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
Michelle Gailiun
Senior Media Relations Officer
919-660-1306
michelle.gailiun@duke.edu
Beat areas
- Oncology/Cancer Center
- Center for Human Genetics (cancer)
- Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (cancer)
- Radiation oncology
- Radiology
- Center for HIV-AIDS Immunology (CHAVI) & HIV
- Dermatology
- Global Health
- Cord Blood Transplant
Melissa Schwarting
Senior Media Relations Officer
919-660-1303
melissa.schwarting@duke.edu
Beat areas:
- Cardiology
- Cardiothoracic surgery
- Diabetes/metabolic conditions
- Duke Clinical Research Institute (cardiology)
- Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (non-cancer)
- Vascular Surgery
- Neurology (Parkinson's, Alzheimer's; movement disorders, epilepsy, stroke, sleep disorders, etc.)
- Psychiatry
- Duke University Hospital
Debbe Geiger
Senior Media Relations Officer
919-660-9461
debbe.geiger@duke.edu
Beat areas:
- Geriatrics
- Sports Medicine
- Orthopedics
- Duke Diet & Fitness Center
- Integrative Medicine
- Women’s Health
- Obesity
- Ophthalmology
- Allergy / Respiratory / Pulmonary
- Pediatrics
- Plastic Surgery
- Smoking
- Voice Center
- General Surgery
- Duke Center for Personalized Medicine
- School of Nursing/Nursing
- Bioethics
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)
- Basic research across clinical departments
- Anesthesia
- School of Medicine
- Emergency Medicine
- Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (non-cancer)
- Duke Clinical Research Institute (non-cardiology)
Bill Stagg
Senior Public Relations Specialist
919-660-1301
bill.stagg@duke.edu
Beat areas
- Kannapolis Project
Erin Pratt
Senior Corporate Communications Specialist
919-660-1317
erin.pratt@duke.edu
Beat areas
- Gastroenterology
- Urology (non-cancer)
- Neurosurgery (non-cancer)
- Community and Family Medicine
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- Physical Therapy
- Physician Assistant Program
- Infectious Diseases (non-HIV/CHAVI/tropical diseases)
- Duke Raleigh Hospital
- Duke Cancer Patient Support Program
- Pediatric Blood & Marrow Transplantation Family Support Program
- Transplant (organ)
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