Internal Medicine Residency News, Tuesday December 19, 2023
From the Director
Fam!
Final news of 2023! Gearing up for the mid-year break. We are excited for everyone to get a little time away and thank you for caring for patients over the winter holidays.
Kudos
Kudos this week to our awesome SAR talks from Drew Vista and Zach Silver as well as two excellent Cohen Conferences from Mark Brahier and Michael Rauschenbach. Also kudos from Nivita Sharma to the epic NF crew of Andre Rochet, Saurabh Sudesh, Haley Bush and Rachel Obimah, from Sarah Morgan to Stephen Landy and Katha Desai for a serious day of patient discharges with additional kudos to Josh Gray from the team as well for his help as NF. (also kudos to this crew and Mohamed Mohamed for a lovely GM 1 weekend with excellent patient care).
Also big thanks and kudos to the end of Dec recruitment crew of My Takers Best Uchehara, Karen Young, Kaela Miller, Jackie Kercheval, Auston Steifer and Ashley Jowell and evening zoom crews of Jordan Franklin, Best Uchehara, Siven Chinniah, Clare Anderson, Meghana Rao, Eric Wilson, Andrew Maul, Shivy Chandramouli and Sachi Oshima as well as our sig others zoom crew Adriana Bracho and Josh Helgoe, Sara Barlow and Blake and Katie Smith and James Curry!
This weeks pubmed from the program goes to Shannon McGue for her presentation at ASH!
Lymphoma Treatment Alterations in the Context of Autoimmune Disease
Shannon McGue, MD1, Andrea Sitlinger, MD2*, Sophia Chang3*, Annie Wang3*, Samantha Thomas, MS2* and Jie Wang, MD, MS4
Happiest and merriest of holidays to all of you and your loved ones! Here’s to 2024!
Aimee
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| CHRISTMAS | KAYLA IMANI | EMILY IMANI | BRIDGET IMANI | IMANI |
Medicine Grand Rounds: December 22, 2023
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Noon Conference: December 18- December 22, 2023
| Date | Inpatient Topic | Lecturer | Location | Lunch |
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| 12/18/23 |
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Dr. Katelyn Seale |
Duke North 2002 & Zoom |
Mediterra |
| 12/19/23 |
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Dr. Kara Wegermann |
Duke North 2002 & Zoom |
Randy's Pizza & Pure Vegan Cafe |
| 12/20/23 |
Holiday block: No conference
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No lunch |
| 12/21/23 |
Holiday block: No conference
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No lunch |
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| 12/22/23 |
Holiday block: No conference |
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No lunch
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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