Division News

The division of General Internal Medicine is conducting its annual faculty updates. All GIM faculty members will soon be receiving an email message containing a link to update the Duke CV, demographic information, and professional photo. The expected completion date is Thursday, September 1st.

Dr. Adrienne Klement joined the division earlier this month! She works as a hospitalist and medical instructor at the Durham VA Medical Center. Dr. Klement recently completed her Internal Medicine residency and fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at Duke. Her clinical interests include providing comprehensive care to our veteran population as both an internist and palliative care physician, and teaching medical students and residents.

Rowena Dolor continues to champion primary care research in her leadership role as the director of the Primary Care Research Consortium (PCRC), a network of primary care practices in the Duke University Health System and outlying communities. She is a primary care physician herself and serves on staff in the Ambulatory Care Service at the Durham VA Medical Center.

Congratulations to these general medicine faculty members who are recipients of recent research funding! Hayden Bosworth, PhD has received an award from Improved Patient Outcomes, Inc. for a project entitled “Utilization of an innovative intervention to improve medication adherence and clinical outcomes in gout patients.” Total funding will be $135,422.

Group visits have been around more than a decade, particularly for management of chronic illnesses such as diabetes. Gaining in popularity, some say the greeting at the next appointment will be “the doctor will see all of you now.” These researchers, led by Dr. Will Yancy, are taking a new approach with a serious focus on weight management as the primary goal. The team has recruited more than half of the participants and expects to complete the outcome assessments next summer. Here is the project outline. 

This blog post submitted by: Nrupen Bhavsar, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Duke General Internal Medicine. 

Welcome the newest members of Duke General Internal Medicine! Eric Fountain, MA, MD (top left) Dr. Fountain is transitioning from Duke medicine residency to his clinical position as a hospitalist for the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke. Nia Mitchell, MS, MD, MPH (bottom left)

2016 Department of Medicine “Excellence in Education” Awards Annually the Department of Medicine names an individual from each division to receive an award for excellence in education. Accompanying this recognition is a $5000 gift! This year’s beneficiaries are: General Internal Medicine

The Division of General Internal Medicine is pleased to announce additions of two new faculty members: Peter Lee, MD (pictured left) In May 2016 Dr. Peter Lee transitioned to Duke Hospital Medicine from the WakeMed Hospitalist program in Raleigh. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, he completed both medical school and residency training at UNC Chapel Hill. Adrienne Klement, MD (pictured right)

Indy Week, a local newspaper known for their progressive news, culture & commentary for Raleigh, Cary, Durham & Chapel Hill areas, just completed their “Best of the Traingle Awards” for 2016 and we are happy to announce Duke Integrative Medicine was amongst the award recipients and was named “Best Holistic Medicine Practice”.