Division News

Hemming and Henderson Present a Transforming Chaplaincy Webinar

On Wednesday, May 17th, Dr. Patrick Hemming, Rev. Katherine Henderson, and Rev. John P. Oliver presented for a Transforming Chaplaincy webinar. Their presentation was entitled "Patient Religiosity and Desire for Chaplain Services in an Outpatient Primary Care Clinic."  

Wahid and Team Present at EPIC XGM Conference

Lana Wahid, MD, along with research analysts John Stover, MSN, and Earl Schwark III, were invited to guest speak at EPIC’s XGM Conference 2023 on May 09, 2023 in Verona, Wisconsin. This annual conference is focused on advancing the science of software build, training, performance, and workflow.

SGIM 2023 Recap

The Society of General Internal Medicine's (SGIM) annual meeting just wrapped up in Aurora, Colorado  What an amazing submersion it was into what matters in general internal medicine! The theme for the annual meeting was General Internal Medicine: Meeting the Promise of Tomorrow.

It's SGIM23 Week: Here is what's coming

General Internal Medicine: Meeting the Promise of Tomorrow, that is this year's theme for the Society of General Internal Medicine annual meeting. The conference takes place later this week, May 10-13, in Aurora, CO. The onsite planner program is now available online here, or check out the Duke at SGIM23 itinerary, for all things Duke that are taking place at the meeting.

4 in GIM promoted to Assistant Professor

Congratulations to four General Internal Medicine (GIM) faculty who received promotions to Assistant Professor, effective May 1, 2023.  Justin Allen, MD - Hospital Medicine Dr. Allen joined our division in 2021. He is a hospitalist at Duke Raleigh Hospital (DRH) and has participated in a variety of clinical leadership projects in the areas of admission optimization, pneumonia, COPD, and hip fracture admissions, and rapid response/code blues.

Dr. Haga promoted to Full Professor

Congratulations to Susanne Haga, PhD, who received a distinguished academic promotion in the division of General Internal Medicine. Dr. Haga will be promoted to Full Professor, effective May 1, 2023.

Yancy Named Interim Division Chief of General Internal Medicine

William Yancy, MD, has agreed to serve as interim chief of the division of General Internal Medicine (GIM), effective January 1, 2023. Dr. Yancy is a professor of Medicine in the GIM division and has been a member of the Department of Medicine at Duke for 23 years.    After medical school at East Carolina University, Dr. Yancy completed his residency and chief residency at the University of Pittsburgh.  He came to Duke as a GIM fellow and we were delighted to recruit him to our faculty after he completed his training. 

Event honors Dr. Ebony Boulware

The Duke School of Medicine held a celebration and reception on Thursday, December 8, at the JB Duke Hotel to recognize and honor the contributions of L. Ebony Boulware, MD, who will become Dean of Wake Forest School of Medicine in January.

Announcing 2022 GIM Excellence Award Winners

We are proud to announce the 7th annual GIM Excellence Awards, presented by our Division Chief, Dr. Ebony Boulware, in the video below. This year we have 11 different awards, including 10 individual awards as well as one team award. A special thank you goes out to all those who submitted nominations for these awards and to our awards committee for their assistance in selecting this year's recipients.