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Carolyn E Keeler

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery
DUMC 3807, Durham, NC 27710
3807 DUMC, Durham, NC 27710

Research Interests


Nutrition and Spine Health
Health Equity
Nutrition and Pain
Dancer Health and Wellness
Performing Artist Health and Wellness
Acupuncture for Musculoskeletal and Neuropathic Pain

Selected Grants


Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research


Bravewell Fellowship · 2011 - 2012 Awarded by: Bravewell Collaborative · $35,000.00 The Bravewell Fellowship was designed to support exceptional physicians (MD and DO), nurse practitioners and physician assistants who had demonstrated leadership ability, an interest in integrative medicine and the potential to influence the transformation of service and delivery of health care and increase the health and well-being of patients. In partnership with the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine’s Fellowship in Integrative Medicine, Bravewell offered a highly-respected, two-year, distance-learning fellowship in integrative medicine, which included FIM’s 1,000 hours of instruction and 3 residential weeks at the University of Arizona in Tucson for classroom training and community building. In addition, the Bravewell Fellowship offered a supervised 120-hour clinical experience at a Bravewell Clinical Network center.