Duke Dermatology has a long and successful history of teaching, investigating, and caring. We take enormous pride on each one of the pillars that drive our mission and we work hard everyday to live up to that mission. From our state-of-the-art treatment of skin diseases and disorders to our engagement with the larger Durham community, we make caring for our patients a top priority. We also strive to develop new knowledge in Dermatology through basic research and through translational and clinical research. And then we teach.
We teach our residents; we teach non-derm students and physicians how to provide basic care of patients with skin disease; and we offer learning opportunities to dermatologists in our department and our community. We teach a lot! And we love it! All the great work and all the knowledge we gain through our patient care and through our research would not be complete if we did not share it, if we did not teach it, to our colleagues, our students, and our residents. Teaching is not only what we do, but who we are. We train our residents to become excellent clinicians who practice medicine with the highest of ethical standards. We can only accomplish this if we are truly committed to teaching; if we actively seek out or create opportunities to share our knowledge and to guide and support our trainees as they progress through their residency. We teach, we mentor, and we nurture our trainees and in doing so, we know we are also contributing to the caring and investigating pillars of our mission: the better we are at teaching, the better our patient care and our research will be.
For decades, Duke Dermatology has upheld a teaching tradition rooted in science, clinical excellence, compassion and bedside learning. In the words of Sir William Osler, “Medicine is learned by the bedside and not in the classroom.” Dr. Callaway was committed to this model as are the current faculty. It is becoming increasingly difficult to find the time in the clinic setting to dedicate to teaching the science and art of clinical dermatology.
To ensure that this legacy of teaching, in the clinic and at the bedside, endures we have established the Legacy Teaching Professorship in Dermatology. Distributions from this restricted endowment fund will provide support to 1 – 2 faculty members each year who have demonstrated excellence in teaching in the clinical environment, allowing them to take the time needed in the clinic to teach residents in both the science and art of clinical dermatology. The Legacy Dermatology Teaching Fund emphasizes that education is a priority for our department equal to those activities that generate revenue. By supporting the Legacy Teaching Professorship in Dermatology Fund, you can help us support the faculty whose dedication to and excellence in teaching in the clinic and at the bedside. We encourage you to help us meet the $300,000 minimum investment needed to establish this endowed fund. Once fully funded, it will become a permanent endowment which will ensure that Duke Dermatology’s emphasis of excellent teaching in the clinic, established by the legacy of great clinician educators starting with Dr. Callaway, will continue to the benefit of all future residents and students. Click the link below or mail your contributions to
Support the Legacy Teaching Professorship in Dermatology
Alumni and Development Records
Attn: Lisa Ward
Box 90581
Durham, NC 27708-0581
Fund Information / EIN #
Fund Name / Code: Legacy Dermatology Teaching Fund (6114639) EIN: 56-0532129
Thank you for your ongoing commitment to legacy of Teaching, investigating and caring that has been our foundation since Dr. Callaway started Duke Dermatology in 1939.