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Theodore N. Pappas, M.D.
Forum Overview
Theodore N. Pappas, MD, is a professor and vice chair of the Department of Surgery at Duke and executive medical director of Duke's faculty practice, the Private Diagnostic Clinic. He has served as director of surgical endoscopy, co-founder and director of Duke's U.S. Surgical Endosurgical Center, chief of the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, and chief of the surgical service at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. An award-winning teacher and nationally published researcher in the fields of gastrointestinal surgery and gastrointestinal cancers, he currently serves as president of the American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association and as director on both the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Pappas holds master's and medical degrees from Ohio State University and completed training at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Mass. He also completed a gastrointestinal research fellowship at the University of California and a clinical fellowship in surgery at Harvard School of Medicine. |
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L. Kristin Newby, M.D., M.H.S.
Heart Disease in Women: Key Issues in 2005
L. Kristin Newby, MD, MHS, is an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology at Duke. She also is the co-director of the Cardiac Care Unit and faculty leader of the Primary and Acute Cardiology practice group. One of Dr. Newby's clinical and research interests is coronary artery disease in women. The co-principal investigator at the Duke site for the Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study (HERS) on hormone replacement therapy for second prevention of ischemic events in post-menopausal women, she served as the principal investigator at Duke for the follow-up HERS II study. Dr. Newby received a medical degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine and completed training in internal medicine and cardiology at Duke |
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Victoria Seewaldt, M.D.
New Ways to Test Whether a Woman is at Risk for Breast Cancer
Victoria Seewaldt, MD, is an associate professor of medical oncology and director of the Breast Health Clinic at Duke. She helped refine the breast "pap smear," a new test to detect cellular changes that precede cancer. She also was senior author of a recent Duke study showing that a defect in the gene RARbeta2 can predict short-term risk for breast cancer. Dr. Seewaldt holds a medical degree from the University of California at Davis and trained in OB/GYN and internal medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle. She received specialized training in medical oncology and breast cancer at the University of Washington's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. |
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Judd W. Moul, M.D.
What's New and in the News with Prostate Cancer-2005
Judd W. Moul, MD, was recruited to Duke as a professor and chief of the Division of Urologic Surgery in 2004. The former director of the U.S. Department of Defense Center for Prostate Disease Research in Washington, DC, Dr. Moul is a noted authority on prostate cancer, and he will lead Duke's effort to create a multidisciplinary center dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease. The author of more than 250 peer-reviewed publications, he is currently conducting four federally funded prostate cancer studies. Dr. Moul holds a medical degree from the Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. He completed a surgical internship and urology residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and a fellowship in urologic oncology at Duke. |
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Eric C. Westman, M.D., M.H.S.
Update on Low Carbohydrate Diets
Eric C. Westman, MD, MHS, is an associate professor in Duke's Department of Medicine, medical director of the Duke Center for Nicotine and Smoking Cessation Research, and a member of the research committee at the Duke Diet and Fitness Center. From 1992-96, he was a fellow of the N.C. Governor's Institute on Alcohol and Substance Abuse. He is a member of both the Society of General Internal Medicine and the North American Association for the Study of Obesity. His research interests include obesity, nutritional therapy, and smoking cessation. Dr. Westman holds a medical degree from the University of Wisconsin Medical School and a master's degree in health science from Duke University. | | |
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