Sata named SHM Senior Fellow
GIM Assistant Professor of Medicine, Suchita Shah Sata, MD, SFHM, was selected for the Senior Fellows Class of 2021 by the Society for Hospital Medicine (SHM). Those who have achieved this designation have a proven track record of promoting excellence, innovation and improving the quality of patient care in hospital medicine.
COVID vaccine clinic focuses on the underserved
A Durham-based COVID-19 vaccination event on Saturday was focused on helping at-risk residents who live in underserved communities.
The location was Durham Medical Center at 4220 N Roxboro St from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Both Duke Outpatient Clinic and Duke Primary Care at Durham Medical Center partnered to make this event possible. Doctors from each clinic volunteered their time to help administer the vaccine, answer questions, and monitor the post vaccine room. Staff were very involved with education and clinic flow to help the patients move through the process.
Recent GIM Promotions
Congratulations to Drs. Kathleen Bately, Genevive Embree, and Delani Mann-Johnson for their recent promotions to Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine.
Boulware's presentation on NIMHD
Dr. Ebony Boulware presents “Where Clouds Meet the Ground: Democratizing Health Data to Address Community Health Equity"
Chudgar to serve as assistant dean for clinical education in School of Medicine
The Duke University School of Medicine has announced that Saumil Chudgar, MD, MS, associate professor of medicine (General Internal Medicine) has been selected as the new Assistant Dean for Clinical Education for the School of Medicine. He will be responsible for overseeing the clinical education program, while working closely with the rest of our medical education team.
Lunyera's publication shows racial differences in AKI incidence after PCI
Joseph Lunyera lead a newly published study showing black patients at an increased risk of developing AKI after PCI.
COVID-19 hospital medicine update
The Duke hospital medicine team continues to play a key role in helping treat patients with COVID-19 infection and develop hospital-based processes and policies to keep staff safe.
Wu leads pilot study: team-based approach in buprenorphine care
Physician-pharmacist collaboration may increase adherence to opioid addiction treatment according to a new study published this week in Addiction. The research team consists of 3 Duke GIM Faculty members, including first author, Dr. Li-Tzy Wu, and co-authors Drs. Lynn Bowlby and Larry Greenblatt.
Wu leads pilot study: team-based approach in buprenorphine care
Physician-pharmacist collaboration may increase adherence to opioid addiction treatment
Two studies funded to address roadblocks to early kidney transplantation
Duke investigators are the new recipients of two funding awards, one from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) and one from The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), both addressing roadblocks to early kidney transplantation, including race disparities in kidney transplant.