Internal Medicine Residency News, March 13, 2023
From the Director
Yay to the ACC Tournament Champs the Duke Blue Devils! Major thanks to Sarah Moserowitz for making the brackets. It’s also MATCH WEEK … super excited to learn about the newest members of the fam. Looking forward to a strong showing at Grand Rounds as well as at our match celebration party Friday night.
Congratulations to Shannon McGue on her wedding this past weekend! Happy Holi and Happy Purim to all who celebrate.
Kudos
Kudos this week to Matt Goodwin for earning a Gold Star from a patient, to Sara Barlow from Megan Hatfiled RN and the night nursing staff for amazing care of a very sick patient, to Nivita Sharma and Lily Suarez from Megan Barrett for wonderful work on 9300, to Apurva Khedagi from Shelief Robbins-Juarez for amazing work in a very busy MICU, to Cayla Pichan from Emory Buck for her recognition of an important need for a patient that allowed him to get the right care, to Lauren Pinion from Alison Smith for her excellent leadership in the CICU and to Katie Centnor from Emory Buck for excellent overnight care of a complex patient. Also kudos to Hannah Schwennesen for an excellent Cohen Conference and Jordan Infield for his awesome SAR talk.
Pubmed from the Program
This week’s Pubmed from the Program goes to John Barber for his paper in JACI!
Willemsen M*, Barber JS*, Van Nieuwenhove E*, Staels F, Gerbaux M, Neumann J, Prezzemolo T, Pasciuto E, Lagou V, Boeckx N, Filtjens J, De Visscher A, Matthys P, Schrijvers R, Tousseyn T, O'Driscoll M, Bucciol G, Schlenner S, Meyts I, Humblet-Baron S, Liston A. Homozygous DBF4 mutation as a cause for severe congenital neutropenia. J Allergy Clin Immunol (Feb 2023). (*Authors contributed equally to this work).
Have a great week and LET’S GO DUKE!!!!
Aimee

Medicine Grand Rounds: March 17, 2023
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/17/23 |
Creating the DukeFamily: Recruiting and The Match, with a Tribute to Dr. David Butterly |
2023 Match Day Theme | Honoring Retiree Dr. David Butterly Presented by Drs. Aimee Zaas, Lisa Criscione-Schreiber, and Diana McNeill |
Duke North 2003 & Zoom |
Noon Conference: March 13-17, 2023
| Date | Inpatient Topic | Lecturer | Location | Lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/13/23 |
Cohen Conference |
Dr. Nijat Aliyev | Duke North 2002 & Zoom | Cosmic Cantina |
| 03/14/23 | Thrombotic Microangiopathies: TTP, CM-HUS and more! |
Gowthami Morey Arepally, MD Professor of Pathology Duke University Medical Center |
DMP 2W93 | Chick-fil-A |
| 03/15/23 | Management of Spine Fractures | Dr. Alan Sag | Duke North 2003 & Zoom |
Namu |
| 03/16/23 |
SAR Talk: Hypertension |
Dr. Anand Shah |
Duke North 2002 & Zoom | Guasaca |
| 03/17/23 |
Fun Lunch |
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Dominos |
Report Conference Schedule: March 13-17, 2023
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/13/23 |
VA JAR CAT DUKE SAR Report- held in 2253 MS2 Report |
Dr. Dussault w/ Dr. Simel Dr. Rosenberg w/ Dr. Rasha Rasian Student teaching with ACR |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
| 03/14/23 |
VA JAR Report DUKE SAR Report- held in 2253 VA Intern Report DUKE Intern Report- held in 2253 |
Dr. Matthews w/ Dr. Zaas Dr. Strong w/ Dr. Govert Dr. McClellan w/ Dr. Lyles Dr. Lee with Dr. Nishant Shah |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
| 03/15/23 |
VA JAR Report DUKE SAR Report- held in 8262 |
Dr. Caputo Dr. Ferriera w/ Dr. Zaas |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. |
| 03/16/23 |
VA JAR Report Duke SAR Report- held in 2253 VA Intern Report DUKE Intern Report- held in 2253 |
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11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
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Feeling down? Need to talk to someone? Opportunities for Wellness
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