Division News

Two DGIM faculty members have been involved in a "Back to Bedside" initiative. Dr. David Simel was guest faculty at this year's symposium; Caputo has been implementing at the Durham VA. 

Dr. Eric Poon has been elected to American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) Fellowship. ACMI is a college of elected fellows who have made significant and sustained contributions to the field of biomedical informatics. 

Dr. David Simel published a case study in "JAMA Diagnostic Test Interpretation", a JAMA series in quiz format showing a patient’s clinical presentation and test result(s).

 Jennifer St. Clair Russell, PhD, presented at the Duke Nephrology Grand Rounds on Friday, September 29.

It was announced back in February of 2016 that Duke would be launching a new Department of Population Health Sciences. Since then a lot has taken place! We sat down with Interim Chair, Lesley Curtis, PhD, to hear more about what has been happening in the new department since its official launch date of July 1, 2017. 

Dr. Patrick Hemming highlights a few resources that are available at Duke, which have made the academic writing process easier for himself. 

 This year DGIM put together a walking team for the Triangle Heart Walk!

We are proud to announce GIM Assistant Professor of Medicine, Keisha Bentley-Edwards, PhD, has received a $2,713,229 grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support a five-year study aimed at investigating the relationship between religion, spirituality and cardiovascular disease risks in African Americans and serve as a catalyst for evidence-based interventions to support positive health outcomes for African Americans.

It's that time of year again to get your flu vaccination. Employees required to be vaccinated must be compliant by 12:01 a.m. on November 1, 2017.

The Division of General Internal Medicine announces the 2nd annual GIM Excellence Award winners.