Daniel Nussbaum, MD, assistant professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, is one of 12 young surgeons nationwide to be selected by the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute for the 2023 Early-Stage Surgeon Scientist Program (ESSP).
This pilot program brings together surgeon scientists from across the U.S.; building cohorts that will be trained together for up to three years per cohort.
ESSP participants are funded through either an administrative supplement to the grantee’s NCI-designated Cancer Center Support Grant (P30) (of which Duke Cancer Institute is a recipient) or Comprehensive Partnerships to Advance Cancer Health Equity (CPACHE; U54) to one of the institutions serving underserved health disparity populations and underrepresented students.