Division News

Well done, Dr. Williams! The March 1st issue of Annals of Internal Medicine includes an editorial by John W. Williams Jr., MD, MHSc, a Duke GIM clinician-researcher and educator, together with Gary Maslow, MD, MPH, also a Duke faculty member (Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences). The commentary is titled “Seize the Day to Implement Depression Guidelines.”

A Duke study led by Lori Orlando, MD, looks at how more deliberate efforts to map a patient’s family tree could identify additional risks and drive patients to more timely screenings.

This month the Division of General Internal Medicine is pleased to announce additions of three new faculty members.Two are biostatisticians and one joins the ambulatory medicine service at the Durham VA Medical Center. Brad Hammill, DrPH, MS Dr. Hammill, a longtime collaborator with our researchers, joins our DCRI faculty as a Senior Biostatistician. His primary focus in research covers areas of health policy, health services research, outcomes, and pharmacoepidemiology.

Last October 2015 we wrote about Dr. Virginia Wang’s new appointment to the editorial board of Health Care Management Review. We thought our readers would be interested to read more about her career as a health services researcher as well as her work-life experiences. Spoiler alert: Dr. Wang was a long distance runner in high school and college! Read further to learn about her focus in research and how she chose this field.

Maybe you’ve seen this face around Duke. You may recognize him as the guy who likes to rep the USA in his flag suit at the Durham VA every once in a while (see photos below for proof), but we know him as Christopher Hostler, MD, MPH, husband, father of two, huge fan of Army football, and one of our Internal Medicine Chief Residents. After this year, Dr. Hostler will continue his fellowship in Infectious Disease. Read all about him here: How long have you been at Duke?

This week the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced new recipients of the prestigious Research Career Scientist Award. We are proud to celebrate the newest awardee in Duke General Internal Medicine, Dr. Corinne Voils. Professor Voils has been a faculty member in DGIM since 2004. Among her many responsibilities she is the co-director of the HSR&D/GIM fellowship.

Dr. Waite, Dr. Paat, Dr. Meredith, we know you are a few who remember Dr. Humphreys in her clinical practice with GIM. She’s still a member of our faculty. We believe everyone in our division will be impressed to know “the rest of the story.” How long have you been at Duke?

Duke GIM members: have you Googled your name lately? Did you notice that a link to your Duke profile link comes up first? Seriously. We should consider our online presence. It's the value proposition that gives people confidence we know who we are and what we are about professionally. Will you just write a little bit, a brief bio about what you do?

We at Duke General Internal Medicine are pleased to announce three hospitalists as newly appointed Medical Instructors. Last July each completed residency at Duke then stepped into hospitalist roles – Drs. Lozano and Lefler in the Durham VAMC and Dr. Reddy in Duke University Hospital. We are glad to have each of these clinician-educators as members of our faculty. Welcome!

Meet Dr. Stephen Telloni, a DUH hospitalist since finishing his residency in 2013. Learn what this former Chief Resident from UNC shares about choosing his career and check out his life balance – sports, medicine, and family. Is that photo already a Duke blue shirt? Get to know Steve through our interview and, better yet, we hope you’ll meet him in person. How long have you been at Duke? How long have you been in the division of General Internal Medicine?