Internal Medicine Residency News - March 31st, 2025

IM Residency

Spring pollen season is upon us as we enter the final week of March Madness (big congrats to Duke WBB on their Elite 8 finish and LGD for Duke MBB in the upcoming Final Four). Vacation with the family is always great and also looking forward to a busy Duke IM Res month as we continue on to the last parts of the year.

Eid Mubarak to all who celebrate!

Huge thanks to Noah Kelly for his amazing contributions to our team – we will miss him as he takes on a promotion to a role as a financial analyst in the Division of General Internal Medicine. 

Please see the email from Bridget to send in your Califf Resident Research Award submissions – both for the Grand Rounds presentations and Resident Research Day poster session. JAR fellowship/job meetings continue – if you haven’t found a time yet, please reach out to Bridget who can help you find a time.

Kudos to Komal and Mehvish Safdar on their First Annual Duke IM Pickleball tournament victory and more thanks to Reeti Gulati and Ankit Kayastha for organizing this epic event. More kudos to Rachel Obimah on her excellent SAR talk, to Leela Ekambarapu from Siven Chinniah for procedural successes, again to Leela and to Beth Richardson from Caitlin Womack for amazing VA GM work, to Bret Pinsker from Michael Dagher (and to Michael from Hannah Schwennesen AND Maggie Oliver) for caring for a sick patient at the VA Duke and to Maggie Oliver and Jennifer McMains from Hannah for their awesome CICU work.

This week’s pubmed from the program goes to our IM Res Duke AHEAD Education Day presenters: Komal Safdar, Zoe Shancer,  Madeline Watson and John Demis!

Demis and Watson: Beyond the Echo Chamber: A Train the Trainer Approach to POCUS Education for Duke Internal Medicine Residents

Shancer: Evaluation of the Consultation Process in the Hospital Setting Among GME Residents

Safdar: Real World Training for the Next Generation: A Curriculum for Resident Education Focused on Systems Based Non Clinical Practice Topics and Early Identification and Intervention for Trainees not Meeting Clinical Care Milestones

Have a great week!

Aimee  

Medicine Grand Rounds: April 4th, 2025

Date Topic Lecturer Location
04/04/2025

Civility Champions: What will the Chief Residents Think of Next?

 

Betty Staples, MD
Professor of Pediatrics

Sharon Shofer, PhD
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Medical Education

 

DUH 2002 & Zoom

 

Noon Conference: March 31st - April 4th, 2025

Date Inpatient Topic Lecturer Location Lunch
03/31/25

SEEDs Conference

Aruna Phekoo & Melvin Larker

 DUH 2002 & Zoom

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04/01/25

SAR Talk: Secondary HTN

Dr. Zachary Daily

 DUH 2002 & Zoom Cosmic Cantina
04/02/25

Cohen Conference

Dr. Elizabeth Fassas

 DUH 2002 & Zoom

Domino's
04/03/25

Cohen Conference

Dr. Kaushik Puranam

 DUH 2002 & Zoom Potbelly's
04/04/25

MGR (Civility Champions: What will the Chief Residents Think of Next?)

Dr. Betty Staples & Dr. Sharon Shofer

DUH 2002 & Zoom

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Report Conference Schedule: March 31st - April 3rd, 2025

Date Topic Lecturer Time
03/31/25

VA MS2 Report

DUKE SAR Report

Student teaching with faculty

Dr. John Demis w/ Dr. Van Kirk

11 a.m.

1:15 p.m.
04/01/25

DUKE SAR Report

VA JAR Report

DUKE Intern Report

VA Intern Report

Dr. Auston Stiefer w/ Dr. Govert

Dr. Daphne Jones w/ Dr. Ryan Edwards

TBD

Dr. Daphne Jones w/ Dr. Allison Cassidy

1:15 p.m.

1:15 p.m.

2:30 p.m.

2:30 p.m.
04/02/25

VA MS2 Report

DUKE SAR Report

VA JAR Report 

Student teaching with ACR

Dr. Mayne w/ Dr. Boggan

Dr. Scott Robert w/ Dr. Theodore Moore

11 a.m.

1:15 p.m.

1:15 p.m.
04/03/25

DUKE SAR Report

DUKE Intern Report 

VA Intern Report

Dr. Clare Anderson w/ Dr. Zaas

Dr. Ryan Cooper w/ Dr. Nathan Hirshman

Dr. Omar Martinez w/ Dr. Hassan Raza Raja

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)

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