GIM Faculty Spotlight: Adam Wachter, MD
Adam Wachter, MD, is an associate professor of medicine in our division, a hospitalist at Duke Regional Hospital (DRH), and the Associate Medical Director of DRH Hospital Medicine. Learn more about him in our interview below.
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Duke at SHM Converge: Here's What's Coming
The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) annual conference, CONVERGE, is coming up this week! The meeting will take place in person March 27-29, 2022 in Austin, Texas. We have several Duke presentations this year, listed below. Click here to view the full conference schedule online.
Precision Medicine Program’s Lori Orlando to present at Medicine Grand Rounds
Orlando will present, “Are We Ready for the Era of Genomic Medicine?”, sharing why precision medicine has the potential to prevent disease, detect it early, and provide patients personalized interventions.
DGIM Educator Café Recap
Duke General Internal Medicine's quarterly Educator Café kicked off last Friday and reviewed a work in progress presented by Adam Tosh, MD. The group discussed the resident evidence-based medicine curriculum and the dilemma of managing multiple learning levels in the room during an interactive teaching session.
Keisha Bentley-Edwards & Chris Beyrer Featured Faculty March 9 — Dean’s Distinguished Research Series
Keisha Bentley-Edwards, PhD, and Chris Beyrer, MD, MPH, with groundbreaking research this Thurs., March 9 at the School of Medicine’s Dean’s Distinguished Research Series
Ming: Lessons in Humility
Dr. David Ming, DUH Hospitalist, explains the role of academic research in helping patients and families
Three DOM Faculty Members Selected for Dean’s Distinguished Research Series
Three Department of Medicine (DOM) investigators have been invited to present during this spring’s Duke University School of Medicine’s Dean’s Distinguished Research Series, which showcases groundbreaking research from the basic, clinical, and translational sciences.
GIM Funding Awards - Third Quarter 2022
Congratulations to three General Internal Medicine (GIM) faculty members who are the recipients research funding since July of 2022.
Rowena Dolor has received a sub-award through the Vanderbilt University Medical Center for a project entitled "PCORnet Engagement Coordinating Center." Total funding will be $136,441.
Lori Orlando has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Building and Deploying a Genomic-Medicine Risk Assessment Model for Diverse Primary Care Populations." Total funding will be $812,705.
GIM Faculty Spotlight: David Casarett, MD
David Casarett, MD, joined Duke in September of 2016 and is the Chief of Palliative Care for Duke Health as well as the Director for the Duke Center for Palliative Care. Learn more about him in our interview.
Bentley-Edwards in WRAL Documentary
This documentary shines a light on maternal and infant health crisis among black mothers
Duke GIM team in JAMA
Medicare enrollment declined among patients initiating dialysis after enactments of Medicare dialysis prospective payment and ACA Marketplace
Trailblazer: Adia Ross, MD, Transformational Leadership with a Dash of ‘Good Trouble’
It all started with ice cream; an especially tempting and refreshing treat on a hot, Florida day when you’re four.
Duke Primary Care leads innovation projects to bridge care for patients
David Halpern, MD, MPH, shares innovation projects taking place within Duke Primary Care
Meet the 2022-2023 Hospice & Palliative Care Fellows
Fellows are part of the Hospice & Palliative Care team
Revolutionizing how medical guidelines can be shared, CustomID paves the way
As a clinician, you can be tasked with making decisions to advise patients with, sometimes, little amounts of data. But to provide the best care for patients, data is the holy grail and continues to be a driver in the evolving world of medicine.
Bae Named Chief Quality Officer for Duke University Hospital
In this new role for Duke University Hospital, Dr. Bae will join the hospital as a member of the senior leadership team with the responsibility to set the overall clinical direction, leadership, and operational management of quality and safety programs of Duke University Hospital.
Shah Promoted to Associate Professor and Named Interim CMO for Duke Primary Care
We are pleased to announce that Kevin Shah, MD, MBA, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine in the division of General Internal Medicine (GIM), effective September 1, 2022.
Dr. Shah was also recently named interim Chief Medical Officer of Duke Primary Care, overseeing the continuum of work after John Anderson, MD, left this role in July.