New Faculty: July 2021
A warm welcome to new Department of Medicine faculty members who started in July 2021!
Pearls from 7/13/21 LEADS
The July 13, 2021 session of Duke Medicine LEADS featured a discussion led by Geargin Wilson, MD, "ANTI vs. PROcalcitonin: A discussion on the utility of Procalcitonin."
Panelist included, Stephen Bergin, MD, and Ephraim Tsalik, MD, PhD, who weighed in for the diagnostic reasoning discussion.
New Faculty: January - June 2021
A warm welcome to new Department of Medicine faculty members who started between January and June 2021!
2021- 2022 Faculty Resident Research Grant Recipients Announced
The Internal Medicine Residency Program has announced the 2021 - 2022 Faculty Resident Research grant recipients.
Two physician-scientists from Medicine receive SOM Strong Start Awards
Two faculty members from the Department of Medicine have been selected to receive 2021 Physician-Scientist “Strong Start” awards from the School of Medicine.
Wilson builds simple high-filtration-efficiency facepiece
Kenneth Wilson, MD, professor of medicine (Infectious Diseases), is part of a research study that has demonstrated that a high-filtration-efficiency facepiece, capable of filtering out 99% of 0.05μm particles while being worn, can be simply produced with available materials.
Boulware and Klotman elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Four senior faculty members at Duke including two faculty members from the Department of Medicine have been named Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS).
Presidential Award for Holland and Wolfe is Cause for Gratitude All Around
According to their colleagues in the Division of Infectious Diseases, both Thomas Holland, MD, and Cameron Wolfe, MBBS, MPH, richly deserve the Presidential Award for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many coworkers said that over the past year Dr. Holland and Dr. Wolfe seemed to be everywhere, all the time, and many called them “tireless.”
Naggie selected for Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program
Susanna Naggie, MD, was selected as a member of the 2021-2022 class of fellows for the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) Program at Drexel University College of Medicine.