Division News

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., Dec. 2 at 8am in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Vance Fowler, MD, MHS, associate professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases). His topic will be Staphylococcus aureus: Lessons learned from 20 years with the persistent pathogen. Grand Rounds videos are also archived on the Department of Medicine intranet.

The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) had its annual meeting Oct.

Chief Resident Eileen Marziarz, MD, believes that Duke University School of Medicine has the best internal residency program in the country. "The depth and diversity of the people who work here are amazing," said Maziarz. "I'll be having a side conversation with someone about their research, and I think to myself, 'Oh my gosh, that's what you do in your spare time!'" As chief resident of internal medicine for 2011-2012, Maziarz said her goal is to continue to recruit the best group of interns to Duke. In the busy world of a chief resident, that’s one of her easiest tasks.

Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD, professor of pediatrics and molecular virology & microbiology and president on the Sabin Vaccine Institute at Baylor College of Medicine, will speak Wed., Sept. 28 at 4pm in Love Auditorium at Duke University as part of the Chancellor's Lecture Series. Dr.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., August 12 at 8am in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature John A. Bartlett, MD, professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases). Dr. Bartlett's topic will be Global Health at Duke 2011. Grand Rounds videos are also archived on the Department of Medicine intranet.

Ephraim Tsalik, MD, PhD, medical instructor (Infectious Diseases), has received a VA Career Development Award through the VA's Clinical Sciences Research & Development Office. Dr. Tsalik describes his research:

Every year, there are approximately 1.7 million healthcare-associated infections (HAI) leading to nearly 100,000 deaths.

Deverick J.

Susanna Naggie, MD, assistant professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases), has received an NIH Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23) to investigate the role of ART-induced lipoprote

Mary Klotman, MD, chair of the Department of Medicine, announced today that Ralph Corey, MD, professor of medicine and global health in the Division of Infectious Diseases, will become vice chair for education and global health, effective May 1. "This is an expanded role for our education mission that capitaliz

Vance Fowler, MD, MHS, associate professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases), is featured in the March 1, 2011 issue of The Scientist. The article, Resistant to Failure, explains what Fowler did to preserve his research when his collaborator and mentor, David Schwartz, was forced to resign as head of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). Fowler has since made good progress in determining the genetic roots of S.