Division News

The annual meeting for the Society of General Internal Medicine is just around the corner, taking place April 11-14, 2018, in Denver, Colorado!

Nathan Gray, MD, has many talents. Not only is he a physician specializing in Palliative Care and Internal Medicine, he is also an amateur cartoonist. This time his work has been published in the most recent issue of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine's AAHPM Quarterly. His work entitled, Some Things Shouldn't be Animated, features a physician, a crying patient and an empathy robot with the caption: "I've never been good at giving bad news. Perhaps you'd like to spend a few minutes with our hospital's new empathy robot."

How well do patients undergoing mastectomy (with or without immediate breast reconstruction) predict their future well-being?

After President Trump's speech regarding the opioid crisis earlier this week, Healio Family Medicine did a follow-up story asking addiction experts what they thought of the new plan (which is outlined in our infographic below). Among the experts was (no surprise here) Dr. Larry Greenblatt, DGIM Professor of Medicine. 

Dr. Bhavsar tells us all about the annual informatics summit which was held from March 12-15 in San Francisco

Learn all about Dr. Fuad Bohsali who joined our division in January as a Medical Instructor and hospitalist at Duke University Hospital 

The School of Medicine recently incorporated a Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) program into the broader Science Culture and Accountability initiative.

We are proud to announce Kevin Shah, MD, was among the 10 recipients of the DIHI innovation awards. His project is entitled, "Improving Primary Care Access for Residents and Fellows through Electronic Visits."

Department of Medicine faculty, trainees and staff received seven of 10 2018 DIHI Innovation Awards, which support high-potential care delivery innovation projects in the areas of population health and analytics, novel patient interactions, new and team-based models of care, and optimization of patient flow.

GIM faculty members Lynn Bowlby, MD,  and Larry Greenblatt, MD, teach physician assistant preceptors opioid safety in a 2 hour session.