Division News

This journal article reports on qualitative findings from a novel inter-professional curriculum that began as a pilot project at Johns Hopkins Bayview in 2011.

Mark Bettger became part of the Duke community in 2012 and served as the Administrative Manager for the Duke Office of Clinical Research, DOCR. “While there I  provided fiscal and operational oversight for several organizational units under the Vice Dean for Clinical Research,” says Bettger. He just joined the Duke Division of General Internal Medicine as the new Sr.

Congratulations to Dr. Jonathan Bae who has assumed a new role in quality as the DUHS Associate Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for Patient Safety and Clinical Quality.

David Simel, MD, Chief of Medicine in the Durham VA, not only edits the Rational Clinical Examination Series in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), he sometimes authors a topic as he did in the recent issues of November and December 2015. Kudos to Dr. Simel for this ongoing contribution to the practice of evidenced based medicine.

Our GIM Spotlight is on Nina Sperber, PhD, a health services researcher with a focus on using qualitative and mixed methods. However, reading her story you will learn interesting facts. Going back post-college she worked as an “urban archeologist” and more recently she is finding investigative intrigue as an implementation researcher. Here are the questions we asked:

How long have you been at Duke?
I started my work at Duke as a postdoc in health services research in 2010 and have been affiliated with the division since.

The current issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal (NCMJ) just arrived! This release is about “Caring for Heroes.” Many of the articles are written by our professional colleagues who care for military veterans. We are proud to say that four were submitted by members of Duke General Internal Medicine.

This week’s Spotlight is about Aubrey Jolly Graham, MD, a hospitalist and medical educator who came to Duke ten years ago for her Internal Medicine Residency and has stayed with us ever since. Hear how she balances being a hospitalist, educator, wife, mother of four, and even finds time to volunteer!

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.