When Kara needed a liver transplant, a friend of the family stepped up to donate part of her liver. After undergoing the first robotic liver transplant surgery at Duke Health, both are doing well. Learn more about the power of living liver donation: https://lnkd.in/gJCDajDT
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Hospitals and Health Care
Durham, North Carolina 74,680 followers
About us
As a world-class academic and health care system, Duke Health strives to transform medicine and health locally and globally through innovative scientific research, rapid translation of breakthrough discoveries, educating future clinical and scientific leaders, advocating and practicing evidence-based medicine to improve community health, and leading efforts to eliminate health inequalities.
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http://www.dukehealth.org
External link for Duke University Health System
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- Hospitals and Health Care
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- 10,001+ employees
- Headquarters
- Durham, North Carolina
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- Nonprofit
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Primary
2301 Erwin Road
Durham, North Carolina 27710, US
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Employees at Duke University Health System
Updates
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⚕️#CME Opportunity⚕️ This patient case scenario discusses combining minimally invasive spine surgery with awake spine surgery, featuring Muhammad Abd-El-Barr MD PhD FAANS, neurosurgeon and spine surgery expert. ➡️ https://bit.ly/4d9yY1P
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Recently, the media and many organizations have reached out to understand why Duke Health has not come to an agreement with United Healthcare (UHC) on a contract to provide ongoing coverage for 172,000 patients covered by the insurer. Unfortunately, UHC has taken an uncooperative approach. In the spirit of transparency, we have posted a full explanation of our position here: https://bit.ly/3BAZZya
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Meet Donavon Harbison, the second person in the world to receive a new type of titanium artificial heart. A team at Duke Health implanted the device to help 34-year-old Harbison gain strength until he could receive a human heart transplant. This is also the second type of artificial heart technology that Duke teams have helped to pioneer. See more:https://bit.ly/3A0l0l9 Duke University | #DukeHeartCenter | #DukeSurgery | #HeartTransplant | BiVACOR
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Macy has always felt called to care for others. She finds fulfillment in the field of imaging, using mammograms to help support early cancer detection in women, not just during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but all year long. Explore open roles on a dedicated imaging team https://bit.ly/4dG1SH9 #YouAtDukeHealth
Meet Macy: Her calling to care is a passion for women's health
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Liver transplant is now an option to treat some forms of cancer, including intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and colorectal cancer with liver metastases when resection is not an option, says Duke hepatologist Bonike Oloruntoba-Saunders, MD. Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/4ePUWYT
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⚕️Online #CME Opportunity⚕️ Take this CME to learn effective strategies for managing end-stage heart failure, featuring Duke Heart and Duke Surgery transplant cardiologist and advanced heart failure specialist Stuart Dean Russell, MD. ➡️ https://bit.ly/3XJpOEL
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The Professional Nursing Assistant (PNA) Program gives nursing students access to training, resources, and mentors across Duke Health. Interested in joining the next cohort? See how you can jump-start your career in the PNA Program https://bit.ly/3XHL0cQ. #YouAtDukeHealth
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In the hands of an experienced heart surgeon, the Ross operation can restore life expectancy to match the general population for patients with aortic valve disease, says Ziv Beckerman, MD, Duke Heart Center and transplant surgeon. Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/4gTyFLK
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⚕️Online #CME Opportunity⚕️ Take this CME to learn risk factors for unruptured aneurysms that have a high likelihood of eruption, featuring Duke Neurosurgery expert Andrew Cutler, MD, MS. ➡️ https://bit.ly/3B8jD4b