Division News

Mark N. Feinglos, MD, CM, professor of medicine (Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition) and associate professor of Pathology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, is part of a team of Duke researchers who have developed a new method to overcome major hurdles facing a promising new class of peptide drugs to treat diseases such as diabetes and cancer.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., Sept. 28 at 8am in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Jennifer Perkins, MD, assistant professor of medicine (Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition). Dr.

Nicole Greyshock, MD, began her tenure as Durham Regional Hospital and Ambulatory chief resident on June 25, and so far, the Fayetteville native is encouraged by her first few weeks on the job. “I love working with patients and supervising residents,” said Greyshock, who also spends part of her week at the Duke Outpatient Clinic.

The Medicine Research Conference returns Fri., May 25 at 12 pm in Duke Hospital 2002 with presentations by by Mark Feinglos, MD, professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition, and Debbie Muoio, PhD, associate professor of medicine (Endocrinology) and member of the Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center.. Dr.

The final episode of the hit television show House, M.D. airs tonight on Fox. (Learn more about the fictional show, which featured difficult-to-diagnose medical cases, in this Wikipedia entry.) No coincidence, then, that the CBS news show, Sixty Minutes, featured a real medical detective last night.

Leonor Corsino, MD, MHS, medical instructor in medicine (Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition) and faculty advisor to the Duke School of Medicine Latino Medical Student Association, has been selected to attend Investing in America's Future: Mentoring Researchers in Latino Health Disparities, a&nbsp

Over on his lab blog, Matt Hirschey, PhD, assistant professor of medicine (Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition), poses The Two Things question – "For every subject, there are really only two things you really need to know. What are they for your subject?" See how he answered for his field, metabolism, and what other scientists suggested in the comments for their fields.

Mary Klotman, MD, chair of the department, sent the following announcement to faculty. For a dozen years now, Mark Feinglos, MD, CM, has served the Department of Medicine with distinction as chief of the Division of Endocrinology.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., Nov. 18 at 8am in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature John Guyton, MD, associate professor of medicine (Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition). His topic will be Why Did AIM-HIGH Miss? The Multiple Effects of Niacin. Grand Rounds videos are also archived on the Department of Medicine intranet.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., Nov. 11 at 8am in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Lillian F. Lien, MD, assistant professor of medicine (Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition) and medical director of Duke Hospital Inpatient Diabetes Management. Her topic will be Inpatient Management of Diabetes Mellitus: Update 2011. Grand Rounds videos are also archived on the Department of Medicine intranet.