Division News

PWIM Peer Mentoring Program

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:

Pearls from 9/7/21 Medicine LEADS

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. 

Pearls from 8/24/21 Medicine LEADS

The August 24, 2021 session of Duke Medicine LEADS featured Anne Phelps, MDNeha 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."

New funding awards - July 2021

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.

New Faculty: July 2021

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

Pearls from 4/13/21 Medicine LEADS

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

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