Division News

The Division of General Internal Medicine welcomes Mark Bettger in his new role as senior business manager, effective Jan. 19. Mark joined the Duke community in 2012 and served as the administrative manager for the Duke Office of Clinical Research.

Rowena Dolor, MD, MHS, is co-author of an online first JAMA Internal Medicine publication, December 28, 2015. This comparative effectiveness trial "provides important insights about what is required to change decision-making about low-value screening services." It's disappointing the findings reveal that the traditional one-pager handout is not sufficient in making these decisions.

Recently (December 22, 2015) a large group led by Dr.

Nancy Thomasson has been working for Duke for the past 13 years. She began her career with the university in 2002 in the Global Education Office, assisting undergraduate students preparing to study abroad. She then transitioned to Hematology-Oncology, and finally arrived to the Division of General Internal Medicine (GIM) in February 2014 as a Staff Assistant. “It has been a learning process all the way through, and it is fulfilling to be able to put into practice the lessons and experiences learned as I went into each phase,” says Nancy. 

This week we present the career path of Dr. Adia Ross. She’s experiencing several very exciting professional roles and gives us all some resources about stress in the workplace, especially valuable for this season of the year. How long have you been at Duke and the Division of General Internal Medicine? I came to Duke as a resident in 2009. I have been in the Division of General Internal Medicine since 2013.

Duke GIM celebrated the holiday season on Wednesday, December 9, at the King’s Daughters Inn in Durham. Thank you to everyone who attended the holiday celebration this year with a special thank you to Harriett Ware, Jodi Telander, Nancy Thomasson, and Robin Byrd who all worked so hard to make this celebration possible. Check out the photo gallery from the event here! #ProudToBeGIM #BringOn2016  

The School of Medicine last week recognized 3 individuals to receive the "2015 Research Staff Appreciation Award." The Clinical Research honor was given to GIM's Pam Gentry in acknowledgement of her help in developing many programs, especially focusing on improved care for patients. 

-How long have you been at Duke? How long have you been in the Division of General Internal Medicine? What did you do before coming to the Division?

Robin Byrd is a recent addition to our GIM team! She will be taking over for Nancy Thomasson, who is counting down the days until retirement (her last day will be December 18). Here is a little more about Robin: How long have you been at Duke? How long have you been in the Division? What did you do before coming to the Division? I have been at Duke working in General Internal Medicine for about a month.  Before coming to Duke I  worked at GlaxoSmithKline and Merck Pharmaceutical as a Financial Analyst in R&D Finance.

Dr. Marisa D’Silva is yet another member of our general internal medicine faculty who’s also a talented musician and member of the Duke Medicine Orchestra. Read on to learn about her 18 years at Duke as a clinician-educator, both for the VA PRIME and the DOC clinic. We are fortunate to have Dr. D’Silva and her commitment to teaching the next generation of physicians. How long have you been at Duke? How long have you been in the division of General Internal Medicine?