Division News

Several GIM faculty received the Duke University Hospital “It Takes a Team” Award for their work on the Duke Outpatient Clinic (DOC) redesign project. Congratulations to them all!

The Colorado Clinical and Translational Science Institute is sharing training materials for investigators interested in dissemination and implementation (D&I) research. Click here to access these materials. For more information, or to access additional materials, email Elaine.Morrato@ucdenver.edu.

[caption id="attachment_603" align="alignleft" width="150"] Dr. Leah Zullig[/caption] Dr. Leah Zullig received a VA Career Development Award, Her award, "Colorectal Cancer Survivorship Care in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System," will support her research of ways to improve care and outcomes through self-management interventions. Congratulations, Dr. Zullig!

The Division needs CVs for all faculty that are updated through December 2013 for our 2013 Annual Report. Please email your updated Duke CV to Harriet Ware at harriett.ware@duke.edu. Download a sample Duke CV template.

GIM hospital medicine faculty had an outstanding showing at the 2014 Society of Hospital Medicine meeting in March. GIM faculty presented 20 posters, three of whom were chosen as finalists.

There is an opening for a program director for a new, accredited Internal Medicine Residency program in Athens, Georgia. If this opportunity interests you or you would like to nominate a colleague, please contact Courtney Becker at 314-236-4401 or cbecker@cejkasearch.com.

Dr. Jennifer Gierisch was accepted into the 14th annual OBSSR/NHLBI Summer Institute on Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials. Gierisch’s application was one of only 30 accepted out of more than 160 spaces. Congratulations, Dr, Gierisch!

Chad Kessler, MD received a Duke GME Innovation award for his project, “Patient Outcomes from Consultation Communication Education - The 5 C’s. This project will study the effectiveness of standardizing the way we call and answer consultations. Congratulations, Chad!!

GIM faculty members published a paper in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes this week: “Do the Benefits of Participation in a Hypertension Self-Management Trial Persist After Patients Resume Usual Care? Matthew L. Maciejewski, Hayden B. Bosworth, Maren K. Olsen, Valerie A. Smith, David Edelman, Benjamin J. Powers, Miriam A. Kaufman, Eugene Z. Oddone, and George L. Jackson. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes.

Saumil Chudgar, MD recently received a 2013 Practice Course Professionalism Award from Duke University School of Medicine. Saumil was selected by second-year medical students in the Practice Course. The award recognizes exceptional professional behavior in a clinical setting. The Practice Course teaches professionalism, and the goal of the course is to develop physicians who will treat patients with respect. Congratulations, Saumil!