DukeCTSurgery

IT'S A MATCH! Welcome to the family, @GiannaDafflisio! We are delighted to have you join us! #DukeSurgery #MatchDay2026

Out now in @TheJHLT — older DCD lung use remains concentrated to a few centers, but outcomes appear comparable. Proud of this work with our team. @DukeCTSurgery @pennsurgery @Barbas_Hartwig @sehalpern5 jhltopen.org/article/S2950-…

We’re in! We are open for screening and will be seeing patients for lung screening THIS SATURDAY, Nov. 8 @DukeCancer. Screening saves lives, y’all. #LCSM #LCSDay2025 #LungCancer

Another busy day in the @DukeCTSurgery ORs! Grateful for @Duke_Anesthesia and nursing colleagues for support and collaboration. Teamwork makes the dream work!

We did it! Taking a break from our all-trainee retreat yesterday, we climbed 239 steps to the top of @DukeChapel for a bird’s eye view of our awesome campus and @DurhamNC. #DukeSurgery

A Duke Health innovation is saving lives 💙 Partial heart transplants using living valves are now helping more kids with different heart conditions. Learn about the future of pediatric heart care: duke.is/2/jub9 #CommunityHealthDuke | @Duke_Childrens | @DukeSurgery

As a world renowned authority on living donor lung transplantation, surgeon Hiroshi Date, MD, PhD, joins the Duke Lung Transplant Program to advance living lobar donation and other techniques. Read more ➡️ duke.is/b/6he3 @DukeSurgery #livingdonor #lungtransplantation

A new technique pioneered at Duke Health could increase infant heart transplants by 20% — and it’s already saved a 3-month-old baby. 💙 🔗corporate.dukehealth.org/news/new-techn… #CommunityHealthDuke #HeartTransplant #PediatricInnovation

Excited to share our work on Right Ventricle-Pulmonary Artery Coupling in Cardiac Surgery : A&A journals.lww.com/anesthesia-ana… @Duke_Anesthesia @DukeCTSurgery @DukeHeartCenter @IARS_Journals @AleneziMd @kovatti87

A @DukeCTSurgery team has pioneered a world’s-first technique that could expand the donor pool for pediatric heart transplants in the U.S. by up to 20%. Read more about the groundbreaking approach to overcome barriers to heart transplants in infants: bit.ly/4lHoAna

Lung allocation out of sequence (AOOS) does not compromise posttransplant outcomes, but further investigation is needed to fully elucidate the net benefit or harm of lung AOOS on transplant candidates and recipients. ja.ma/4lmr0Hz @sehalpern5 @ojawitzMD @asishanaosho

What’s better than having a lung transplanted robotically? How about TWO? Our Fantastic Four did it again! Another great team effort with @DukeSurgery @DukePACC and @Duke_Anesthesia surgery.duke.edu/news/duke-surg…

Graduation night! A special group of Chiefs honoring Dr. Keenan with the D’Amico Teaching Award. These @DukeCTSurgery graduates are going to crush it. Congratulations to all!

Duke Doctors Perform First Living Mitral Valve Transplant - ncmedsoc.org/duke-doctors-p…

#CME Opportunity Coral X. Giovacchini, MD, reviews a patient case study on an incidentally discovered pulmonary nodule that is evaluated for accurate diagnosis and management. @DukeCancer Earn credits ➡️ duke.is/LungNoduleCME

We are SO thrilled to have future Cardiothoracic surgeon Maddy Larson join our I-6 training program from @UCDavisMed! Welcome to the east coast and the @DukeSurgery family, Maddy! #Match2025

Jeffrey Gaca, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, has been selected as the @TriangleBIZJrnl Surgeon of the Year in its 2025 Healthcare Leadership Awards. Congratulations on this honor, Dr. Gaca! Read more: duke.is/j/86c8

We couldn't be happier for Journi, Margaret, and Kensley, whose lives were changed thanks to ground-breaking work from Duke surgeon–scientists and researchers! ❤️ #HeartMonth @DukeCTSurgery

@DukeHealth @DukeHospital Incredible and groundbreaking work by @TurekPedHearts, Dr. Doug Overbey and team. Awesome! @DukeSurgery @DukePCRFellow

3 girls from 3 different parts of #NorthCarolina share a heart-to-heart connection after all 3 received life-saving surgery at @DukeHospital. One of the girls had the world’s first living mitral valve replacement. See how it happened ➡️ duke.is/b/rj8j #HeartMonth

Announcing our first robotic lung transplant! A terrific @DukeHealth team effort, including @DukeSurgery, @Duke_Anesthesia, @DukePACC and nursing. Indebted to our generous donor. Congrats to all - especially our rockstar patient! Photos with permission.