Patient Spotlight: Greg Monroe
Meet Greg Monroe! Greg is living well with Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease (YOPD) and receives care at the Duke Movement Disorders Center. Tell us a little about yourself.
Duke Neurology Research Round Up, May 2021
Members of the Duke Neurology Department advanced the fields of clinical, translational, and basic neuroscience this April with 14 new peer-reviewed studies.
Staff Spotlight: Daniel Gingerich
Daniel Gingerich joined the laboratory of Ornit Chiba-Falek, PhD, last year, exactly two days before the COVID-19 pandemic forced a campus-wide shut down, forcing him to learn a new set of tech
Inflammation and presure-sensing leads to "feed-forward" loop in osteoarthritis
An unfortunate biological “feed-forward” loop drives cartilage cells in an arthritic joint to actually contribute to progression of the disease, say researchers at Duke University and Washington Un
Eye strokes: Earlier ED referral can reduce impact of sudden vision loss
A recent study led by Duke vascular neurologist Brian Mac Grory, MB, BCh, BAO, examined treatment for central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO or “eye stroke”)—a rare type of stroke charact
Duke Neurology at AAN 2021: Highlights from a virtual year
The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has moved its annual meeting to a virtual setting this year, but its offerings of the latest education and scientific programming continue.
Resident Spotlight: Ryan Ghusayni, MD
Ryan Ghusayni, MD, has been fascinated by neurology since he was a medical student, when he saw how neurologists could pinpoint the location of lesions causing an ailment, and then use that kno
Koltai, Somarelli receive inaugural Bass Connections Leadership Award
Deborah Koltai, PhD, (Associate Professor in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Neurology, School of Medicine) and Jason Somarelli, PhD (Assistant Professor in Medicine, School of Medicine) a