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Nancy C. Andrews, MD, PhD, dean of the Duke University School of Medicine and vice chancellor for academic affairs at Duke University, has announced that she will step down from her role as dean at the end of her tenth year, in June 2017. In a statement to faculty, students and staff, Dean Andrews wrote, “It has been an honor and a privilege to serve you and Duke, and I could not ask for better colleagues or a more vibrant academic community. From the beginning of my deanship, I’ve been committed to the idea that leadership should be refreshed periodically, and I feel that the end of my second term is the right time. I have finished what I set out to do when I came to Duke, and together we have done much more, in spite of the strong headwinds of a difficult NIH budget and the economic downturn.” During her tenure as dean, great progress has been made on many critical fronts, including: • Construction of the first new medical education building since 1930, the Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Center; • Acquisition of a new facility for the Physician Assistant program; • Construction of the Hudson Building at the Duke Eye Center; • Creation of a satellite campus in the Durham Innovation District; • Two Nobel Prizes in Chemistry awarded for work done by Duke School of Medicine faculty members; • Creation of four new departments: Dermatology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Neurology and Neurosurgery; and creation of the Duke Cancer Institute;
U.S. News Ranks Duke University Hospital Among Nation’s Best AUGUS T 2 , 2 016
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Duke University Hospital has been named the #16 medical center in the country by U.S. News & World Report. In addition to being included on the national Honor Roll, Duke University Hospital remains #1 in North Carolina and #1 in the Raleigh-Durham area. Honor Roll designations were awarded to just 20 hospitals out of nearly 5,000 institutions across the country. Rankings consider patient safety, survival rates, technology, and the hospital’s excellence in a number of specialties. Duke has earned a spot in the rankings for more than 20 years. Duke University Hospital also earned top-20 rankings in seven adult specialties in the 2016-17 report. n Duke University Hospital
Duke University School of Medicine’s Dean Nancy Andrews will be stepping down in June of 2017.
• Development of new educational programs; • Launch of Duke AHEAD, which supports faculty educators; • Creation of the Duke Office for Clinical Research, the Office for Research Development for multi-investigator grants, and the Office for Research Informatics for academic IT innovation; • Establishment of numerous faculty development programs; • Launch of new interdisciplinary research initiatives including the Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Center for Genomics of Microbial Systems, Center for Human Disease Modeling, Center for RNA Biology, Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, Center for Statistical Genetics and Genomics, Regeneration Next, and the Center for Population Health Sciences; • Creation of MEDx, a School of Medicine partnership with the Pratt School of Engineering; and • Creation of the School’s first inclusion council and implementation of numerous initiatives focused on improving diversity and inclusion in the School. A committee has been formed immediately to begin a national search for a new dean. n
Duke Medical School Ranked Among the Nation’s Top 10 M A RCH 16, 2 016
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Duke University School of Medicine ranked eighth in research and eighth in primary care among all medical schools in the nation, according to new U.S. News & World Report rankings. The school conThe Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Center sistently ranks among the for Health Education top 10 medical schools. In addition, the school’s Physician Assistant Program is still ranked number one among all programs in the nation and its Doctor of Physical Therapy Program ranked number 10. Three key specialty areas in the School of Medicine also placed in the top 10 in the nation, including Internal Medicine (ranked fifth), Geriatrics (ranked seventh), and Family Medicine (ranked tenth). BluePrint 2016
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