Vice Chief, Division of Surgical Services
Thoracic Surgery
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Bio
The Duke University Cancer Center earned its reputation for excellence with a multi-discipline approach to both its research and the treatment of patients.
David Harpole, Jr., M.D., is a big reason why.
Harpole is both a professor of surgery and assistant professor of pathology at Duke University Medical Center, and he is a key component to the comprehensive care it offers patients with mesothelioma.
Since coming to Duke in 1996, Harpole has focused on the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer and esophageal cancer, as well as the creation of databases for the Duke Thoracic Oncology Program.
His clinical interests include mesothelioma, malignant diseases of the lung, thoracic oncology and general thoracic surgery, among others.
In addition to his teaching positions at Duke, Harpole serves as the director of the Lung Cancer Prognostic Research Laboratory. He also is the chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Durham VA Medical Center in nearby Durham, North Carolina.
Harpole originally came to Duke for a general surgery internship after his graduation from the University of Virginia. He stayed for a Thoracic Surgical Research Fellowship. He then spent three years in Boston as an instructor at Harvard Medical School and an associate in Thoracic Surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
He is certified by both the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. He is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
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