Division News

The Program for Women in Internal Medicine is pleased to announce the revival of the longitudinal PWIM Peer Mentoring Program. Peer mentoring sessions will occur monthly at alternating times, Wednesdays at 5:30 pm and Fridays at 8:00 am, and will include both in person and virtual options for attendance whenever possible. 

Sessions will rotate among three core themes, such that each theme will be discussed quarterly:

The September 7, 2021 session of Duke Medicine LEADS featured a discussion led by Nathan Hirshman, MD, "A Rare But Serious Cause of Abdominal Pain in Patients on Maintenance Peritoneal Dialysis."

Panelist included, David Ortiz-Melo, MD, and Erik Paulson, MD, who weighed in for the diagnostic reasoning discussion. 

The August 24, 2021 session of Duke Medicine LEADS featured Anne Phelps, MD; Neha Pagidipati, MD, MPH, MHS; and John K. Roberts, MD, MS, MEd, presenting "Removing the Roadblocks of Care: When and How to Use SGLT2 Inhibitors for Cardiorenal Protection."

Sponsored Research

Sudha Shenoy of Cardiology has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Regulation of myocardial GPCRs by USP20 in normal and hypertrophied heart." Total funding will be $2,248,260.

Pamela Douglas of Cardiology has received a sub-award through the Massachusetts General Hospital for a project entitled "Randomized Trial to Prevent Vascular Events in HIV (REPRIEVE)." Total funding will be $152,536.

GIM Associate Professor of Medicine, Dr. Clarissa Diamantidis, is a recipient of the National Institute of Health's (NIH) Loan Repayment Program (LRP). 

The following faculty received funding awards in June 2021.

A warm welcome to new Department of Medicine faculty members who started in July 2021!

The Internal Medicine Residency Program has announced the 2021 - 2022 Faculty Resident Research grant recipients.

The Duke Internal Medicine Chief Residents honored excellence in the Department of Medicine's education mission at Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., June 5.

The April 13, 2021 session of Duke Medicine LEADS featured a discussion led by Kim Darlington, MD, PhD; Vinay Choksi, MD; and Neha Kayastha, MD, "Oh, Rats! Another Case of Encephalopathy"

Panelist included, Eileen Maziarz, MD; Matthew Luedke, MD, FACNS; and Xunrong Luo, MD, PhD, who weighed in for the diagnostic reasoning discussion.