Internal Medicine Residency News - December 8th, 2025
LET’S GO SARS!! We are so excited (still) about your incredible Fellowship Match Day results as well as hearing about all of the job acceptances for those pursuing hospital medicine and primary care!
Many thanks to all who worked this weekend for handling disruptions due to the Duke North flood. We will have some changes in availability of 2002 so keep an eye out for messages about moving conferences, etc.
Be on the lookout for the schedule request forms coming out next week, as well as documents that help explain some of the choices you will have next year as rising JARs and rising SARs. SARs, please make sure to look at the end of year document sent last week.
We are gearing up for our Annual Holiday gathering, complete with what promises to be a fantastic chief performance THIS FRIDAY! See you there. Resco gift exchange is on Friday at noon in the med res as well.
Kudos this week to Larissa Lushniak for a spectacular Cohen conference, to Theodore Moore for a wonderful SAR talk, to Max Sumner from the VA MICU for great work this week (sent in by Lauren Pinion), and to Gabby Pancio and Ian Malinow from Richard McLane for awesome work on a busy GM team. More kudos to our recruitment team My Take folks of Alia Sadek, Natalie Cohen, Zach Creech, Tommy Hamner, Kaushik Puranam, Reeti Gulati, Theodore Moore and Oyin Adidepe and our evening zoom crew of Sydney Means, Alia Sadek, Meredith Srour-Welser, Jess Irvin, Maria Paz, Bryce Hendren-Santiago, Lexi Green, Eric Bejarano, Zach Creech, Chris Norberg, and Tilly Henry! And to Victor Ayeni from Dr Nash (ED) for outstanding patient centered care in the ED!
This week’s pubmed from the program goes to Abby Driscoll for her presentation at the Association of Medicine and Psychiatry conference on unusual withdrawal symptoms from kratom and kava!
Have a great week!
Aimee
Medicine Grand Rounds: Friday, December 12th
*Find out more about weekly MGR or watch previous sessions here.
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Location |
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| 12/12/2025 |
Dr. Tony Galanos |
DUH 2002
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Noon Conference: December 8th - December 12th, 2025
| Date | Inpatient Topic | Lecturer | Location | Lunch |
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| 12/08/25 |
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Dr. Aimee Zaas |
DUH 2002 & Zoom |
none |
| 12/09/25 | LEADS: ACR Clinical Reasoning |
Dr. Sarah Huffman and Dr. Vanesa Campos |
DUH 2002 & Zoom | Saladelia |
| 12/10/25 |
Dr. Joel Boggan and Dr. Haley Cottrill |
DUH 2002 & Zoom |
Enzo's |
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| 12/11/25 |
Dr. Brice Lefler and Dr. Victor Ayeni |
DUH 2002 & Zoom |
Cosmic Cantina |
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| 12/12/25 |
Holiday Gift Exchange! |
n/a |
MedRes |
Sitar |
Report Conference Schedule: December 8th - December 11th, 2025
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/08/25 |
VA MS2 Report DUKE SAR Report |
Student teaching with Dr. Kime (ID review) Dr. Sarah Yosief w/ Dr. Colby Feeney |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. |
| 12/09/25 |
DUKE SAR Case Report VA JAR/Intern Report Duke Intern Report |
Dr. Richard McLane w/ Dr. Govert Combined JAR/Intern Report with Dr. Rey Perez (ID) and Dr. Jessica Irvin (Case Presenter) Dr. Eli Abernethy w/ Dr. Van Kirk |
1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
| 12/10/25 |
VA Morning Report VA MS2 Report DUKE Intern Report |
Morning Report for night team w/ Dr. Duffy and team (team 2) Student teaching w/ Dr. Schneider (Acid-Base) Dr. Katelyn Rennyson w/ Dr. Zaas |
7:30 a.m. 11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. |
| 12/11/25 |
DUKE MS2 Report DUKE SAR Case Report VA JAR Report Duke Intern Report VA Intern Report |
MS2 Teaching Dr. Luderve Rosier w/ Dr. Suchita Sata JAR Leadership Series: Triage w/ Dr. Horne Dr. Meredith Srour w/ Dr. Perkons Intern Case Report w/ Dr. Cooney (Heme/Onc) and Dr. Grant Hiura (Presenter) |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
Our Wellbeing
The Department of Medicine is keeping an updated list of wellbeing resources during this extraordinary time. Click here for more information.
Employee Health Hours!
- My COVID Link - Report new or worsening COVID-19 symptoms or new exposures.
- Employee Occupational Health & Wellness (EOHW) COVID Hotline, (919) 385-0429, option 1 (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday, and 8 a.m. - noon on weekends), After hours call the Duke emergency operator for the exposure nurse on call at (919) 684-8115.
Feeling down? Need to talk to someone? Opportunities for Wellness
All trainees at Duke have FREE access to Personal Assistance Services (PAS), which is the faculty/employee assistance program of Duke University. The staff of licensed professionals offer confidential assessment, short-term counseling, and referrals to help resolve a range of personal, work, and family problems. PAS services are available free of charge to Duke faculty and staff, and their immediate family members. An appointment to meet with a PAS counselor may be arranged by calling the PAS office at 919-416-1PAS (919-416-1727), Monday through Friday between 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Prioritized GME appts are now available also at 6 pm and 7 pm! For assistance after hours, residents and fellows can call the Blood and Body Fluid Hotline (115 inside DUH, 919-684-1115 outside) for referral to behavioral health resources. Another resource is Duke Outpatient Psychiatry Referrals at (919) 684-0100 or 1-888-ASK-DUKE. Home | Personal Assistance Service (duke.edu)
- ACR Teach Blog
- GME Mistreatment Reporting Site
- Duke Health Influenza Policy
- http://duke.exitcareoncall.com/
- Main Internal Medicine Residency website
- Main Curriculum website
- Department of Medicine
- Confidential Comment Line Note (All submissions are strictly confidential unless you chose to complete the optional section requesting a response.)
- Updates from the Division of Hematology
- The Scope
Did you know that Duke Health now has three ways to make appointments and access health information in Spanish. Click HERE for information.
Hi there, Neighbors!
Here's what we have for community engagment opportunities for December:
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🏫👨🎓City of Medicine Academy (CMA) Science Fridays👨⚕️👨🏫
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The City of Medicine Academy (CMA) is a local high school built to prepare youth to enter healthcare fields, with most of the students coming from underrepresented in medicine backgrounds. Science Fridays are a monthly time for Duke residents to talk about a topic of their choosing, all with the goal of showing them the healthcare field and connecting them to physicians who can mentor them in their journeys.
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Time: Friday, December 12 from 3:15-4:15pm
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Location: City of Medicine Academy (200 Wisteria Ave)
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Sign-Up: email jennifer_watson@dpsnc.net
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Contact: Jennifer Watson, CMA Magnet Coordinator (252-207-6830; jennifer_watson@dpsnc.net)
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🏫👨🎓BOOST Science Saturdays 🔬👨⚕️
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BOOST is a program at Duke that encourages middle schoolers from historically underrepresented backgrounds in medicine to pursue STEM careers. I’ll be giving a talk on POCUS and would love 1-2 volunteers to help me!
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Time: Saturday, December 13 at from 10am-11am
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Location: Trent Semans Center (“TSCHE”)
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Sign-Up: email Victor Ayeni at victor.ayeni@duke.edu
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Contact: Alexandra Valladares (program coordinator), alexandra.valladares@duke.edu
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🚚🥫Duke Memorial Mobile Market 🥦🍎
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This opportunity brought to you by JVK’s husband! Join one of many local groups fighting food insecurity in Durham as you load and organize food to then distribute to your neighbors in Durham. They need extra help given the coming holidays!
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Time: Saturday, December 20 from 9am-11am
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Location: Duke Memorial (504 W Chapel Hill St)
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Sign-Up: https://signup.com/go/pLjRwWm
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Contact: Matt Wood (Jenny Van Kirk’s husband) at 828-301-9703
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Finally, for those who can’t make it to these events but want to help out, the group we’re highlighting for donations this month is Habitat for Humanity! As the housing crisis rages on, very visibly in Durham, the Department of Medicine is hosting a fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity to support home building and housing access. I'll reach out in December with the formal donation link when it's ready, so stay tuned for that! The residency is also hosting a home build with Habitat in April - details coming later in the year!
As always, these events are all ones suggested or led by fellow members of the IM residency. If you have any ideas at all about community volunteering events, or about happenings in Durham that could help others get to know the city better, please reach out to me to get it added to the next email. Given the coming holidays, the next email will be at the start of January!
Yours in neighbor-ing,
Victor
