Zullig organizes first-ever Israeli medication adherence conference
Leah Zullig, PhD, a health services researcher from DGIM, just returned from an exciting trip to Israel. While there, she and Avi Leader, MD, a hematologist from the Davidoff Cancer Center in Israel, jointly organized the first-ever Israeli conference on medication adherence in hematology and oncology.
Recap – 2016 Duke GIM Wine, Cheese + Posters
Five from GIM receive awards at division poster session.
Maciejewski awarded NIDA grant for $2.2 million
Matthew Maciejewski, PhD, professor of medicine (Duke General Internal Medicine) is the recipient of a $2.2 million funding award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). This research project will assess long-term mental health outcomes of veterans who have undergone bariatric surgery between 2000-2016.
DGIM Excellence Awards
Duke Division of General Internal Medicine honors recipients of GIM Excellence Awards.
Creating SYNERGY in population health improvement
The new population health improvement series, SYNERGY, kicked off on Wednesday, September 14th. L. Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH, Chief of the Duke Division of General Internal Medicine and Director of the Duke Center for Community & Population Health Improvement, was the inaugural speaker for the event.
Brogan reports on Academic Hospitalist Academy
This blog post submitted by: Joseph Brogan, MD, Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Duke General Internal Medicine.
Welcome new faculty member Dr. Marie Witte
Marie Witte, MD, recently joined our division as a Medical Instructor and Hospitalist for Duke University Hospital. She comes to Duke from the Medical Group of the Carolinas in Spartanburg, SC where she was also a Hospitalist. Dr. Witte received her medical degree from Texas A&M College of Medicine in College Station, TX. She completed her residency in internal medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
Welcome to Duke GIM, Dr. Witte!
Caputo Leads DoM Book Club
The Duke Department of Medicine book club, led by GIM faculty member, Laura Caputo, MD, has been gaining attention and attendance since it started back in January of 2015. They have been meeting every 2-3 months since then and they cover a wide range of topics. The club is also open to all Duke faculty, fellows, and residents.
Dr. Eric Poon – a CHIO to know!
Last week, Becker’s Hospital Review, a monthly healthcare publication, recognized Dr. Eric Poon as one of the 33 top “Chief Medical Informatics Officers” in the U.S.
New Faculty Spotlight: John Yeatts, MD, MPH
Meet John Yeatts, MD, MPH, a medical instructor and hospitalist at Duke University Hospital. In July we welcomed Dr. Yeatts into our GIM faculty. His primary interests are health care finance, value based care, population healthcare, and developing as a physician executive.