Resident Life

Resident life landscape

Durham is a great place to work, live, and play, and it is home to a rich, vibrant, and socially conscious community. 

The Triangle Region of NC, comprised of Durham, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill—all centered around Research Triangle Park, is frequently listed as one of the top places to live in the U.S. Our residency program is housed in Durham, a beautiful city along the Eno River known for its amazing trails and parks, universities, museums, and historical sites. Durham has a rich and complex history, including its Hayti community, Black Wall Street, and prominence in the civil rights movement. Durham’s communities are rich in varied backgrounds, experiences, socioeconomic perspectives. While we are excited to live in a place with so much revitalization, we are ever aware of the marginalization and gentrification that occurs alongside it. Therefore, we hope candidates to our residency program will be just as interested in our growing city for its dynamic energy and great restaurants as they are willing to address social determinants of health and the inequities fueled by this growth.  

Learn more about living in Durham and the Triangle area, as well as the people, programs, and communities that make Duke a great place to train.

Check out a map of our training sites and favorite local places here or take this Google Earth virtual tour. 

Learn more about Durham and the Triangle

  • Chief residents: Aonesti Williams, MD and Jose Ramirez-Rossy, MD Thanking you,
    Chief residents Aonesti Williams, MD and Jose Ramirez-Rossy, MD Thanking you,
  • A group of students in exam room wearing scrubs
    Fun sock Friday!
  • Group of students standing under a concrete roof with the sunset behind them
  • Group of students on the beach
    Retreat
  • Four students in a row on the beach holding another student horizontally across them
    Retreat
  • A group of students in a living room wearing costumes such as the very hungry caterpillar made of balloons, a cow, a pig, a hotdog, an angel
  • Group of students wearing pink TriSports Social Club shirts
  • Students standing in front of a Duke Regional Hospital 50th anniversary background
  • Students hanging out in a kitchen
  • Posed photo of students sitting at a blue outdoor table with more students standing behind them
  • Students taking a selfie from the top of Duke Chapel
    Duke Chapel tower climb
  • Students at the beach seated on the stairs to a beach house
    Retreat
  • Group of students on the beach holding another student horizontally across them
    Retreat
  • Chief residents: Aonesti Williams, MD and Jose Ramirez-Rossy, MD Thanking you,
  • A group of students in exam room wearing scrubs
  • Group of students standing under a concrete roof with the sunset behind them
  • Group of students on the beach
  • Four students in a row on the beach holding another student horizontally across them
  • A group of students in a living room wearing costumes such as the very hungry caterpillar made of balloons, a cow, a pig, a hotdog, an angel
  • Group of students wearing pink TriSports Social Club shirts
  • Students standing in front of a Duke Regional Hospital 50th anniversary background
  • Students hanging out in a kitchen
  • Posed photo of students sitting at a blue outdoor table with more students standing behind them
  • Students taking a selfie from the top of Duke Chapel
  • Students at the beach seated on the stairs to a beach house
  • Group of students on the beach holding another student horizontally across them