Division News

DOM faculty Rasheed Gbadegesin, MD, and Christopher Kontos, MD, share the importance of training future physician-scientists

Faculty New to the Department of Medicine - October 1, 2021, through October 1, 2022

Read more on the Virtual Care Clinic series

See recently awarded research funding.

Matthew A. Sparks, MD, FASN, associate professor in the of Nephrology and program director for the Nephrology Fellowship Program, has been awarded the 2022 Midcareer Distinguished Educator Award from the American Society of Nephrology (ASN).

Three faculty members from the Department of Medicine have been awarded distinguished professorships, the highest honor the university can bestow upon a member of the faculty. The appointments are effective on July 1, 2022.

David D'Alessio, MD: James B. Wyngaarden Distinguished Professor of Medicine

The Department of Medicine is delighted to announce the winning Chair’s Research Awards proposals for 2022.  

“We have been very delighted with the work and outcomes of the prior recipients of this award and anticipate an equally successful and productive course for this year’s winners,” said Kathleen Cooney, MD, MCAP, chair, Department of Medicine. “Congratulations to each award recipient!”

By Liz Switzer

As the Department of Medicine (DOM) Fellow Research Academy (FRA) wraps up its inaugural year, participants say they are coming away better positioned as competitive candidates for research awards and with a sense of camaraderie that is fostered by a departmental culture of career development.

Sponsored Research

Gerald Bloomfield of Cardiology has received a sub-award through the Aga Khan University for a project entitled "Chronic, Non-Communicable Diseases and Disorders Across the Lifespan: Fogarty International Research Training Award (NCD-LIFESPAN)." Total funding will be $23,180.

Four Department of Medicine faculty members have been named recipients of the 2022 Duke University School of Medicine (SOM) faculty awards.