Division News


Search for chief of GIM as Bastian leaves for UConn Health Center

Mary Klotman, MD, chair of the department, sent this message to Medicine faculty today: Lori Bastian, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine (General Internal Medicine), will leave Duke early this summer to join the University of Connecticut Health Center as chief of the Division of General Medicine in the Department of Medicine there. Lori has served as interim chief of our own Division of General Internal Medicine since 2007, and as senior resear

Comparative effectiveness research featured at February's MRC

At the February Medicine Research Conference, two faculty members who also serve as researchers at the Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care at the Durham VA, addressed the comparative effectiveness of smoking cessations programs. Comparative effectiveness research is designed to inform healthcare decisions by helping providers choose appropriate treatment options for patients. The presentations, by Jennifer Gierisch, Ph