Peyser sends PCP articles
Dr. Bruce Peyser sends bi-weekly emails to students, trainees, and faculty that he thought would be of interest to them.
VA ESP Program, joins battle against COVID-19 pandemic
The Durham VA Evidence Synthesis Program (ESP) will be joining the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic by conducting rapid evidence reviews prompted by real-time clinical questions from the field.
First quarter 2020 - GIM Funding Awards:
3 of General Internal Medicine faculty have received recent funding awards, totaling more than $3 million.
Mitchell accepted to TREC workshop
Dr. Nia Mitchell was accepted to the Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer (TREC) Training Workshop.
Pickett Road looks at the impact of food choices
Pickett Road Clinic decided to have a little lunchtime experiment last week. They provided their staff with a free lunch consisting of 1/2 of a beef burger and 1/2 of a plant-based burger.
"We have quite a few folks who have not yet begun to appreciate vegetarian food, so we are hoping this might open some eyes," says Dr. Bruce Peyser, Director of Education and Teaching for Duke Primary Care.
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Archibald promoted to Assistant Professor
We are pleased to announce the promotion of one of our faculty members, Dr. Andrea Archibald, has been promoted to Assistant Professor, effective March 1, 2020.
Lantos appointed Associate Research Professor of Global Health
GIM Associate Professor of Medicine, Paul Lantos, MD, was recently appointed Associate Research Professor of Global Health, which is a secondary faculty appointment in the Duke Global Health Institute.
"I have been an affiliate [of the institute] for several years, but it is quite an honor to have been advanced to faculty," says Lantos.
The weight of dying at home: Gray's Op-Ed in LA Times
In Duke General Internal Medicine, we like to refer to Nathan Gray, MD, as the doodling doctor. Dr. Gray is a phenomenal Palliative Care physician who also has gained a reputation drawing comics on medical topics. His work has even been published in several medical journals and online platforms.
Dr. Syed leads group diabetes class at Pickett Road Clinic
GIM Assistant Professor of Medicine, Fatima Syed, MD, started a monthly group diabetes class available to all patients with type 2 diabetes and a hemoglobin A1C greater than 8 at Pickett Road Clinic.