Division News

Please mark your calendar for two upcoming Peer Mentoring sessions: Ken Schmader, MD, professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Geriatrics, will present "Balancing your needs with those of your mentee(s)" on Mon., Sept.

Harvey Jay Cohen, MD, and Miriam Morey, PhD, co-PIs of the Duke Older Americans Independence Center, have been awarded a renewal of the Claude D. Pepper OAIC grant from the National Institute on Aging. The award is for $616,815 per year for three years. This marks more than 20 years of funding for this Center, says Dr.

Chief residents, assistant chief residents and fellows from Medicine, Surgery, Neurology, Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, and Obstetrics & Gynecology, recently attended Chief Resident Immersion Training program in the care of older adults.

This week work by Department of Medicine residents, fellows and faculty was featured in the "Documenting Medicine" series at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Read more about "Documenting Medicine" here. Here is an audio and photo story by Maria D'Souza, MD (Geriatrics Fellow), What Is It Like, Where You Are Now? More stories to come in the next week.

As chair-elect of the American Society for Nutrition’s Medical Nutrition Council, Connie Bales, PhD, RD, is working to strengthen ASN’s clinical nutrition initiatives and promote nutrition as a part of medical training and practice. Dr. Bales is a professor of medicine (Geriatrics) at Duke and Associate Director for Education/Evaluation of the Geriatric, Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC) at the Durham VA Medical Center.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., March 22 at 8 a.m. in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Heather Whitson, MD, MHS, assistant professor of medicine (Geriatrics) and Ophthalmology. Dr.

Duke University's graduate and professional schools continue to rank among the top institutions in their disciplines, according to the latest rankings from U.S. News & World Report. Medical school deans and faculty selected the best medical speciality programs, and Duke was recognized in geriatrics (fourth), internal medicine (fifth), AIDS (sixth), women's health (eighth) and family medicine (eighth). It tied for 44th in primary care.

Heather Whitson, MD, MHS, assistant professor medicine (Geriatrics) and ophthalmology, and Kimberly Johnson, MD, assistant professor of medicine (Geriatrics), have been recognized with awards from the American Geriatrics Society. Dr.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., Nov. 2 at 8am in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Helen Hoenig, MD, MPH, professor of medicine (Geriatrics). Dr.

This month, we kick off a new podcast called Voices of Medicine. Through this, we'll share the stories, conversations and performances of faculty, fellows, residents and staff members across the Department of Medicine.