Division News

A warm welcome to new Department of Medicine faculty members who started in October 2020!

We are proud to announce the 5th annual GIM Excellence Awards, presented Wednesday, October 28, 2020, by our Division Chief, Dr. Ebony Boulware.

We are especially excited to see the growing numbers of nominations reflecting the recognition of eachother's excellence. Along with the names of the awardees you will see below the names of those nominated, also a significant honor. Congratulations to all!

Submitted by Daniella Zipkin, MD, associate professor of medicine
Vice Chief for Education, Duke General Internal Medicine
APD for Ambulatory Care, Duke Internal Medicine Residency
Chair of Program for Women in Internal Medicine, Duke Department of Medicine

It was great to see so many last week, October 19, 2020, for another DGIM Educator Café.

Congratulations to Dr. Karen Goldstein, MD, MSPH, associate professor of medicine (general internal medicine), as the recent recipient of two awards that will support high priority areas of research involving veterans, especially to advance the care of women veterans and the care of African-American veterans in rural NC.

Dr. Fatima Syed, assistant professor of medicine, takes over for Dr. Bruce Peyser as associate director of the Primary Care Leadership Track for medical students interested in primary care through longitudinal clinical experiences as well as community engagement. 

Congratulations to these general internal medicine faculty members who are recipients of research funding for the second and third quarter of 2020.

L. Ebony Boulware, MD, has received:

Ytina Mangum, MS, joined the Duke community in 2006 and worked as the Department of Surgery’s medical student coordinator. She recently transitioned from the Center of Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine (CAGPM) and Duke’s Center for Genomic and Computational Biology (GCB) where she held the positions since 2014 of Sr. Business Manager and most recently the Director of Administration.

Three of the top-five finalists in the recent poster competition, sponsored by the Triangle Chapter of the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM), were submissions from Duke Hospital Medicine. A common theme for these, and all the hospitalist submissions, was successful mentorship.

The top finalists and their mentors

We are privileged again to present a faculty spotlight from general internal medicine. We believe you will be intrigued reading about the life and career path of Pahresah Roomiany, MD, assistant professor of medicine and a hospitalist physician at Durham Regional Hospital. To get to know her better we asked several questions.

Dr. Ranee Chatterjee, associate professor of medicine (general internal medicine), was honored last week to be one of six researchers from Duke invited to give a presentation during the second annual Duke University School of Medicine Research Week.