Division News


5 things to expect at this year's Wine + Cheese event

The annual Duke GIM Wine & Cheese event is just around the corner, taking place this Wednesday, September 20 from 4:30 - 6 PM in the Great Hall inside the Trent Semans Center. Contact GIM Program DIrector, Megan Churchill, to RSVP if you haven't already.  Here are 5 things you can expect at this year's event: 

Datta contributes to new Economic Evaluation Toolkit

The Duke Global Health Institute's Evidence Lab recently developed a series of tools to help social enterprises in healthcare evaluate their services, products and/or technologies. One of the evaluation tools (#3 of 5) was co-authored by GIM's own Santanu Datta, PhD. 

Dr. Diamantidis shares her AKI research

We are proud to show off some of the work Dr. Clarissa Diamantidis has been leading, including her work as prinicpal investigator on a research study on Acute Kidney Injury (AKI).

DOC launches "D*O*C Dispatch" eNewsletter

How do you communicate information to a clinic that includes around 10 non-clinical staff, 10 nurses/medical assistants, 70 residents, 6 attendings, multiple preceptors, and numerous clinicians from many other disciplines?  That’s been an on-going discussion at the DOC and now the team is trying something new! 

Important dates for ELAM + SGIM18

Important information and dates for the Society of General Internal Medicine 2018 (SGIM18) Annual Meeting and the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM)

Wang + Diamantidis author article in BMC Nephrology

Virginia Wang, PhD, Clarissa Diamantidis, MD, et al. authored a recent research article in BMC Nephrology entitled, Minding the gap and overlap: a literature review of fragmentation of primary care for chronic dialysis patients. The paper looks at the collaboration and communication of primary care physicians (PCPs) and nephrologists in patients with end-stage renal disease. 

Faculty Spotlight: Kevin Shah, MD

Clinician researcher, Kevin Shah, MD, isn't new to Duke GIM, but he did recently transition to a regular rank faculty member in the division. Learn more about him in our interview!

Schulman co-authors JAMA editorial

Kevin Schulman, MD, MBA, Professor of Medicine (GIM), co-authored with Duke cardiologist Daniel B. Mark, MD, MPH, an editorial  in a recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The publication is entitled PCSK9 Inhibitors and the Choice Between Innovation, Efficiency, and Affordability and was published August 22.