Internal Medicine Residency News, Monday March 4, 2024
From the Director
MARCH MADNESS! Thanks to all for a great FUN-bruary. Many thanks to our amazing chiefs for a fantastic grand rounds on Friday, with special thanks to all for the remainder of the day! Congratulations to the residents for crushing the faculty in trivia!
On the “to do” list: fill out your ACGME survey if you have not already done so! If you are applying for fellowships, please check out the meeting sign up from Kayla (thank you Kayla!). If you are a SAR, please don’t forget to register for the boards before the fees go up.
Kudos
Many kudos this week .. to Nandita Singh from the PRT team for her wonderful work and communication during a critical situation, to Zach Dailey for a fantastic Cohen Conference, to Nicole Dussault for her excellent SAR talk, to Isabelle Byers and Drew Vista from Dr. Hankollari for helping out with the medical student Cimigro procedure night, to Maggie Oliver from one of her gen med patients for outstanding care, to Nick Brazeau from Mae Hamilton for outstanding communication of a complex care plan for an outpatient, to the MICU “dream team” of Sam Haddad, Londyn Robinson and Rohit Nair (from Emory Buck) who navigated CPRS downtime and an OIG visit while taking great care of patients, to Pat O’Shea from Cayla Pichan for his astute post-call rounds patient care, to and to Best Uchehara and Kate Lee from Alison Smith for their personalized care playing an overnight concert for patients in the CICU.
PubMed
This week’s pubmed from the program goes to Nijat Aliyev for his recent publication:
Almani MU, Aliyev N, Qudrat-Ullah M, Khan MS, Greene SJ.Am J Cardiol. 2023 Nov 15;207:82-83. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.08.179. Epub 2023 Sep 19.
Have a great week!!
Aimee
Medicine Grand Rounds: March 8, 2024
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/08/24 |
MGR: Unlocking the Potential of Trustworthy AI in Healthcare |
Nicoleta Economou-Zavlanos, PhD & Michael Pencina, PhD |
Hybrid- DUH North 2002 & Zoom
|
Noon Conference: March 4- March 8, 2024
| Date | Inpatient Topic | Lecturer | Location | Lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/04/24 |
Surgical Consult Series: PAD and Limb Loss |
Dr. Christina Cui |
Duke North 2002 & Zoom |
Potbelly |
| 03/05/24 |
Curbside Conference: Pulmonary |
Dr. Joseph Govert |
Duke North 2002 & Zoom | Capriotti's |
| 03/06/24 |
SAR Talk: ARDS |
Dr. Ben Berger |
Duke North 2002 & Zoom |
Cosmic Cantina |
| 03/07/24 |
Cohen Conference |
Dr. Michael Dagher |
Duke North 2002 & Zoom | Chick-fil-a |
| 03/08/24 |
Fun Lunch |
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Devil's Pizzeria |
Report Conference Schedule: March 4-7, 2024
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/04/24 |
VA JAR CAT DUKE SAR Report MS2 Report |
Dr. Kiritsy w/ Dr. Cooney Dr. Julia Hiserodt w/ Dr. Sparks Student teaching w/ ACR |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
| 03/05/24 |
VA JAR Case Report DUKE SAR Report VA Intern Case Report DUKE Intern Report |
Dr. Obimah w/ Dr. Sullivan Dr. Shelief Robbins-Juarez w/ Dr. Govert Dr. Jayawickreme w/ Dr. Sullivan Dr. Fassas w/ Dr. Shadrin |
11:00am 1:15 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
| 03/06/24 |
VA JAR Jeopardy DUKE SAR Report |
Dr. Jones Dr. Townsend w/ Dr. Zaas |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. |
| 03/07/04 |
VA JAR Case Report DUKE SAR Report VA Intern Report DUKE Intern Report |
JAR Leadership Curriculum QI Safety Report w/ Dr. Boggan & Dr. Dominguez Dr. Konkimalla w/ Dr. Zaas Dr. Novelli w/ Dr. Lamberton |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
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