Duke Neurosurgery

02/20/2026

Do you want to:
✅ Learn to save lives with hands-only CPR
✅ Be part of a world record attempt
✅ Make plans for February 25

Duke School of Medicine is leading a statewide effort to break the world record for the most people trained in hands-only CPR in a single day. Click the link to learn more about how you can join in!

On February 25, 2026, North Carolinians have a shot at making history. Duke School of Medicine is leading a statewide effort to break the world record for the most people trained in hands-only CPR in a single day. The event is taking place in 30 counties in NC as part of the Randomized Cluster Evalu...

02/18/2026

In the summer of 2025, Charlotte, NC resident Marisa Chow was 28 when she had a stroke. Months later, she was diagnosed with Moyamoya disease -- a rare cerebrovascular condition where narrowed arteries reduce the brain's blood supply. Chow came to Duke Health, where neurosurgeon Erik F. Hauck, MD, performed a cerebral artery bypass surgery to improve blood flow in Chow’s brain. Now Chow says she’s “back to how I was, honestly, not even pre-surgery, but before I started experiencing all of the symptoms.”

Read her story here: https://www.dukehealth.org/blog/after-moyamoya-surgery-duke-woman-returns-normal-life

02/03/2026

It's Women Physicians Day - and Elizabeth Blackwell, MD's birthday.

Blackwell was the first woman to earn a medical degree in the U.S. She'd love to see the amazing women physicians of Duke Neurosurgery.

02/01/2026

Duke Neurosurgery is proud to recognize . All members of the Duke community are invited to take part in the celebration and join in honoring the legacy, achievements, and cultural impact of Black communities.

11/19/2025

Six years straight! 🧪 Duke Neurosurgery faculty member Quinn Ostrom is on the 2025 list of Highly Cited Researchers.

Ostrom is a cancer epidemiologist with specialized training in genetic epidemiology. Her goal is to identify genetic factors that increase the risk of developing a brain tumor, as well as those that affect prognosis after diagnosis.

A total of 31 Duke University scholars made the 2025 list of Highly Cited Researchers.

https://neurosurgery.duke.edu/news/ostrom-among-highly-cited-researchers-sixth-year

10/11/2025

It's time! 🎉 starts TODAY in Los Angeles. Keep an eye out for pictures from all of the amazing Duke speakers. This program is stacked!

10/06/2025

Our physician assistants are top notch! 🎉 Thank you all for everything that you do!

10/03/2025

After two medical missions to Gaza, Duke neurosurgeon David Hasan, MD, began sharing his vision for a village to house, feed, teach, and care for children orphaned by the Israel-Hamas War.

Hear Dr. Hasan tell the story of the Gaza Children's Village and Academy of Hope on Monday at the Duke University Rubenstein Library from 6-7:30 p.m.

This talk is sponsored by the Provost's Initiative on the Middle East.

09/26/2025

A huge THANK YOU to the surgical technicians who make everything we do in the operating room possible. 🎉👏 Surgical techs are vital and keep the operating room clean and safe every step of the way.

09/17/2025

Congratulations to Christina Cone, DNP, MBA, ANP-BC, AOCNP on being named the associate deputy director of the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke! Read more:

Christina Cone, DNP, MBA, ANP-BC, AOCNP, has been named associate deputy director of the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke.

08/29/2025

Our chair Gerald Grant, MD spent today at Penn Medicine Neurosurgery as the 2025 Leslie N. Sutton Lecturer with a Grand Rounds talk on the blood-brain barrier (and an obligatory Duke Men's Basketball mention 😉).

08/20/2025

It's been 10 years since Duke Neurosurgery became a full department in the Duke University School of Medicine! We're celebrating by highlighting 10 milestones from the last 10 years.

Get more details at https://neurosurgery.duke.edu/about/innovation-and-impact.

We're excited to see what comes next!