Hotline expands behavioral health care access
When caring for pediatric patients at Duke Primary Care Butner-Creedmoor, Anna White, PA-C, MPH, stays alert for any symptoms that could indicate an untreated behavioral health condition.
RFA: Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Trainee Conference Awards
The Department of Pediatrics is pleased to announce a request for applications for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMN Hospitals) Trainee Conference Awards, made possible by proceeds from CMN Hospitals fundraising activities for the Department of Pediatrics.
New and competing renewal awards for July 2021
The following faculty in the Department of Pediatrics received new and competing renewal awards during July 2021.
A pediatric stem cell transplant cures boy with rare genetic disease
Sebastian Sancho seemed perfectly healthy when he was born in the spring of 2012. Within two months, however, he was diagnosed with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD), a rare and serious genetic disorder that left his immune system unable to fight infection. His only hope for a cure was a stem cell transplant.
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.
Duke Pediatrics takes home the bronze
In 2019, the Duke Safe Sleep Task Force was formed. This group of physicians and nurses from across all pediatric units at Duke University Hospital (DUH) came together to focus on the safe sleep of patients under one year old.
SOM mandates COVID-19 vaccination for faculty and staff
The School of Medicine announced on July 22, 2021, that COVID-19 vaccinations are mandated for all faculty and staff, regardless of work location, and for non-Duke vendors, contract and temporary workers.
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.
Welcome new Pediatrics faculty members
We are fortunate to welcome 18 new primary faculty members and 3 clinical associates this academic year, whose diverse areas of expertise will build upon the remarkable dedication to excellence in clinical care, education, research and advocacy that characterizes our Pediatrics community.