Division News

The Society for General Internal Medicine’s (SGIM) annual meeting was held in Boston, MA,  May 15-18, 2024.  The meeting featured more than 200 educational sessions and events including Workshops, Clinical Updates, Special Symposia Sessions, Plenary Sessions, Distinguished Professor Talks, Pre-conference Intensive Sessions, and Mentoring Panels. Several faculty and trainees from DGIM presented at the meeting (list

On Thursday, May 2nd, the Department of Medicine (DOM) held its Annual Awards Celebration. We congratulate the following DGIM faculty and residents on receiving the highest distinctions for excellence in education and practice. 

2024 Excellence in Education Award (Excellence in medical education, outstanding leadership, and commitment to the education of fellows, residents, and students)

The annual American College of Physicians' Internal Medicine Meeting (IMM) was held in Boston, MA,  April 18-20, 2024.  Internal medicine physicians and subspecialists from around the world attend this premier event.  More than 170 educational offerings were available, including Pre-Courses (full-day courses convened the day before the IMM), Clinical Pearls, Case-based Learning, Clinical Workshops, Clinical Triads, Meet the Professor, and Panel Discussions.  The Clinical Skills Center sessions offer attendees skills-based, hands-on/interactive learning

In a research letter recently published in JAMA Network Open, Eugenia (Genie) McPeek Hinz, Assistant DGIM Professor and Associate Chief Medical Information Officer for Duke University Health System and Physician Informatician, and colleagues developed a patient-centered metric known as the ‘successful connection rate’ (SCR) to assess meaningful outcomes for Social Drivers of Health (SDOH) referrals for patient needs across two time periods, one with federal funding for Communit

Led by Susanne Haga, a group of staff in DGIM’s Precision Medicine Program successfully wrapped up the third meeting supported under an U13 award from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI).  The NHGRI Research Training and Career Development Annual Meeting was held on April 7–9, 2024 at the Westin Seattle Hotel in Seattle, Washington.  

A new study published in JAMA Health Forum on April 12 reported that women in particular struggled with alcohol-related complications during the COVID-10 pandemic.

The Society of Hospital Medicine meeting (SHM Converge) was held in San Diego this past week (Apr 12-15). This is the largest conference for hospitalists annually, with several thousand attending nationwide.  Many Duke hospitalists and trainees attended the meeting, with several selected to give a platform or poster presentation.  Here are some of the presenters at this year’s meeting (compiled by Dr. Suchita Shah Sata). Abstracts will be published in an online supplement of the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

The DOC-Durham Tech Mobile Lab was awarded the Duke AHEAD 2024 Interprofessional Education (IPE) Team Excellence Award on March 22 at the annual Education Day. This award recognizes the “exceptional achievements in the coordination of learners, faculty, or staff as a team within the realm of educational activities.”  The DOC-Durham Tech Mobile Lab is a partnership that enables monthly home visits of patients limited in their ability to visit a clinic.