Division News

Don;t miss the annual Wine, Cheese, and Posters event on October 30th! 

Dr. Carlson authors powerful "A Piece of My Mind" article entitled You Did Not Teach Me What You Thought You Did. 

Two faculty from the Department of Medicine, L. Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH, and Peter Ubel, MD, have been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine (NAM). Election to the NAM is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.

You won't want to miss this annual GIM event!

A new quality improvement initiative to improve care for hospitalized patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) and withdrawal just launched in July at Duke University Hospital. Project COMET stands for Caring for Patients with Opioid Misuse through Evidence-Based Treatment and is led by GIM Medical Instructors, Dana Clifton, MD, and Noel Ivey, MD. 

We are proud to welcome 3 new faculty members to the Division of General Internal Medicine

Suchita Sata, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in Duke General Internal Medicine and a Hospitalist at Duke University Hospital. She joined Duke GIM faculty in 2015. Learn all about her in our interview below

The Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) held their national conference this week in Washington, DC. During the event, George Jackson, PhD, was honored with the Article of the Year Award, which recognizes a single peer-reviewed publication related to the training and educational direction of future generations of PAs.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) held their annual IDWeek October 2-6 in Washington, DC.  

Dr. Oliver Glass is a co-investigator on a research project that just received funding from The Duke Endowment (TDE) for a project entitled, "Emergency Department Acupuncture to Reduce Acute Pain and Opioid Use."