Dr. David Powers

Professor

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Biography

David Bryan Powers currently serves as a Professor at Duke University Medical Center, where he is the Director of the Craniomaxillofacial Trauma Program. His surgical experience encompasses facial trauma, primarily acquired during his military career, where he demonstrated expertise in the acute management of ballistic injuries from warfare. Powers has completed extensive surgical assignments at the Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, as well as the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, Maryland. He has lectured and published widely on the management of high-energy transfer injuries to the craniomaxillofacial skeleton and has contributed significantly to the field of comprehensive reconstruction techniques for facial trauma. His work includes innovations in computer-aided surgical planning and the development of patient-specific implants for the anatomical rehabilitation of catastrophic craniomaxillofacial injuries.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

2000-01-01 — Present

Duke University Medical Center • Durham, NC

Serves as a Professor in the Department of Surgery and directs the Craniomaxillofacial Trauma Program.

Fellowship Director

2000-01-01 — Present

Duke University Medical Center • Durham, NC

Oversees the Craniomaxillofacial Trauma Reconstructive Surgery fellowship.

Requirements for Duke University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.2
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:24
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Multivariable Calculus Introduction to Physics (mechanics) Introduction to Chemistry
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Specialization Notes

Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)