Division News

Often, patients with chronic illnesses are prescribed a number of medications to take throughout their day, but experts suggest, close to half of those people don’t take their medications as directed by their doctors.

Jane Kim, MD, MPH, is newly appointed as the Chief Consultant for Preventive Medicine in the Office of Patient Care Services for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).

Kevin Schulman, MD, is a renowned clinical researcher and faculty member of Duke general internal medicine. Last week’s issue (August 16, 2016) of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) shows Dr. Schulman as an author of a Viewpoint article titled “Reassessing ACOs and Health Care Reform.” The co-author, Barak D. Richman, JD, is a colleague of Schulman’s from Duke Law.

Eugene Washington, MD, chancellor for health affairs at Duke University and president and CEO of the Duke University Health System, and Nancy Andrews, MD, PhD, dean of the Duke University School of Medicine, announced this week the launch of the Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI).

If you have been paying close attention to the 2016 Olympic games, then you may have noticed some strange red circle marks on some of the competing athletes. These are a result from a practice that is supposed to aid recovery and boost performance referred to as “cupping”, and Duke GIM’s own Adam Perlman, MD, executive director for Duke Integrative Medicine, knows quite a bit about it.

Keisha Bentley-Edwards, PhD, joined our division in July. She works at the DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity while also conducting research and assisting in the Duke Center for Community and Population Health Improvement. To get to know Dr. Bentley-Edwards a little more, we asked her the following questions:

This isn’t the first time, and I’m sure it won’t be the last either!

Duke General Internal Medicine is announcing a new awards program to honor the outstanding achievements of our Division Faculty and Staff Members in Clinical Care, Education, Research, Implementation and Professionalism. 

Many Americans these days are finding ways to treat symptoms using a nondrug treatment such as acupuncture, chiropractic care, or massage therapy. Just recently, Arthritis Today magazine, featured an article on these treatments called “Hands-on Healing”.

An anonymous donor has given $60,000 to the Department of Medicine to support the Internal Medicine Residency Program, said Magnus Ohman, MD, vice chair for development and innovation. The donor made this gift in honor of Brian Wolf, MD, medical instructor in the Department of Medicine (General Internal Medicine) and provider in Duke Signature Care.