December 18, 2023
The young man in the dinosaur in the photo below is Simon Davis, PhD.
December 11, 2023
Answer: B
The Duke Medical School's class of 1930 had 18 students; a year's expenses at the time cost roughly $300. Read more about the early days of medical school at Duke in this article from the Duke Medical Center Archives.
The Duke School of Medicine has a legacy program offering medical tuition at this price for a limited number of students each year. Click here to learn more about that program.
December 4, 2023
The answer to this week's trivia photo challenge is Mark Skeen, MD.
November 13, 2023
The answer to this week's photo challenge is Teikko Artis. Read about his time in the Navy and his 20+ years at Duke here.
Other veterans within our Department include David Van Wyck, DO, E. Wayne Massey, MD, Mark Skeen, MD, and Marvin Rozear, MD (other answers may be possible).
October 26, 2023
The Tulane undergraduate circled in the photo below is Alysa Wilczynski, PA-C.
October 16, 2023
The real-world neurological condition described by Alexander Dumas in the Count of Monte Cristo is locked-in syndrome. In one passage Dumas describes the man's remaining faculties as follows:
"Sight and hearing were the only two senses which, like two sparks, still lit up this human matter, already three quarters moulded for the tomb. Moreover only one of these two senses could reveal to the outside world the inner life, which animated this statue.... He was a corpse with living eyes, and at times, nothing could be more terrifying than this marble face out of which anger burned or joy shone."
For more details about this character, as well as Dumas' less medically accurate description of a condition that combines elements of stroke and epilepsy (and can be partially cured with a prison-brewed potion), read this 2003 article by AN Williams.
October 9, 2023
The real-world neurologist who makes an appearance in Bram Stoker's Dracula is Jean-Martin Charcot, the French neurologist whose work on multiple sclerosis and other subjects has led many to label him "the father of neurology."
Van Helsing cites Charcot's work on hypnosis to a skeptical colleague to open his mind and possibly to share how one of Count Dracula's powers might work.
Bonus Question:
Van Hesling lists his title as "Van Helsing M.D., D.Ph., D.Litt., etc" while Brad Kolls has three graduate degrees (MD, PhD, MMCi). Without Van Hesling's full CV it's hard to compare exactly, but we'll say the "etc" amounts to roughly two fellowships and call it a tie.
October 2, 2023
The Disney-World-clad boy in the photo below is Will Alexander, MA.
September 18, 2023
The five year-old boy in the photo on the left is Department Chair Rich O'Brien, MD, PhD.
August 14, 2023
The following characters from classic Western literature showed symptoms of major neurological conditions:
King Lear (King Lear): Dementia - worsening memory loss and cognitive impairment, irrational thinking, sudden mood changes (hallucinations and motor issues might indicate Lewy body dementia)
Prince Myshkin, (The Idiot): Epilepsy - fits that fit the description of seizures; Doestevsky also had epilepsy;
Don Quixote, (Don Quixote): Syncope, traumatic brain injury, dementia, possibly others - Numerous instances of mood shifts, memory loss, sustained repeated head trauma, fainting, fits, and more
Billy Bones, (Treasure Island): Stroke - The pirate Billy Bones suffers two fits of 'apoplexy' induced by alcoholism and sudden bad news - the first leaves him largely paralyzed and the second kills him.
July 17, 2023
The center entry in the photo below is Vern Juel, MD.
June 19, 2023
The shorts-clad boy on the left in the photo above is Simon Gregory, PhD.
May 29, 2023
May 15, 2023
The girl in the center of the photo on the left circled in red is Vani Chilukuri, MD.
April 17, 2023
The high school graduate in the photo below is Rick Bedlack, MD, PhD.
April 3, 2023
The young man in the photo below is..
Matt Ehrlich, MD, MPH.
March 20, 2023
The medical student in the photo above is Jodi Hawes, MD.
March 6, 2023
The student in the photo above is Joel Morgenlander, MD.
February 6, 2023
The beret-clad driver in the photo above is Don Sanders, MD.
January 30, 2023
The first Black male trainee at Duke Neurology was Charles Stewart, MD, who finished an advanced EMG fellowship in 1987 and continues to practice in Greensboro, NC.
Our first Black female trainee, Jacqueline Washington, MD, completed her residency at Duke in 1989 and continues to practice in Emory University Hospital Midtown and Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Decatur, Georgia.
Thanks to Janice and E. Wayne Massey for providing and confirming these details!
January 23, 2023
The new neurology resident in the photo above who became a member of Neurology Department (and Duke Neurobiology) is James McNamara, MD.
January 16, 2023
The girl in the photo below is...
Beth Kearney, PA-C.
December 19, 2022
The Stanford undergraduate in the photo below...
is Cherylee Chang, MD.
December 12, 2022
The girl in the photo below...
is Administrative Coordinator Maria Perrone.
December 5, 2022
The young man in the photo above...
is Chief Resident Charles "Hunter" Roark, DO.
November 21, 2022
The young MD in the photo below...
Is Wayne Massey, MD.
November 14, 2022
The crowd in 2016 photo below was watching...
then-Vice President Joe Biden visiting Duke as part of his "moon shot" cancer initiative.
November 7, 2022
The girl in the photo below...
is resident Annie Cavalier, MD.
