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Duke to Welcome Medical Alumni This Week

Talks to explore Duke Medicine's past, present and future

The Duke community is invited to join more than 400 School of Medicine alumni and guests for a variety of continuing medical education and other symposia during Medical Alumni Weekend, October 12-15.

"A Brave New World of Medical Research and Education" will feature Dean R. Sanders "Sandy" Williams, MD'74, HS'77-'80, and other distinguished faculty from 4-5:30 p.m. on Friday, October 13 at the Washington Duke Inn, Presidents II, III, IV.

The event qualifies for continuing medical education credit. Topics and speakers are:

Your School of Medicine: Looking Ahead to 2010 and Beyond

  • R. Sanders "Sandy" Williams, MD, Dean, Duke School of Medicine

The Global Challenge of Clinical and Translational Research

  • Robert M. Califf, T'73, MD'78, HS'78, '80-'83, Donald F. Fortin Professor of Cardiology

Prostate Cancer and PSA in the Baby Boom Generation Era

  • Judd W. Moul, MD, FACS, HS'88-'89, Professor of Surgery and Chief, Division of Urology

Stem Cells and Cloning: Can We Grow Our Own Replacement Parts?

  • Farshid Guilak, PhD; Director, Orthopedic Research

The Roscoe R. "Ike" Robinson, MD Symposium in Nephrology on Saturday, October 14, from 8:30-12:00 noon in the Alban K. Barrus, Jr., Classroom, Third Floor, Room 3031, Duke Clinic, will feature presentations on a variety of topics by Duke faculty and alumni guest presenters.

The "Duke Traditions" Panel Discussion, also on Saturday, from 9:00-10:30 at the Washington Duke Inn, Presidents II, will feature seven alumni panelists representing decades from the 1950s through the 1990s discussing their time at Duke.

These events are free and open to the Duke community; to attend, send an e-mail to brenda.m.painter@duke.edu with the name of the event you plan to attend.

Faculty and Alumni to Receive Alumni Association Awards

At noon on Friday, the Medical Alumni Association will host a luncheon for alumni and invited guests. The association will present the following awards:

Distinguished Faculty Award

Robert M. Califf, MD, Donald F. Fortin Professor of Cardiology; vice chancellor for clinical research; and Director, Duke Translational Medicine Institute. Califf founded and until this year was director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), the world's largest clinical research organization.

Paul G. Killenberg, MD, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center. Killenberg helped create Duke's Liver Transplant Program—the first in North Carolina—and has served as interim chief of the Division of Gastroenterology.

Distinguished Alumnus Award

Eugenie S. Kleinerman, MD, Professor and head, Division of Pediatrics; professor, Department of Cancer Biology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. World renowned for her advances in treatments for children and adolescents with osteosarcoma, Kleinerman is the first woman to head a clinical division of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Andrew M. Lewis, Jr., MD, Chief of the Laboratory of DNA Viruses, Division of Viral Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration. An innovator in the field of virology, Lewis currently is concerned with safety issues related to the development of new viral vaccines for HIV-AIDS, pandemic influenza, and biological warfare agents.

Joe Leigh Simpson, MD, former Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; professor of obstetrics and gynecology and professor of molecular and human genetics, Baylor College of Medicine. A pioneer and world-renowned leader in human genetics and reproduction, Simpson has made contributions to many areas of reproductive genetics.

Humanitarian Award

Raymond F. Ford, MD, Retired, Formerly with Pediatric Association, Charlottesville, Va. An active humanitarian, Ford embraced the Grison-Garde community in Haiti and together with his father Robert N. Ford funded the building of a school and orphanage that he continues to fund through the Robert Ford Haitian orphanage and School Foundation.

William G. Anlyan, MD, Lifetime Achievement Award

Rebecca H. Buckley, MD, J. Buren Sidbury Professor of Pediatrics; professor of immunology, Duke University Medical Center. Buckley served as chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology in the Department of Pediatrics at Duke for 30 years and perfected a treatment for severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID) that boasts the world's highest success rate.

For more information about Medical Alumni Weekend, contact Jenny Jones at 919-667-2517 or visit http://medalum.duke.edu.