Duke Ob/Gyn Magazine 2026: By the Numbers

Our People

Data reflects Fiscal Year 2025 (7/1/24 – 6/30/25)

  • 105 Faculty
  • 13 Consulting and adjunct faculty
  • 388 Ob/Gyn staff directly employed by the Duke School of Medicine and the Duke Health Integrated Practice

  • 36 Residents
  • 19 Fellows
  • 72 PA/NP/CNM
  • 200+ Students per year (MD, PA, NP)

 

  • 45 General Ob/Gyn and Community Practices
  • 17 Maternal-Fetal Medicine
  • 12 Women’s Community and Population Health
  • 8 Gynecologic Oncology
  • 8 Urogynecology
  • 7 Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
  • 5 Reproductive Sciences
  • 3 Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
  • 2 Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (included in categories above)

 

10 Endowed Professorships 

W. Allen Addison, MD, Distinguished Professor: Matthew D. Barber, MD, MHS

Edwin Crowell Hamblen Distinguished Professors of Reproductive Biology and Family Planning: Brenna L. Hughes, MD, MSc, and Danny Schust, MD

F. Bayard Carter Distinguished Professors: Eric Jelovsek, MD, MMEd, MSDS, and Steven Young, MD, PhD

Haywood Brown, MD, Distinguished Professor of Women’s Health: Geeta Swamy, MD

Walter L. Thomas Distinguished Professor: Evan Myers, MD, MPH

Roy T. Parker, MD, Distinguished Professor: Cindy Amundsen, MD

James M. Ingram Distinguished Professor of Gynecologic Oncology: Andrew Berchuck, MD

Hollier Family Associate Professor of Global Health: Megan Huchko, MD, MPH

Our Patients

Data reflects Fiscal Year 2025 (7/1/24 – 6/30/25)

43% increase in visits across various divisions from FY20 to FY25

90,874 patients seen by a Duke Ob/Gyn provider in the Duke University Health System
  • 7,847 Annual discharges
  • 8,106 Annual deliveries (includes WakeMed Hospitals)
    41% total growth from FY18 to FY25
  • 233,000 Annual clinic visits
  • 6,499 Annual surgeries

  • 73% low-risk pregnancies
  • 27% high-risk pregnancies
33% increase in lives touched

The department has expanded its clinical services to 21 clinics and 9 hospitals, with “lives touched” increasing from 64,799 in FY20 to 86,346 in FY25.


233,763 total arrived visits
  • 10,042 Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
  • 15,383 Gynecologic Oncology
  • 18,223 Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
  • 20,058 Urogynecology
  • 29,382 Maternal-Fetal Medicine
  • 140,675 General Ob/Gyn Community Practices

Our Research

Data reflects Fiscal Year 2025 (7/1/24 – 6/30/25)

  • 35 New grants and awards
  • 1 Competing renewal

  • 75 Total funded research projects (new and continuing)
  • 38 Available clinical trials
  • 292 Peer-reviewed publications
  • 100 Active protocols
73% Total federal NIH funding
  • $13,142,274 
  • Direct $9,776,410
  • Indirect  $3,365,864
2% Total federal non-NIH funding
  • $287,351
  • Direct $177,926
  • Indirect $109,425
24% Total non-federal funding
  • $4,433,830
  • Direct $3,562,033
  • Indirect $871,797

Blue Ridge Institute Ranking

Duke Ob/Gyn was ranked No. 5 in the nation for National Institutes of Health funding by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research (Clinical Science Department rankings, 2025). Read more at duke.is/BRIMR