Duke/UNC awarded grant to establish joint Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been awarded funds from the National Institutes of Health to establish a prestigious Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (AD
Faculty Spotlight: Jody Feld, DPT, PhD
Jody Feld, DPT, PhD, had her first exposure to physical therapy after a childhood athletic injury.
Duke Neurology Research Round Up, September 2021
Members of the Duke Neurology Department contributed to seventeen peer-reviewed research studies published this August.
Duke hospitals receive AHA’s top award for comprehensive stroke care
Duke University Hospital and Duke Raleigh Hospitals have received the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke 2021 Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.
Fellow Spotlight: Mohanad AlGaeed
As a medical student, Mohanad AlGaeed, MD, was fascinated by the way a simple neurological history and exam could allow doctors to localize a problem and make an appropriate diagnosis.
White receives AAMC’s Distinguished Teaching Award
The American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) has awarded Leonard White, PhD, the 2021 Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award.
Fellow Spotlight: Shraddha Patel, MD
Shraddha Patel, MD, came to neurology gradually as a medical student, treating both acute neurological crises in her hospital’s emergency department as well as chronic conditions in the outpati
Faculty Spotlight: Adam Hartman, MD
Adam Hartman, MD, didn’t decide to specialize in neurology until the last year of medical school, but the puzzle-solving nature of the discipline, and the engaging, fast-paced tempo of acute ne
Staff Spotlight: Drew O'Flaherty
For 12 years, Drew O’Flaherty was part of the finance team at the Duke Private Diagnostic Clinic.
Duke Neurology Research Round Up, August 2021
This July, new research from the Duke Neurology Department answered questions about the subcellular origins of itching, how COVID-19 is affecting people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, what fac