Faculty Promotions February 2024
Covid-19: Lessons Unheeded
The direct and indirect repercussions, particularly the long-term consequences, of the pandemic on all facets of health and well-being continue to be investigated and reported. DGIM Professor Keisha Bentley-Edwards has explored several areas impacted by the pandemic including contraceptive access and use among students, the impact of systemic racisms and pre-existing conditions for Black Americans, and access to behavioral weight loss interventions in Black adults. Her latest publication caps off a special
DGIM Hospitalists Recognized by SHM NC Triangle Chapter
The local chapter of the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) hosted their NC Triangle Chapter Networking and Awards night on February 16 at the Graduate Hotel in Chapel Hill. Among the award recipients were Tara Spector and Pooh Setji (both won for Clinical Leadership for Physicians), Poonam Sharma (Excellence in Teaching), Lana Wahid (Excellence in Research), Noel Ivey (Best vignette), and David Gallagher
DGIM Residents & Faculty at 2024 NC ACP Chapter Meeting
The 2024 Annual Scientific Session of the NC Chapter of ACP (Chapter Governor Marion McCrary) was held on Feb 9-10 at the Marriott Crabtree Valley Hotel in Raleigh, NC, organized by Program Co-chairs Noel Ivey, Michelle Perkons, Denise Pong, and Fatima Syed. Along with several residents in attendance, DGIM speakers included Will Yancy, Bruce Peyser, Suchita Shah Sata, David Boyte, Poonam Sharma, and Katherine Neal. Check out the photos of some of the presenters and attendees below!
GIM Promotion - Eugenia McPeek Hinz, MD, MS
Congratulations to Eugenia McPeek Hinz, MD, MS, for her promotion to Assistant Professor of Medicine. Dr.
Reduced Acute Diabetes Complications Linked to Preventive Drug List Benefits
To improve medication adherence and health outcomes, some employers are offering a ‘preventive drug list’ (PDL) option with reduced out-of-pocket expenses for medications. In Type 2 diabetes, like other chronic diseases, patients often take multiple medications to manage not only their blood glucose levels but also a constellation of other health problems such as hypertension and hypercholesterolemia.
Dr. Suchita Shah Sata Promoted to Associate Professor
Congratulations to Dr. Suchita Shah Sata for her promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine, Career Track. Dr. Sata is an attending physician in the Division of General Internal Medicine and hospitalist at Duke University Hospital. She joined Duke in 2015 as a Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine and is a graduate of Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Faculty Promotions January 2023
Transformational Leader Quinn Capers, MD, to Deliver June 16 Greenfield Lecture
Academic medicine transformation leader Quinn Capers, IV, MD, the Rody P. Cox Professor of Internal Medicine (Cardiology) and associate dean for faculty diversity at the University of Texas Southwest School of Medicine, will deliver the June 16 Greenfield lecture with a talk entitled “Diversifying the Physician Workforce – Why We Can’t Wait.”
The event will be held in person only beginning at 8 a.m. in Duke North, 2002. Breakfast will be served outside of the room starting at 7:45am.
Announcing the 2023 DOM Administrative Award Winners
Gagliardi Promoted to Associate Dean for Learning Environment and Well-Being
Faculty Promotions May 2023
2023 Resident Research Day Features Califf Research Award Winners
GIM Division Update with Interim Chief Dr. William Yancy
By William Yancy, MD
Interim Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine
The Division of General Internal Medicine at Duke strives to improve adult patient, family, community, and population health through exemplary patient care, education, and research. Perhaps most importantly, we have maintained core values of excellence, integrity, kindness, and commitment to health and health equity for our patients and our communities.
Berg, Joshi, and McDonald to Receive 2023 DOM Master Clinician Awards
Dr. Wilder Leads Three-Year Study to Improve Health Literacy in Underserved Communities
Q&A Spotlight: Distinguished Professors Christopher Granger and Rana Gupta
Crawford, Diehl, Weinberg Receive Department of Medicine 2023 Career Achievement Awards
The Department of Medicine (DOM) is pleased to announce the 2023 recipients of the annual Department of Medicine Career Achievement Award: Jeffrey Crawford, MD, Louis Diehl, MD, and