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Does Ed Hammond, PhD, process oxygen twice as fast as the average man? It’s as good as any other explanation for how the esteemed biomedical informatician climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro at age 79 and how he keeps his energy and curiosity as strong today as they were 58 years ago, when he created one of the first computer-based medical histories for patients in the country, in what was then the newly created Department of Community Health Sciences (now the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health) at Duke.

Sangvai is a professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Duke and will be the first Indian-American Cabinet member.

Mina Silberberg, PhD, a professor in the Duke Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, has been named faculty director for the new Duke Center for Community Engagement. Reporting jointly to the vice president for community affairs and the vice provost for interdisciplinary studies in this role, she will facilitate greater coordination of engaged education and research across the university.

Women are less likely to receive CPR from a bystander than men when stricken with cardiac arrest. New research finds this disparity is eliminated when 911 operators guided an emergency caller through CPR steps.

Blood pressure measured at home is a better predictor of heart disease risk than blood pressure (BP) measured during doctor visits, but finding time to review a long list of home blood pressure readings during primary care appointments can be a challenge.

A first-of-its-kind study documents Durham neighborhoods with higher levels of structural racism also have higher rates of chronic disease. Duke researchers are expanding their work to help others conduct similar studies in their own cities, and to use that data to inform policy efforts to intervene where it’s needed most.

Rashmi Saincher, MBBS, is the first graduate of Duke’s Rural Family Medicine Residency Program.  The program aims to improve access to high-quality primary care and address the health care needs of rural communities across North Carolina.

On June 21, the Duke Family Medicine Residency Program recognized its 2024 graduates and presented class year awards.

When Katherine Bullock, Helen Gaynes, and Emily McEnerey from the class of 2023 founded the student-led Point-of-Care Ultrasound Society (POCUS) in 2022, their mission was to provide teaching skills for second-year Duke PA Program students and early exposure to POCUS skills to the first-year students.

William "Terry" Joseph Kane, MD, former Duke Family Medicine Residency Program Director, passed away May 21, 2024. He was 80 years old.