GIM Funding Awards - 2nd and 3rd quarter 2020
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:
Duke Hospital Medicine - Mentors at Work
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
Chatterjee gives presentation for Duke SOM Research Week
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.
Faculty Spotlight: Pahresah Roomiany, MD
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.
Mitchell to serve Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program as Assistant Program Director for Resident Research and Scholarship
Nia S. Mitchell, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine (General Internal Medicine) will serve as the Assistant Program Director for Resident Research and Scholarship in the Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program effective Nov. 1, 2020.
Has the new intern ever seen you without a mask?
When we asked Dr. Lynn Bowlby, medical director of the Duke Outpatient Clinic, whether the new interns had seen her without a mask, she told us that “it actually took us a few weeks to realize we had never seen the interns without a mask on, nor they us!“
New Duke NIH study to address race disparities in kidney transplantation
Ebony Boulware, MD, chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and vice-dean for translational science, is no stranger to studies to improve the quality and equity of health care and health outcomes for those affected by chronic illness including kidney disease.
Medicine faculty part of ACTIV-3 trial team lauded by NIH
A team of Duke Health clinicians that include faculty from the Department of Medicine are working diligently in a collaborative effort to enroll patients in a randomized, controlled trial, testing a novel antibody treatment for COVID-19.
New Faculty: September 2020
A warm welcome to new Department of Medicine faculty members who started in September 2020!
Two from Durham VA Health Care receive national awards
The National HeRO Award, given by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is the highest level of recognition available for a “high reliability organization” (HRO) within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).
High reliability aims are those for a health system that strive to continuously improve processes. These seek to maximize safety and minimize harm to achieve the goal of ensuring every patient receives excellent care every time.