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September 17, 2007 Volume 16 No. 14

Duke-Singapore Graduate Medical School Opens

The inaugural class of 26 medical students at the Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School Singapore began classes Aug. 1, launching an ambitious education and research partnership that is unique for U.S. medical schools.

“The faculty and students engaged in this project are true pioneers,” said Robert Kamei, M.D., vice dean of education at the new school at the opening ceremony, which was videocast to cheering...

Duke-NUS GMS medical students (from left) Vincent Tay, Daniel Yong and Ong Li Ming pose with Duke University students Crystal Reynolds and Charles Withers. Six Duke medical student ambassadors were invited to Singapore in August for the opening of the new medical school.

	New Dean Andrews First Woman Dean of Duke Medical School Nancy C. Andrews, M.D., Ph.D., an internationally renowned researcher and dean for Basic Sciences...
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	Dispatches from Uganda In August, Duke Medicine surgeons, nurses and support staff delivered more than $1 million in...
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	Surgical Simulators: New Tools for Resident Education A recent Annals of Surgery study found that surgical simulators can be useful in building the...