New US News and World Report rankings for medical schools again place Duke University School of Medicine among the top 10 medical schools in the nation.

A multi-institutional team, led by Darell Bigner, MD, PhD, director of the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke and the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Institute, has been named recipie

David L. Epstein, MD, the Joseph A.C.

Sally Kornbluth, a prominent cell biologist with long experience leading academic programs, has been named provost at Duke University, President Richard H.

Allan D. Kirk, MD, PhD, FACS, will join the Duke University School of Medicine as chair of the Department of Surgery, and surgeon-in-chief for the Duke University Health System.

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Mark F. Newman, MD, the Merel H.

Iain Sanderson, BM, BCh, has been named Vice Dean for Research Informatics for the School of Medicine. This new title reflects Dr.

Samuel Katz, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, is the recipient of the 2014 John P. McGovern Compleat Physician Award.

Rebecca Buckley, M.D., the James Buren Sidbury Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Professor in the Department of Immunology, has been awarded the 2014 Howland Medal Award.