Division News

Submitted by Patrick Hemming, MD, assistant professor of medicine (general internal medicine) This past Wednesday, over 60 faculty, students and residents from Duke and UNC gathered at the University Club in Durham for our inaugural #ProudtobeGIM gathering. We had a great time as you can see from our photos. If you took pictures yourself, please feel free to share or tweet as part of the nationwide campaign. 

For this Spotlight we caught up with Ashley Cabacungan, a GIM staff member who joined our Division of General Internal Medicine in August of 2017. Ashley graduated from East Carolina University in 2017 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Health Studies and a concentration in Community Health.

Nia S. Mitchell, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine, division of general internal medicine, was an invited speaker last week at Wake Forest for their Seminar Series in the Center on Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism. The title of her presentation was “Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS): an option to treat obesity in the underserved.”

Seriously. We want to raise awareness about ProudToBeGIM Week which is this week, February 25 – March 1, 2019. Here’s the idea: we challenge you to post a short video (<1 minute) or a few words and perhaps an action photo to describe why you love being GIM. Then challenge 3 other GIM Twitter colleagues to do the same.

We asked Dr. Karen Goldstein to tell us about new leadership in this remarkable Durham ESP center and to catch us up about her own research on topics related to patient-centered interventions and healthcare disparities. Submitted by Karen Goldstein, MD, assistant professor of medicine, general internal medicine

We spied tweets from this event and asked Dr. Sata to fill us in! This past week, February 13, 2019, over 50 local hospitalists, both physicians and advanced practitioners, members of the NC Triangle chapter of the Society of Hospital Medicine (#TriangleSHM), met for a business meeting at the Embassy Suites in Brier Creek. Our photo to the right shows the outgoing Chapter president, Dr. Mike Craig (UNC), outgoing secretary, Dr. Nadia Pasha (Duke), guest speaker, Dr. Lenny Feldman (Hopkins), and incoming president, Dr. Suchita Sata (Duke).

For this faculty spotlight, we are privileged to present Dr. Ranee Chatterjee (Montgomery). We want to introduce her personally and celebrate her new achievements. Notice how research throughout the health system is tapping into Chatterjee's talent for bridging clinical practice in collaboration with clinical research.

We are proud to highlight that the Duke Clinical Leadership Program (DCLP), class of 2019, includes two from the division of general internal medicine — Daniella Zipkin, MD and Megan Brooks, MD, MPH (Hospitalist).

What is it about lifestyle and the effect on illness? The research published by Dr. Oliver Glass provides insight for us and about his interest in the subject.

We are thrilled to learn this week that Nia S. Mitchell, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the division of general internal medicine, is the recipient of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Project Grant (R01) from the National Institute of Aging.