Duke @ SHM Converge 2023
The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) annual meeting took place earlier this week in Austin, Texas. SHM Converge offers world-class education for hospitalists and a broad range of unique opportunities to learn, engage, and network.
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
Department of Medicine Welcomes New Faculty Members
Faculty New to the Department of Medicine - October 1, 2021, through October 1, 2022
Keck uses APPLI project with goal to raise awareness for inflammatory breast cancer
Valerie Keck, FNP-C, is a nurse practitioner at the Duke Outpatient Clinic (DOC) who specializes in primary care for the under-served community.
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.