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    Blake Parente, MHS PA-C (they/them/theirs)

    Physician Associate
    Duke University Medical Center
    Durham, North Carolina, United States

    Blake Parente is a Physician Assistant (PA) at Duke University Medical Center specializing in functional neurosurgery and treating high impact pain. For almost 15 years, Parente has worked on expanding pain modulation and functional ablative procedures across a variety of new neurological indications and is excited to be collaborating on multiple projects involving interdisciplinary care and spinal cord injury. Parente holds a Master of Health Sciences from the Duke University Physician Assistant Program and a Bachelor of Arts in Neuroscience from Smith College. They have recently completed a Certificate in Health Professions Education & Teaching Program and they are currently pursuing a Health Equity Leadership Certificate. They have been affiliated with Duke since 2005.

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