Voices of Duke Health

Father and son physicians, Michael and Kenyon Railey, share their personal stories and the importance of DEI for patients and providers. Their interview was led by Dr. Beverly Gray.

Joe Naasz shares his journey with chronic pain, including his insights, advice for others, and how he's found a new version of himself.

Brian and EmmaLee Monteiro were thrilled to learn they were expecting a baby. However, at 18 weeks, a severe asthma attack put EmmaLee in the ICU. In this episode, the Monteiros chronicle their harrowing experience and the life-saving treatments that EmmaLee and baby Greyson (now a year old) received.

Every Wednesday afternoon, the Chapel at Duke Raleigh Hospital becomes a place for staff to relax and recharge. Hear about this inspiring program lead by our interviewee, Adrian Dixon, Director of Chaplain Services and Education.

Cheryl Morgan Maxey shared with us how her work at Duke Health suddenly collided with her personal life, and the lessons she learned along the way.

Join Steve Hodges, a member of Duke's Patient Family Advisory Council, as he shares his experience of a routine rheumatology appointment that led to the care of his whole being.  

Shawn Burrow, a nurse practitioner from Virginia, stopped by the Voices of Duke Health mobile recording cart to explain the relief she felt when she brought her son, Rowan, to Duke Health.

Originally released: August 20, 2018

Dr. Jack Hughes celebrated his 100th birthday in November 2019, so he he had a lot to share with our oral historian, Joseph O'Connell. Here Dr. Hughes talks about what inspired him to a long career in urology in Durham, North Carolina, and about his tour of duty as a Navy medic during World War II. Read more about Dr. Hughes at forestduke.org/d-day-memories-from-a-survivor/

Robert Califf, MD, spent the majority of his career as a physician, administrator, leader, and innovator at Duke University. Most recently, he was vice chancellor for health data science; the Donald F. Fortin, M.D. Professor of Cardiology; and the director of Duke Forge, an initiative using data science to improve health outcomes.

Dr. Califf also served as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration under President Barack Obama.

Oral historian Josephine McRobbie caught up with Dr. Califf to ask about his early work and how it prepared him to be a presidential appointee.

“I think the best way to test out your ideas is to have people attack them from every angle because no one knows everything,” said Califf. “You really learn how to articulate what it is you’re really saying.”

Dr. Califf now works at Verily Life Sciences and Google Health.

Originally released: January 3, 2020

Thanks to everyone who helped make the pilot season of Voices of Duke Health a satisfying success. We hope you enjoyed listening to the podcast as much we enjoyed working with all the participants of the listening booth.

We’re making plans for season two, with an expansion of the listening booth and more conversations from colleagues and visitors across Duke. Stay tuned.

In the meantime, we thought Voices of Duke Health listeners might enjoy this vignette about Nancy C. Andrews, MD, PhD, dean emerita of the Duke University School of Medicine. Folklorist Joseph O’Connell interviewed Dr. Andrews for the Duke Medical Center Library and Archives, and produced this bonus episode for us.

As a teenager, Dr. Andrews brought some unusual house guests back to her parents’ home in upstate New York: 30 live horseshoe crabs. In this bonus episode, Andrews looks back on her early formation as a physician-scientist and her journey to becoming the first woman dean of a top ten medical school.

Originally released: May 20, 2019