Dr. Narjust Duma, MD University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Dr. Narjust Duma, MD
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Dr. Narjust Duma is a social justice scientist, a member of the UW Carbone Cancer Center and Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology, Medical Oncology and Palliative Care. She graduated first in her medical school class at La Universidad Catolica Nordestana in the Dominican Republic, completed her internal medicine residency at Rutgers University New Jersey Medical School where she was awarded the most scholarly resident award in 2015 and 2016. Dr. Duma completed her hematology and medical oncology fellowship at Mayo Clinic Rochester and was selected by her peers as one of the 2018-2019 chief hematology and medical oncology fellows.

She has been recognized for her work with numerous awards, including the Mayo Brothers Distinguished Fellowship Award, considered the highest trainee honor in the Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education; the Merit Award/ASCO Employees Endowed Merit Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology; and the Next-Generation Innovators Award, HemOnc Today – Healio. She has authored more than 35 professional publications on her research in addition to presentations and book chapters.