Lantos published in JAMA Diagnostic Lab Interpretation
Paul Lantos, MD, does quite a bit of research about tracking and identifying Lyme disease. His work was recently was published in a JAMA Diagnostic Test Interpretation, a new JAMA series in quiz format showing a
patient’s clinical presentation and test result(s).
Maciejewski selected for AcademyHealth Methods Council
We are pleased to announce Matthew Maciejewski, PhD, was recently selected to join the AcademyHealth Research Council for a three year term! This council is comprised of experts in the variety of fields that represent health services research and health policy.
Schulman co-authors NEJM Perspective on Health Care Tax Inversions
Clinical researcher and faculty member of Duke GIM, Kevin Schulman, MD, recently co-authored a perspective article in The News England Journal of Medicine entitled, “Health Care Tax Inversions – Robbing Both Peter and Paul”. The other author on this article, Haider Javed Warraich, M.D, is a colleague of Schulman’s from Harvard where Schulman is a visiting professor of business administration at the Harvard Business School.
Most Viewed Tweets for DGIM
Do you tweet? If you haven’t tried, Twitter is actually a great way to quickly get information about research and publications – after all, Twitter does have about 320 million monthly active users many of whom are healthcare professionals, publishers of academic journals, and organizations.
If you didn’t know, Duke General Internal Medicine has a Twitter account. Our “handle” is @Duke_GIM.
Simel edits another JAMA Rational Clinical Exam publication
As you may know, David Simel, MD, Chief of Medicine in the Durham VA, is an editor of the Rational Clinical Examination Series in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
GIM Faculty Spotlight: Clay Musser, MD
Meet Clay Musser, MD, a DGIM hospitalist and board certified clinical informatician. Clay is a well-respected leader in the deployment of Duke’s electronic medical record, Maestro Care. He contributes significantly to clinical content architecture across the entire enterprise of Duke. Notice the impact of mentors in his career path.
Voils on Successful Grant Writing
This blog post submitted by: Corrine Voils, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Duke General Internal Medicine.
Did you know?
If you are preparing a grant, there are resources at Duke to help increase chances of success!
Dr. Zipkin joins SGIM Education Committee
We are pleased to announce the SGIM acceptance of Daniella Zipkin, MD, to a three year term on the Education Committee. This particular committee is the most popular in SGIM and there were a limited number of openings.
GIM Faculty Spotlight: Poonam Sharma, MD
This week’s faculty spotlight shines on Poonam Sharma, MD. In addition to being a hospitalist at Duke Regional Hospital, Dr. Sharma is involved in a variety of educational roles, especially with the training program for Physician Assistants (PA).
How long have you been at Duke?
I’ve been at Duke 9 years now. I came for residency training and then started as a hospitalist in the division in 2010.
First Quarter 2016 – GIM Funding Awards
Congratulations to these general medicine faculty members who are recipients of research funding for the first quarter of 2016.
JANUARY
Shelby Reed received an award from Janssen Research & Development, LLC for a project entitled “Janssen TIDM Diabetes Study.” Total funding will be $200,924.