Staff Spotlight: Nina Willis
Nina Willis had been working at our Movement Disorders Clinic at Morreene Road for almost a decade when the COVID-19 epidemic reached the United States.
Staff Spotlight: Viviana Cantillana
Before the COVID-19 epidemic, Viviana Cantillana managed the laboratory of Daniel Laskowitz, MD, MHS, in its home in the Bryan Research Building.
Staff Spotlight: Mariam Hovhannisyan
Mariam Hovhannisyan found her mind turning to cognitive neuroscience as a high school student, when a crime show she was watching prompted her to consider how differences in brain chemistry mig
Staff Spotlight: Morgan Carter
Morgan Carter, the Neurology Department’s clinical operations manager, works to make every visit to one of our providers as smooth, quick, and complete as possible, whether that means implement
Staff Spotlight: Taewon Kim, PhD
Taewon Kim, PhD, first became interested in the neurosciences while playing high school baseball, when he began wondering how his brain retained the motor skills he picked up during hours of pr
Staff Spotlight: Jennifer Sosensky, MSW, LCSW
For patients living with memory disorders, life requires “adjusting to the new normal,” sometimes even on a daily basis.
Have reflex hammer, will travel: A conversation with our new Hospital Neurology Division Chief
Neurological conditions do not occur in a vacuum. A patient hospitalized for a heart attack may suddenly have a stroke. A patient with a metastatic tumor could suddenly start having a seizure.
APP Spotlight: John Howell II, MSN
Nurse Practitioners (NPs) are essential for the function of the Duke University Health System and the Duke Department of Neurology, where they treat patients within all of our major disciplines
Student Spotlight: Aaliyah Bowden
Just a few weeks into her internship at the Duke Neurology Department, Aaliyah Bowden is already deeply immersed in neurology, having interviewed researchers, copyedited dozens of pages of docu
Staff Spotlight: Dana Lott, DPT, NCS
For Dana Lott, DPT, NCS, a day’s work might include anything from offering physical therapy to our patients in Duke Hospital’s Neuro ICU and step-down units, mentoring newer physical therapists