Victor J. Dzau, MD, was appointed chancellor for health affairs at Duke University and president and CEO of Duke University Health System effective July 1, 2004. He is also the James B. Duke Professor of Medicine and director of molecular and genomic vascular biology at Duke. Dzau's academic interests are in cardiovascular translational research and mission-based education. Dzau is particularly interested in eliminating health disparities among underrepresented populations and the socioeconomically disadvantaged both at home and abroad. In 2001, together with Paul Farmer, MD, Dzau guided the creation of a new Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital of Harvard Medical School to reduce disparities and improve health care through training, research, education, and service. Since becoming chancellor for health affairs at Duke in July 2004, he has been actively working with university leaders to establish a campus-wide, multidisciplinary global health initiative that will draw on Duke resources to improve medical care for the underserved locally, nationally, and internationally.

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Office Location:	106 Davison
Office Phone:	(919) 684-2255
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Web Page:	http://faculty.duhs.duke.edu/faculty/info?pid=10515

School(s):

School of Medicine

Department(s):

Cardiology

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Pathology