G. Ralph Corey, MD
Vice-Chair for Education and Global Health in the Department of Medicine
Departments / Divisions- Medicine / Medicine-Infectious Diseases
- Pathology
Address
DUMC 90519
Durham, NC 27708
Appointment Telephone
919-668-7630
Office Telephone
919-668-7174
Fax Telephone
919-613-6430
- MD, Baylor College of Medicine (Texas), 1973
- Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 1974-1977
- Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, 1978-1980
- Certificate of Knowledge in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Traveler's Health, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2000
- Tropical and Traveler's Medicine, 2000
Clinical Interests
Staph bacteremia, endocarditis, pericarditis, travel and tropical medicine, general infectious diseases
Research Interests
My research is based at the Duke Clinical Research Institute, a large academic clinical research organization designed to conduct clinical trials from small local studies to worldwide trials. The focus of my research is bacterial infections: complicated skin and skin structure infections; postoperative wound infections; hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia; bacteremia; and endocarditis. Many of these trials are conducted in concert with the pharmaceutical industry in order to register new antibiotics. In addition, as director of infectious diseases at the DCRI I oversee the work of the mycology group, and tuberculosis trials. This work also includes work supported by NIH grants including sepsis trials, the Staph Aureus and Staph Epi Bacteremia Groups, and the International Collaboration of Endocarditis. The team of investigators with whom I work is highly experienced, amazingly productive and wonderfully collegial.
As a result of my longstanding interest in tropical medicine and the generosity of my patients as well as the Hubert Family we have been able to establish the Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health. As a result we have developed a medical center-wide fellowship in Global Health. I am presently the Director of the Center and the Gary Hock Distinguished Professor of Global Health.
This faculty member (or a member of their immediate family) has a working relationship (i.e. consulting, research, and/or educational services) with the companies listed below. These relations have been reported to the health system leadership and, when appropriate, management plans are in place to address potential conflicts.
- AstraZeneca
- Cerexa (Forest Labs)
- Cowen and Company
- Dr. Reddy's Laboratory
- Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc.
- Guidepoint Global
- PRA International
- Pfizer Inc.
- Polymedix Inc
- Theravance, Inc
- Trius Inc
- UpToDate, Inc.
