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Meet Medical and Nursing Alumni

An Absolute Duty
Thom Mayer cheerfully gives back to the school that gave him a chance
Unrelenting Advocacy
A Parent’s Love and Tenacity Leads to Duke Eye Center, and an Appeal to Innovate
A Long Struggle

Eric Dziuban, MD’07, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s country director for the southwest African nation of Namibia, was enjoying a weekend at the coast with his family when the call came. A Romanian couple who had recently arrived in the Namibian capital of Windhoek from Spain had fallen ill. Tests confirmed everyone’s fear: COVID-19 had finally come to Namibia.

‘Like a Tsunami’
When reports early last winter indicated that a mysterious new infectious disease had broken out of its point of origin in Wuhan, China, Charles Lucore, MD’83, P’17, MBA, began to prepare for its possible arrival in New York.
Putting Data and Tech on a Fast Track
In her new position as principal deputy commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Amy Abernethy, MD’94, HS’94-’01, PhD, is working to use data and precision medicine to develop more efficient ways to deliver personalized care.

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