Duke School of Medicine Ranks Fifth in Nation for Internal Medicine
The Duke University Internal Medicine program ranks No. 5 among 124 medical schools nationally in the 2023 U.S. News & World Report graduate program rankings released on March 30. The Duke University School of Medicine ranked No. 6 for research programs and many other departments at Duke were also ranked very highly.
Task Force Looks at New Second-Year PIONEER Program
The Department of Medicine (DOM) is creating a taskforce charged with developing the internal medicine component of a new program called outPatient Integrated lONgitudinal ExpERience, or PIONEER, for second-year medical students.
The goal of PIONEER is to increase their experience with the outpatient practice of general internal medicine and its subspecialties, as well as increase opportunities for faculty to teach medical students in the clinic setting.
Residency Match Day 2022 Results Announced
The Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program and the Duke Department of Medicine congratulate newly matched medical students who participated in the 2022 National Resident Matching Program. We are especially excited to welcome our newest intern class! We cannot wait for you to join us here in Durham.
Voices of Medicine: Laura Svetkey, MD, Changing the Cultural Soup
I’m old enough to have grown up when the idea of a woman being a doctor could raise eyebrows. My medical school class of 1979 had the highest percentage of women in the country, about 30%. I can’t recall a single woman professor or attending. Sexist and homophobic remarks were casually dropped by speakers, teachers, leaders – who were almost entirely white men.
Taylor Takes on New Role of Associate Vice Chair for Global Health Research
Steve M. Taylor, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, and associate research professor of global health, is taking on the new position of Associate Vice Chair for Global Health Research in the Department of Medicine effective March 1, 2022.
Robert M. Califf Confirmed as Commissioner for the US Food and Drug Administration
Robert M. Califf, MD, Duke University adjunct professor of medicine (cardiology) and former director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), has been confirmed as commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration following a vote by the Senate today. Califf’s appointment to the position will mark his second time heading the agency, which he also led during the final year of former President Barack Obama’s administration.
School of Medicine is Third in Nation for Federal Medical Research Funding
Duke University School of Medicine was awarded more than $608 million in federal funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2021, ranking third nationally among academic medical centers, up from 10th last year, according to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research.
The Department of Medicine's award of that total was $174,530,472.
3 from Medicine selected as ADVANCE-UP Scholars
Delani Mann-Johnson, MD, Omobonike Oloruntoba-Sanders, MD, and Matthew Sinclair, MD, have been selected in the 2022 class of ADVANCE-UP Scholars.
New funding awards - September 2021
Sponsored Research
Melissa Daubert of Cardiology has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Coronary Artery Calcium in the PRagmatic EValuation of evENTs And Benefits of Lipid lowering in the Elderly: CAC PREVENTABLE Ancillary Study." Total funding will be $7,892,380.
Faculty promotions appoved by Board of Trustees - August and September 2021
Congratulations to the following faculty members for their recent promotion in the Department of Medicine. The following changes were approved during the August 20, 2021, and September 24, 2021, Board of Trustees meetings.