News,Honors & Awards

2009

• Dr. Califf named as Distinguished Scientist for 2009
• Durham Regional Hospital and Duke University Hospital achieve awards for AMI and HF care by ACC/AHA ACTION-GWTG Registry
• Duke Cardiology named #8 in nation in 2009-10 by US News and World Reports.
• 21 DUKE CARDIOLOGISTS RANKED BEST CARDIOLOGISTS BY THEIR PEERS, Business NC magazine, November, 2009
• Gerald S. Bloomfield, MD, MPH, a second year Cardiology Fellow, has been selected to be a Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellow for 2009-10
• Duke University Hospital Receives Two National Awards
• Dr. Daniel Mark receives ACC.09 Distinguished Service Award

2008

• Duke University Hospital was selected as one of only 10 U.S. hospitals to participate in Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac Care.
• Success is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation program aimed at improving the quality of health care provided to racial & ethnic minority populations in the United States.

Miscellaneous

• Consistently ranked among the top 10 cardiovascular programs in America by US News and World Report.
• The Cardiothoracic Surgery department has successfully reduced length of stay by 30% and decreased surgical mortality from 3.3% to 1.6%.
• Second largest heart and lung transplant program in the country including single, double, heart/lung and living-related transplants.
• Among the world's largest series of minimally invasive mitral valve procedures.