Dr John Toffaletti, Professor of Pathology, has just published the 3rd edition of his book on blood gas and critical care testing by Academic Press (Elsevier): "Blood Gases and Critical Care Testing: Physiology, Clinical Interpretations, and Laboratory Applications, 3rd edition; Academic Press (Elsevier). ISBN: 978-0-323-89971-0."   

Duke Pathology was represented at the recent American Society of Cytopathology meeting in Las Vegas, NV.

Furong Huang PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Qianben Wang, has been awarded the Department of Defense (DoD) Prostate Cancer Research Program’s 2021 Early Investigator Research Award.

Alexandra Balaban MD, PGY-4, won third place at the ASDP 22nd Annual Duel in Dermatopathology Resident Abstract Competition that occured during the American Society of Dermatopathology 58th annual meeting.

Thomas J. Cummings, MD, Professor of Pathology and Ophthalmology, and Residency Program Director, is pleased to announce the Foundation Medicine elective rotation for upper-level residents is underway, and to great initial reviews.

Duke University Medical Center has received major funding ($13.5 million) from the National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Aging to establish one of the first Human Tissue Mapping Centers to better characterize cellular senescence in normal multi-organ tissues.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Avani Pendse, M.D., Ph.D. has assumed the position of Program Director of our Surgical Pathology fellowship.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Xiaoyin “Sara” Jiang has been honored with the 2021 College of American Pathologists Pathology Advancement Award with her colleagues for their work on PathElective.com.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Rajesh Dash has been honored with the 2021 College of American Pathologists Distinguished Service Award for his long-standing contributions to patient care and the advancement of pathology, as well as in recognition of his years of dedicated service to the CAP.

Please join me in welcoming our newest member of the department faculty and laboratory director team- Stefan Rentas, PhD.