Division News

The next Schwartz Center Rounds will be held Wednesday, November 12, from Noon to 1 p.m. in Duke North 2002. Don Ellis, MD, Anita Swiman, EMT, and Julia Johnson, SW, will lead “So Hard to Say Goodbye,” a panel discussion on child suicide. Lunch will be available starting at 11:45 a.m. For more information, contact Michelle Whitt at christy.whitt@dm.duke.edu.

An opening has been announced for the Director of the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, the lead research unit for health services research at UNC-Chapel Hill.

For this week’s faculty spotlight, we talk to David M. Gallagher, MD, chief of the Hospital Medicine program at Duke University Hospital. In this interview, Dr. Gallagher discusses the challenges and joys of working in hospital medicine, the history and future of the field, and efforts to improve his electric guitar skills. How long have you been at Duke? How long have you been at the division? I have been at Duke since 2006.

Registration is now open for the Duke Heart Center’s 5th Annual Electrophysiology Summit, which will be held at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center in Durham on January 23-24. This program will provide continuing education for cardiologists, electrophysiologists, primary care physicians, advanced practice providers, and allied health professionals who care for arrhythmia patients. The symposium will focus on the collaborative care of patients with heart rhythm disorders, and will offer sessions specifically for advanced cardiology, primary care and advanced practice providers.

Applications are now open for the Duke CTSA Research Career Development Award Program (Duke CTSA KL2), which provides young investigators with the knowledge and skills necessary to perform high-impact research and succeed in today’s highly competitive research environment. The KL2 provides skilled and personalized mentoring, a coordinated and tailored scientific and career development curriculum, and the opportunity to conduct clinical or translational research.

The Hypertension Evidence Academy, a one-day regional meeting focusing on hypertension prevention, treatment, and control, will take place on Friday, December 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the East Carolina Heart Institute in Greenville, NC (about 1.5 hours’ drive from Durham). Registration is $15 and includes lunch; participants will be eligible for continuing medical education credits.

The Australian Outback isn't the first place that springs to mind when thinking of advancing the state of medical education, but that's where the subject of our next Faculty Spotlight has headed. Bruce Peyser, MD, talks to us about what he's doing in Alice Springs, and how it will build better physician-resident relationships. How long have you been at Duke?

The NIH are seeking R01 applications from institutions studying pain from an aging perspective, including studies of older populations, studies of age differences in pain processes and experiences, and studies of pain treatment and management in older adults. Applications are due by February 5. For more information, read the full announcement.  

Jennifer Gierisch, PhD, will teach a course in patient engagement in research in the spring for the Clinical Research Training Program. “Strategies and Approaches to Patient Engagement,” (CRP 267) will provide a practical foundation in strategies and approaches to engage patients and caregivers; it is recommended for faculty, staff, and house staff interested in patient-centered outcomes research.