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Adam Banks, MD, is the chief resident for internal medicine at the Durham VA Medical Center. Dr. Banks helps run the general medicine service at the VA, plans Medicine Grand Rounds and, teaches residents, which he says is his favorite part of the job. Banks earned his undergraduate degree at Vanderbilt University and attended the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. He will resume his fellowship in cardiovascular disease at the end of year. Keep reading to learn more about his teaching philosophy, his love for residency and how he ended up at Duke.

Mary Klotman, MD, chair of the Department of Medicine, announced today that Joseph Rogers, MD, professor of medicine in the Division of Cardiology, has agreed to serve as interim chair of the Department of Medicine upon Dr. Klotman's becoming dean of the School of Medicine, effective July 1, 2017.

Michael Dee Gunn, MD,  professor of medicine (Cardiology) and immunology, will present his research at the Department's Research Seminar Series on Friday, March 31, 2017 in Duke Hospital Room 2002.

Five teams from the Department of Medicine have received 2017 Innovation awards from Duke Institute for Health Innovation.

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8 faculty from the Department of Medicine will participate in the School of Medicine's LEADER program.

Duke Health and Wake Med have announced a new collaboration, Heart Care Plus+, to begin March 1, 2017. Watch the video announcement to learn more.

Mary Klotman – New Dean Duke School of Medicine Dr. Mary Klotman was named the Dean of the Duke School of Medicine. The announcement found here captures Dr. Klotman’s academic and collaborative nature. She is “a nationally renowned physician-scientist and academic leader who has served as chair of Duke’s Department of Medicine for almost seven years -- has been named dean of the Duke University School of Medicine and vice chancellor for health affairs at Duke University. Klotman will assume these roles July 1, 2017.

Three Department of Medicine faculty members have been elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) Class of 2017. 

​Haider Warraich, MD, a cardiovascular diseases fellow at Duke, was a guest on NPR's "Fresh Air," where he discussed his book "Modern Death: How Medicine Changed the End of Life."