Cara Gillotti

Over the course of a year, Charles Stanley, 77, had skin cancer three times near his eye, where it is tricky to remove, and even more difficult to reconstruct…

A calcium score test -- also called CT cardiac scoring -- can predict your risk for heart disease, but not everyone needs one. Here, Duke cardiothoracic…

In October 2024, severe changes in vision sent Don Johnson, 70, to the Duke Eye Center, where he was diagnosed with a detached retina. Following a surgical…

Penny Pope, 65, is an exceptionally fit woman, exercising five or six days per week. Following surgery at Duke Health to fix an Achilles tendon that ruptured…

A hairline fracture, also known as a stress fracture, is a small crack in a bone. They most often appear in the legs or feet and are usually caused by a change…

After a fall resulted in a broken sacrum and pelvis, Deborah Stephenson, 71, sought care at Duke Health. There, she began visits to the Duke Osteoporosis and…

Roger Parker, 55, was diagnosed with stage IV small cell lung cancer in February 2024. Following treatment at Duke Cancer Center, including a medication that…

Ava Brownlee, 69, had her left hip replaced at Duke in 2016. Eight years later, when she began to experience the same type of pain in her right hip, she knew…

Emilia Cruz-Garcia was diagnosed with congenital cataracts weeks after she was born, and surgery successfully removed them. But her parents weren’t happy with…

James Golden, who is HIV-positive, was housebound with a dangerous neurological condition caused by liver disease when it became clear that he needed a liver…

Chris Biggar was only 34 years old when he was diagnosed with a rare kind of metastatic colon cancer two years ago. After several surgeries and immunotherapy…

When surgery to fix a broken ankle left Lynne Barrett in pain and unable to walk, she sought multiple medical opinions and underwent months of physical therapy…