Division News


Duke Hospitalists @ Hospital Medicine 2017

There were 4,500 registrants for this year's annual conference, "Hospital Medicine 2017," presented by the Society of Hospital Medicine. The presence of our DGIM hospitalists was evident via presentations, research abstracts, and leadership.

Peyser presents on teaching millennials

Bruce Peyser, MD, Professor of Medicine in General Internal Medicine, recently spoke at the 2017 Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho (WWAMI) Faculty Development Conference in Big Sky, Montana. 

DGIM advocates on Capitol Hill

The day before the March for Science in Washington, DC, a group of faculty, residents, and medical students led by Drs. Daniella Zipkin and Patrick Hemming, headed to Capitol Hil to advocate for strengthening Medicaid.

Casarett gives TED Talk on medical marijuana

Chief of Palliative Care, Dr. David Casarett, was recently featured in a video on TEDMED, an independent health and medicine edition of the famous TED conference. His segment is entitled, "A doctor's case for medical marijuana". 

Duke SGIM 2017 Presentations

A complete list of Duke presentations that took place at the SGIM 2017 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, April 19-22, 2017.

SGIM 2017 recap + photo gallery

Wow! SGIM 2017 was an amazing submersion into what matters in general internal medicine. 

The final registration count for the Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. this year was 2465 and over 20 from Duke. The theme was Resilience & Grit: Pursuing Organizational Change & Preventing Burnout in GIM, all about sharing how we can take action as individuals, leaders, and advocates to improve the work we do and the environment we do it in.

SGIM 2017: What's coming?

The SGIM Annual Meeting is taking place later this week in Washington DC. Here is what to expect!

Dr. St Clair Russell shares her research

Jennifer St. Clair Russell, PhD, tells us about a study she is currently working on that addresses research gaps involved in palliative care patients who also have end-stage renal disease (ESRD).

Faculty Spotlight: Oliver Glass, PhD

Dr. Oliver Glass joined Duke GIM faculty two months ago, taking on a new role as "Interim Director of Research at Duke Integrative Medicine" and GIM Medical Instructor. We want to share a recent interview with Dr. Glass.