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Margarethe Goetz PhD, PA-C was one of six Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) awarded a 2024 Duke APP Clinical Excellence Awards as part of National Advanced Practice Provider Week. There were over 160 nominees nominated for having demonstrated exceptional commitment, dedication, expertise, and impact within the Duke Health system.  

Goetz is a Physician Assistant on the Duke Raleigh Hospital Neurology Consult Team.

The full list of recipients is as follows:

Kim G. Johnson, MD has been named a Duke Centennial Trailblazer for her work with Alzheimer's.

Dr. Whitson discusses advances in Alzheimer’s prevention, detection, and treatment success.

Read about Charalambos "Bobby" Charalambous, PhD and his role and research mission as a Medical Instructor in the Department of Neurology.

Before coming to Duke, Steve Polack worked at an psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents, where he saw first-hand the urgent need for care in this area as well as the impact psychiatric care could have on a patient’s life. Now, Polack is a staff assistant in our Morreene Road Clinic, where he’s both maintaining provider-patient schedules and learning about day-to-day patient care.

Migraines are much more than a headache. They are often most excruciating and incapacitating for the more than 40 million Americans living with this condition. For Malak  Fouani PhD, a postdoc working in the lab of Carlene Moore, PhD, migraines--and their origins--are also a mystery and intellectual puzzle that she hopes to solve one day.

What do a speech prosthetic that translates brain signals into speech, retinal scans that detect cognitive impairment, and a promising new form of genetic therapy for Parkinson’s and some forms of dementia have in common? They’re all examples of the 21 peer-reviewed journal articles authored members of the Duke Neurology Department published this November.  

The challenges of providing healthcare go far beyond diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment. Patient and provider schedules have to be constantly organized, updated, and communicated to ensure functioning clinics and provide adequate care. Ashley Ladd, the subject of this week’s Spotlight interview, takes on these duties and more for patients with epilepsy, sleep disorder, and other related conditions.

While Dellila Hodgson’s primary duties involve overseeing experiments in the lab of Ornit Chiba-Falek, PhD, Hodgson considers herself a teacher at heart. So when Hodgson saw an opportunity to teach local middle school students about translational neuroscience through the Duke BOOST (Building Opportunities and Overtures in Science and Technology) program, she jumped at the chance.

This July, members of the Duke Neurology Department contributed to 10 new peer-reviewed journal articles. Highlights of this research include a new study that found persistent associations between neighborhood income levels and poor outcomes for neurocritical care, a trio of studies that provide insights into the origins and development of Alzheimer’s disease, and a preliminary analysis of the merits of a potential off-label therapy for ALS.