Q&A on Context Matters: Kicking off Black History Month with Keisha Bentley-Edwards
Developmental psychologist Keisha Leanne Bentley-Edwards, PhD, MA, is an associate professor in the division of General Internal Medicine, the Associate Director of Research and the Director of the Health Equity Working Group for Duke’s Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity, a scholarly collaborative that studies the causes and consequences of inequality and develops remedies for these disparities and their adverse effects.
Building Better Guardrails for Algorithmic Medicine
Dr. Eric Poon co-chairs creation of a system of governance and oversight for AI tools
11 faculty from Medicine selected for 2023 Duke Clinical Leadership Program
28 faculty from the School of Medicine, including 11 faculty from the Department of Medicine, have been selected for the School of Medicine's 2023 Duke Clinical Leadership Program cohort.
WearDuke expands to provide wearables through Koru curriculum
The WearDuke study, led by co-principal investigator, Susanne Haga, PhD, associate professor of Medicine in the division of General Internal Medicine, launched in 2019 as a campus-wide health initiative to address student well-being.
Hospital Medicine: Serving a Vital Role in Care Delivery at Duke
Hospitalists have continued a growing and vital role in care delivery at Duke Health that includes the important missions of clinical care, education, and research.
Trailblazers: Department of Medicine Investigators at the Forefront of AIDS Research
Department of Medicine Investigators, Lance Okeke, Amy Corneli, Maria Blasi, and Kevin Wiehe, at the Forefront of AIDS Research
GIM Welcomes 9 New Members
We are proud to announce 9 faculty and staff members that have recently joined the Division of General Internal Medicine
NHGRI to host annual Genomic Medicine meeting August 31
Registration is open through August 17, 2022
Snyderman Scholars round out their summer experience at Duke
The Duke Program in Precision Medicine wrapped up its second year of the Snyderman Scholars Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine Summer Program on July 29.
Wahid Named Medical Director of the Duke Early Phase Research Unit
Dr. Lana Wahid, MD, a medical instructor in the Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, has been named as the Medical Director of the Duke Early Phase Research Unit (DEPRU). Dr. Wahid is a hospital medicine specialist who sees patients at Duke University Hospital.
Event honors Dr. Lynn Bowlby
The Division of General Internal Medicine (GIM) held a celebration and reception on Thursday, July 21, to recognize and honor the contributions of Lynn Bowlby, MD, who has been the Medical Director of the Duke Outpatient Clinic (DOC) for over 16 years. In August, Dr. Bowlby will be moving back to Rhode Island to assume a clinic leadership position at Brown University, where she completed her medical training.
Colby Feeney, MD, Named Med-Peds Residency Program Director
Colby Feeney, MD, hospitalist and assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine with a secondary appointment in the Department of Pediatrics, will assume the role of program director for the Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program effective September 15, 2022.
Long affiliated with the program, Feeney, currently serves as its associate program director, a role she has held since 2018.
Hospital Medicine Updates
The month of July brought many new updates for the hospital medicine program at Duke.
Fuad Bohsali, MD, is the new Medical Director of Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) and Perioperative Nutrition Support at Duke Regional Hospital.
GIM welcomes 12 new faculty
We are proud to welcome 12 new faculty members to the Division of General Internal Medicine.
Phelps and Van Kirk honored with Excellence in Education Awards
Anne Phelps, MD, and Jenny Van Kirk, MD, received Excellence in Education Awards at the first Department of Medicine Annual Celebration earlier this month.
Orlando and IGNITE team publish design and rationale of GUARDD-US
Lori Orlando is the lead PI at Duke University within the IGNITE Pragmatic Clinical Trials Network
DePasquale receives Pepper Center Award
GIM Assistant Professor of Medicine, Dr. Nicole DePasquale, recently became a 2022 – 2024 Pilot and Exploratory Studies Award (PESC) Scholar at the Duke Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (Duke OAIC).