Division News


Faculty Spotlight: Lori Orlando, MD, MHS

Dr. Lori Orlando is the subject of this week’s faculty spotlight. Orlando talks about falling into her unique role in Precision Medicine and what it’s like to be an internist for Duke Executive Health. Read more about her passions for the out-of-doors, even horseback riding!

How long have you been at Duke? How long have you been in the division of General Internal Medicine?

Peyser Co-chairs Consortium for Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships 2015

Bruce Peyser, MD, a clinician-educator in DGIM, will co-chair, along with Robyn Latessa, MD, from UNC SOM Asheville, the upcoming “Consortium for Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (CLIC) 2015.” This large conference takes place Oct 4-8, 2015, beginning with 2 days in Durham, then 2 days in Asheville. The CLIC is a relatively new movement in medical education that uses continuity as an organizing principle.

Growing interest in longitudinal care

Faculty Spotlight: Corrine Voils, PhD

For this week’s faculty spotlight, we talk to Corrine Voils, PhD, a faculty member of DGIM since completing her fellowship in 2004. In this interview, Voils talks about leading faculty development efforts and about a planning grant that evaluates an IT platform for weight loss management. Did you know she’s from Texas and “grew up in the desert”? Dr. Voils plays cello with the Duke Medicine Orchestra. Read what she adds, too, about the value of Twitter!

New Hospitalists to Benefit from Teaching Program

Beginning next week, Drs. Greenblatt (GIM) and Yanamadala (Geriatrics) will present their Teachers’ Workshop to newly hired DUH and DRH hospitalists. Participants receive a series of six 2-hour seminars based on the “Stanford Faculty Development Program in Clinical Teaching”, a curriculum designed to enhance teacher versatility.

These two instructors have collectively trained more than 1000 physicians across various settings, both in the U.S. and in several countries, the most recent in Singapore at Duke-NUS.

Have you heard of "WIP"?

"WIP" stands for “Works in Progress”, part of a weekly Faculty/Fellow Development Series directed by Drs. Corrine Voils and David Edelman. The series content often covers educational topics but a special focus is the “Works in Progress”. In these sessions mentees present preliminary research findings, grant ideas, or perhaps a review of an abstract prior to submission to a meeting. They can receive feedback on presentation skills via a practice talk for a conference.

Interested in primary care research?

If so, you have kindred spirits in two places: (1) in the "North American Primary Care Research Group" and (2) locally, within the "North Carolina Network Consortium".

Interested in primary care research?

If so, you have kindred spirits in two places: (1) in the "North American Primary Care Research Group" and (2) locally, within the "North Carolina Network Consortium".