At Duke Raleigh, “community” means many things. But at the core, it’s about amazing individuals. Survivors. Healers. Helpers. Heroes. Meet them here.
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People Stories
2012 Compassionate Care Awards
Duke Raleigh Hospital and The P.G. Fox Society awarded the second annual Compassionate Care Award to W. Trent Ragland Jr. in acknowledgement of his lifetime of leadership and passion for selfless service and civic duty. Read more.
Season of Giving
Duke Raleigh Hospital employees show their support for the community all year long. But, like twinkling lights, fresh wreaths and festive greenery, that generosity of spirit is on full display during the holidays. And never more so than in 2011. Read more.
Doug Vinsel
Doug Vinsel is President of Duke Raleigh Hospital and sets the vision for the hospital's community involvement. A strong believer in the power of diversity, culture and caring, Doug leads by example.
Sarah Marshall: Neurosurgery Patient
Sarah Marshall came to the Duke Raleigh Hospital Emergency Department with a terrible headache and learned the devastating news that she had a brain aneurysm that had leaked.
Physician Highlight – Dr. Marc Calabrese
Ordinarily, a missed flight spells disaster for anyone needing to make it to a destination in the knick of time. But for Dr. Marc Calabrese, a member of Duke Raleigh's emergency medical staff, a missed flight landed him in the arms of fate.
Employee Profile: Lois Bockmann
Lois Bockmann, registered nurse in the emergency department at Duke Raleigh Hospital, never knew that a single moment would change her entire life.
Katherine Thomas
Katherine Thomas is Vice Chair of the Duke Raleigh Hospital Advisory Board and Director of Community Relations & Economic Development for Progress Energy, North Carolina.
Employee Profile: Hai Ly Burk
Hai Ly Burk, social worker at Duke Raleigh Hospital, and her family came to the United States as refugees from Vietnam. Through the struggles of her parents, Hai quickly learned that hard work and commitment to giving back would play a major role in shaping the person she is today.
PG Fox Society Compassionate Care Award
Duke Raleigh Hospital and The P.G. Fox Society awarded the first annual Compassionate Care Award to Ralph Moore in acknowledgement of his lifetime of leadership and passion for selfless service and civic duty.
Carla Hollis
Carla Hollis is Chief Marketing & Planning Officer for Duke Raleigh Hospital. Carla is personally and professionally committed to Duke Raleigh's community involvement, serving on numerous boards and representing the hospital at events across the area.
Pam Borden: Uganda Beckons
Duke Raleigh's Pam Borden, RNC, RLC, IBCLC, jumped at the chance to take a second trip to Kampala, Uganda, to work with Ugandan nurses at Mulago Hospital when the Duke Neurosurgery East Africa Training Mission traveled there in September.
Krys Dixon: Haiti Calls
For days, Duke Raleigh's Krys Dixon, RN, WOCN, heard the same sound. Beep. Beep. Beep. Dixon was working at the Partners in Health hospital in Cange, Haiti, at the time.
Hospital Volunteers
Duke Raleigh Hospital's volunteers are a critical part of the hospital team and enable the organization to maintain many critical hospital functions as well as to offer some important "special touches" to improve the patient and visitor experience.
Volunteer Appreciation
Duke Raleigh Hospital has issued its 2011 Outstanding Volunteer of the Year award to Pat Maruca.
