News and Events

Four strains of the influenza virus have been identified through lab tests as circulating across the United States so far this flu season. This year's vaccine has two of them.

This week’s Faculty Spotlight shines on Joanne Band, MD, a general pediatrician at Duke Children's Primary Care, who sees children from birth through college. She discusses her approach with patients and families and what she loves most about her job.

Shant Keskinyan, MD, a pediatric resident physician at Duke University Hospital, went out of his way to make a dream come true for one of his patients.

The following are new and competing renewal awards made to faculty in the Department of Pediatrics through the month of December 2019. Please extend your congratulations to these individuals.

Congratulations to Rebecca Buckley, MD, for being recognized on the 2019-2020 Best Doctors List.

Preschoolers with asthma may have worse symptoms if they're overweight.

Rachel Greenberg, MD, MHS, associate professor of pediatrics (Neonatology and Quantitative Sciences); Andrew Landstrom, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pediatrics (Cardiology); and Noelle Younge, MD, MHS, assistant professor of pediatrics (Neonatology), have been elected to the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR).

Project ADAM NC joined 20 other affiliates in the quest to provide advocacy, education, preparedness and collaboration to prevent death from sudden cardiac arrest. The program focuses on ensuring that schools and communities are not only equipped with automated external defibrillators (AEDs) but also trained in prevention measures.

Michael Freemark, MD'76 is a 2019 recipient of Duke Medical Alumni Association's Distinguished Faculty Award.

For Sameer Kamath, MD, MBBS, the call to critical care medicine came from his love of acute care and his fascination with human physiology.