Duke Staff

The Tug McGraw Research Center

Duke believes in an interdisciplinary approach that is required for quality care. Their full-time staff includes physicians, physician assistants, nurses, clinical researchers, social workers, medical psychologists, neuro-psychologists, counselors, chaplains, child life specialists, and hospital school teachers dedicated to caring for the needs of patients with brain tumors and their families.

	Lee Jones, PhD Director, The Tug McGraw Research Center at Duke Assistant Research Professor, Department of Surgery
	Allan Friedman, MD Deputy Director, The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke Professor of Surgery Chief, Division of Neurosurgery
	Henry S. Friedman, MD James B. Powell, Jr. Professor of Neuro-Oncology Deputy Director, The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke Professor of Pediatrics Associate Professor of Surgery and Medicine
	Mike Krzyzewski Leadership Consultant, The Brain Tumor Center at Duke

Renee Hinsley Dunn, PhD
Investigator, Adult QOL Studies

Bart Brigidi, PhD
Investigator Adult QOL Studies

SUPPORTIVE CARE STUDIES
Mary Lou Affronti, RN, MSN, ANP

PEDIATRIC STUDIES
Melanie Bonner, PhD
Director, Pediatric QOL Studies
Karen E. Carter
Clinical Research Coordinator