Today marks Administrative Professionals Day, a day first proclaimed by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer in 1952 to recognize the invaluable contributions of administrative assistants and other administrative support professionals.

Click here to view a video introduction of our incoming PGY1 residents. They are a fantastic and accomplished group. Please join me in welcoming them to our Duke Orthopaedic team!

April is National Occupational Therapy Month – a time to celebrate, acknowledge, and commend our provider and faculty’s exceptional clinical care, education, and research. 

Welcome to the written version of my weekly announcement, mirroring the updates previously shared every Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. Occasionally, I'll include a video message, but not for this week. Please feel free to reach out if you'd like me to share something with the department.

DPT and OTD Program Rankings

Tomorrow is National Doctor's Day, celebrated on the anniversary of Dr. Crawford W. Long’s first surgery under anesthesia in Jefferson, Georgia. His work balanced the science and art of medicine and led to a significant advance in care. He did not publish his results for seven years. In the interim, Horace Wells and William Morton used ether at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston – resulting in Morton and Wells being credited with this advancement for years.

We are excited to welcome our incoming orthopaedic residents. They are exceptional applicants with backgrounds and interests that will enrich our program. We are proud to have them on our team and look forward to training with them to be the best orthopaedic surgeons and future leaders in our field. 

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Welcome to the new Chair's Corner! As you requested in our recent survey, I will share departmental updates and videos each week in this column.

Patient Safety Awareness Week, promoted by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, aims to encourage everyone to learn more about healthcare safety.
 

February is Black History Month, an annual celebration of the achievements of Black Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in history. Take some time to learn about and recognize the many Black Americans' contributions to health care at Duke. In North Carolina, Dr. James Francis Shober became the state’s first black medical doctor in 1878, and 90 years later, in 1967, Duke graduated its first black medical student, Dr. Delano Meriwether.

• The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day.