Director, Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine | Pediatric Surgeon @DukeU. Passionate about medical ethics & moral formation of trainees
Durham, NC
Joined April 2020
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Deeply humbled and honored to lead the Trent Center. I’m incredibly excited to work alongside our brilliant team as we continue to ensure the human dimensions of medicine—ethics, history, and the humanities—remain at the heart of our practice at @DukeMedSchool @DukeHealth @DukeU
Ryan Antiel, MD, MSME, has been appointed as the next director of the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine. @DukeSurgery @Duke_Childrens
medschool.duke.edu/news/ryan…
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Ped surgery = best surgery!! Happy Monday! @Duke_Childrens @dukepedssurgery 🦖🦕
Great work by @FelixDeBieMD presenting at the hot topic session on state of the art of AWT. @ELSOOrg @DukeSurgery @DukeSurgRes
Great session today at the @NasherMuseum with the Trent Center clinical ethics fellows! @DukeMedSchool
So good to have @VUMChealth Luke Gatta back @DukeMedSchool sharing about his important Perinatal Bereavement Care Program. @dukeobgyn @Duke_Childrens
Great to be at the @seattlechildren Ethics Conference!
Amazing presentations from former & current @DukeMedSchool colleagues:
🗣️ @cp_nicholson: Surgery at the end of life
🗣️ @TylerTateMD: Pediatric suffering
🗣️ @DukeChildrens (Monica Lemmon): Neuro-prognostication
A new US study published in @acsJACS provides the first look at surgeon flourishing, shifting the focus from burnout to well-being.
While we highlight high levels of meaning and purpose, it also identifies significant gaps in social connectivity.
@DukeSurgery @DukeMedSchool
In a national survey of US surgeons, mean flourishing was 7.98/10, with the highest scores in financial stability and meaning/purpose, and the lowest in close social relationships.
Most surgeons (88%) viewed surgery as a calling. Fewer work hours, having children, and a sense of calling were associated with higher flourishing.
journals.lww.com/journalacs/…
Congrats to both @DukeSurgery Annie Liu and Clark Howell!
I have been privileged to work especially close with Clark on launching the Good Surgeon during his research years.
Excited to follow his career in surgical oncology as well as surgeon formation!
🎉 Congratulations to Duke Surgery residents Dr. Annie Liu & Dr. Clark Howell on matching into CGSO fellowships at @DukeSurgOnc and @UTMDAnderson! We are so proud of you! #SurgOnc #CGSOMatch @DukeSurgRes @SocSurgOnc
Can we help residents sustain the ideals, awe, and joy that drew them to surgery?
We share "The Good Surgeon" in @AnnalsOpen to:
✨ Reimagine the meaning of our work
🤝 Foster community
🌱 Consider who we are becoming
@DukeSurgRes
Read here: journals.lww.com/aosopen/ful…
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We're pretty good at burnout, but how do we FLOURISH? Insightful new research in @acsJACS:
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@JFreischlag @RyanAntiel @KIzevbekhai @FelixDeBieMD
Great work Steve! A great project! @DukeSurgery
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Last week we welcomed Prof Dr Jan Deprest @DukeSurgery for an inspiring visit and lecture on the history of FETO for CDH. A true pioneer in fetal surgery, he reminded us how innovation, collaboration and persistence moves the field forward! @segurabj @RyanAntiel @DevReg_KULeuven
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And the 2025–26 cohort is ready for your ethics consults 🎓
So grateful to have learned alongside such an amazing group—Thank you!!! @RyanAntiel, Dr. Malek & the entire Trent Center.
An incredible experience I can’t recommend enough: your sign to do it next!!!@DukeMedSchool
A very successful #CDH International Symposium in Leuven! Great presentations by @DukeMedSchool Hannah Johnston & @DukeSurgRes @FelixDeBieMD! @DukeSurgery @ChildrensPhila @cdhintl
Spent an incredible day with @DukeMedSchool @KernNetwork exploring the "Bake & Rest" method with @kvslice
Both surgery & baking require embodied knowledge -not just in the head. Understanding the dough is like understanding the body: it takes patience, presence, and practice
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IT'S A MATCH! We’re excited to welcome 19 new interns who matched with our residency programs today across multiple specialties. We can't wait for these phenomenal surgeons in training to join us this summer!
#MatchDay2026 @DukeSurgRes @DukeVascular @DukeCTSurgery @DukeMedSchool
Very proud of @DukeMedSchool Hannah Johnston and @DukeSurgRes Felix De Bie's presentations at Children's National #ECMO Symposium! @DukeSurgery @dukepedssurgery
Apply to the in-person #Fellowship in #Bioethics
@DukeMedSchool @dukegme by March 31st! Learn more about this 1-year, part-time certificate program: trentcenter.duke.edu/educati…
