcate a refined professionalism that enables the fellow to communicate effectively and sympathetically with patients, their families and other health care providers, to respect confidentiality, and to avoid conflicts of interest.

• Positions offered per year: One
• Current number of fellows: Three
• Program duration: Three years
• Accrediting body: Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
• Match participation?: Yes

Contact person

Elizabeth Sasser
Program Coordinator
DUMC Box 102509
Durham, NC 27710
919.684.9140
elizabeth.sasser@duke.edu

How to apply

Applications are accepted through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS). 

Program director

Laura Page, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
919.684.5091
laura.page@duke.edu

Associate program director

Robert Benjamin, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
919.684.8359
robert.benjamin@duke.edu

Current Fellows

Third Year
Kathryn Blew, MD

Second Year
Alice Basin, MD

First Year
Natalie Hernandez, MD