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Heather Van Mater, MD is a pediatric rheumatologist, with a particular affinity for the central nervous system. In this week’s Spotlight interview, she talks about her role as co-director of the Pediatric Autoimmune Brain Disease (ABD) program, where she works closely with colleagues in neurology...Read more

DURHAM, N.C. -- A new drug offers hope for young boys with the progressive neuromuscular disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) by potentially offering an alternative to high-dose glucocorticoids that have significant side effects. Interim results from a 24-month clinical trial at Duke Health...Read more

Catherine M. Wilfert, MD, died on Sunday, September 13, 2020. Dr. Wilfert graduated with distinction from Stanford University and summa cum laude from Harvard Medical School as one of five women in her class in 1958. She was a professor of pediatrics and microbiology and division chief of pediatric...Read more

Henry Rice, MD , professor of surgery and chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery, professor of pediatrics, and research professor of global health, will be stepping down as medical director of Children's Surgery to focus on his expanding research responsibilities. Rice currently leads two large,...Read more

Michael Deel, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics in the Division of Hematology-Oncology, recently received a 2020 Hyundai Scholar Hope Award from Hyundai Hope On Wheels (HHOW). The official grant presentation was conducted via a virtual handshake ceremony on September 9 to coincide with National...Read more

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. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Davidson College...Read more