When you sit down to hear a doctor’s tale—informed there will be stories about how things were in the old days, firsthand accounts of medicine’s progress and insight as to what was involved in developing all the fancy technology that now exists—most would conjure up that image of the small-town gentleman doctor wearing a drape-cut [...]
“When I was in med school, someone asked why I wanted to be a doctor,” says Dr. Sharon Taylor, who specializes in hematology-oncology at Duke Raleigh Hospital. “And I said, ‘Well, I think I have a lot of compassion.’ And he looked at me … then we just moved on. And it was funny, because [...]
Within the field of noninvasive robotic surgery, Dr. John Boggess is a nationally renowned gynecologic oncologist. A talented innovator, he developed a minimally invasive surgery program that enables patients with invasive uterine cancer to be treated through a procedure that leaves only small incisions behind, thus minimizing recovery time considerably. The busy associate professor of [...]
From an early age, Dr. Joseph Moore had admiration for small-town doctors. Being the main providers of health care for an entire town (or county, or region) was a huge responsibility, and he appreciated the way those doctors handled it; how they cared so deeply about their craft and how they cared for every one [...]
Principles and Social Consciousness Have Helped Guide Dr. Elizabeth Campbell’s Career By Phill Powell She is a healer by profession but a social activist by practice. Her lineage always suggested a career in medicine, yet for years she resisted the calling. She was determined not to be a doctor, despite having worked around medicine since [...]
Duke Doctor Beats the Odds and Survives to Help Others Oncologist Neil Spector trained at top schools, cared for patients at leading medical centers and led a pharmaceutical industry team that developed breakthrough therapies for the treatment of breast cancer. Still, he believes in his heart and in his soul that his greatest life lessons [...]
Wake Radiology’s Andrew Kennedy leads the battle against liver cancer Recently there’s been a fashion resurgence of women wearing long shirts over leggings, a trend that came and went in the ’80s. They say everything comes back in style — lava lamps, tie-dye, miniskirts, hair gel and Volkswagen Bugs. Although it certainly isn’t as obvious [...]
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