Division News

Nia Mitchell, MD, joined the division almost a year ago as a researcher and as a clinician. Read more about her in this faculty spotlight!

Professor of Medicine, Hayden Bosworth, PhD, is a featured speaker for the upcoming 8th Patient Adherence and Access Summit in Philadelphia on March 20-21.

Dr. Nathan Gray, a Medical Instructor in DGIM, is lead author on a research letter published February 6, 2017 in JAMA Internal Medicine, entitled “Hospice Access for Undocumented Immigrants”.

What do bicycle helmets, healthcare, unnecessary care, and income inequality all have in common? They are all topics in recent articles written by Dr. Peter Ubel and featured in Forbes.

Every March since 2013, the American Journal of Kidney Disease (AJKD) blog transforms into the central headquarters for an evidence based, non-commercial, medical education experiment in leveraging the tools of social media, interactivity, and gamification to teach the latest advances and the most important breakthroughs in nephrology.

Joseph Lunyera, MBChB, joined Duke GIM back in November 2016. Learn more about him here! 

Five teams from the Department of Medicine have received 2017 Innovation awards from Duke Institute for Health Innovation.

The Duke Institute for Health Innovation (DIHI) has announced that it will support high-potential care delivery innovation projects in the areas of population health and analytics, novel patient interactions, new and team-based models of care, and optimization of patient flow. Among the recipients were 3 projects that included members from Duke GIM!

Learn all about Palliative Care Specialist,  J. Trig Brown, MD, in this faculty spotlight.

We are pleased to announce the acceptance of Dr. Patrick Hemming to the WELL (Wellness Engaged Longitudinal Leaders) Program, which builds a community of “Wellness Champions”, from GIM and other primary care fields, who can improve worklife conditions at their home institution as well as take their knowledge to other institutions facing stress and burnout.