Kudos and Congratulations – October 2025 | Duke Department of Radiology

October 3, 2025

Hope Weant, NP-BC

Selected as a recipient for the 2025 DUH APP Clinical Excellence Award
Highlights the outstanding contributions to the radiology service and its patients

Awarded “Service Champion” recognition
For going above and beyond to provide excellent service
“Brianna was great—very informative, patient and compassionate. She was very integral in helping my wife through stressful procedures. Everyone here has been great and we appreciate it!”

Received an R01 from the NIH
Virtual Preclinical Photon-Counting CT (VPCT) for Cancer Imaging and Therapy Studies
Paul Segars, PhD, and Kyle Lafata, PhD, serving as MPIs

Spoke at the 6^th annual GUrus Community Education Event on September 6 at North Carolina Central University
More than 400 genitourinary patients registered for the cost-free event, which featured more than 20 providers from the Duke Cancer Institute, all focused on longer, better lives for people living with GU cancers
From a patient: “I really enjoyed understanding what constitutes the Duke Cancer Institute and the programs that work together under this umbrella, as explained by the keynote speaker Dr Kastan. One example: Dr Kelleher’s imaging explanations."

Kudos from a colleague, Sarah (Frush) Cotter, MD, Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology: “The family member of a good friend had an MRI at Duke after receiving limited care in a rural setting. I reached out to Mike to see if he’d be willing to read it; the baby has significant developmental delays and his parents have been searching for answers with limited resources. He not only read it the day of, he noted some concerning findings, reached out directly to the family and the neurologist, and facilitated an urgent admission and ultimately entry into a larger health system to help with ongoing complex medical management. I know you all do a lot of work that goes unseen, but the family is so very grateful and this was a life changing experience for them—notably, the first time they’ve felt seen and listened to in a healthcare setting. I really appreciate his collegiality, his professionalism and above all his commitment to patient care.”