Contact Us

Reporters: contact us with questions, interview requests, and other media-related needs.

Main Contact Information

Duke Medicine Office of News & Communications

2200 W. Main St., Suite 910-B
Durham, NC 27705

Box DUMC 104030
Durham, NC 27710

Main Number (8:30 a.m.- 5 p.m., Monday-Friday)

919-684-4148
Fax: 919-681-7353

After Hours Cell Phone (evenings, weekends, and holidays)

919-257-7163

Please note that condition report calls will not be answered between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., but will be answered after 7 a.m. We never give condition reports on victims of violent crimes.

Media Relations Staff Contact Information

Doug Stokke

Associate Vice President
919-660-1304
doug.stokke@duke.edu

Lauren Shaftel Williams

Senior Media Relations Officer
919-684-4966
lauren.shaftel@duke.edu

Beat areas:

• Oncology/Cancer Center
• Center for Human Genetics (cancer)
• Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (cancer)
• Radiation oncology
• Gastroenterology
• Radiology
• Duke University Hospital

Michelle Gailiun

Senior Media Relations Officer
919-660-1306
michelle.gailiun@duke.edu

Beat areas:

• Cardiology
• Cardiothoracic surgery
• Diabetes/metabolic conditions
• Center for HIV-AIDS Immunology (CHAVI)
• Duke Clinical Research Institute (cardiology)
• Dermatology
• Global Health
• Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (non-cancer)
• Transplant Program
• Vascular Surgery

Melissa Schwarting

Senior Media Relations Officer
919-660-1303
melissa.schwarting@duke.edu

Beat areas:

• Geriatrics
• Neurology (Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s; movement disorders, epilepsy, stroke, sleep disorders, etc.)
• Neurosurgery (non-cancer)
• Psychiatry
• Duke Clinical Research Institute (non-cardiology)
• Sports medicine
• Orthopedics
• Anesthesia
• School of Medicine

Debbe Geiger

Senior Media Relations Officer
919-660-9461
debbe.geiger@duke.edu

Beat areas:

• Duke Diet & Fitness Center
• Integrative Medicine
• Women’s Health
• Obesity
• Ophthalmology
• Pediatrics
• Plastic Surgery
• Smoking
• Voice Center
• Respiratory/pulmonary

Mike Garrison

Senior Media Relations Officer
Video Production
919-660-1308
michael.garrison@duke.edu

• Video news production/distribution
• Network affiliate photography experience
• Video production capabilities, including faculty and staff interviews, b-roll and VNR production
• On-campus studio facilities for live or live-to-tape interviews
• Direct link to Microspace Communications Corporation for uplinking to C and Ku band satellite, as well as VYVX fiberoptic
• Audio ISDN connectivity using either the g.722 or Musicam transmission mode

Mary Jane Gore

Senior Science Writer
919-660-1309
mary.gore@duke.edu

Beat areas:

• Cell Biology
• Neurobiology
• Pharmacology / Cancer Biology
• Biochemistry
• Immunology
• Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
• Center for Human Genetics (non cancer)
• Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy (non-cancer)
• Basic research across clinical departments

Bill Stagg

Senior Public Relations Specialist
919-660-1301
bill.stagg@duke.edu

Beat areas:

• Community and Family Medicine
• General surgery
• Kannapolis Project
• School of Nursing
• Liaison with Office of Community Relations

Erin Pratt

Public Relations Specialist
919-660-1317
erin.pratt@duke.edu

Beat areas:

• Occupational medicine
• Physical therapy/Physician Assistant programs
• Infectious diseases