Division News

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, 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.

Pearls from 3/9/21 Medicine LEADS

The March 9, 2021 session of Duke Medicine LEADS featured two presentations on health equities and disparities in medicine.  Presenters included John K. Roberts, MD, MS, MEd, on, "Hidden in Plain Sight: Race, GFR, and the Will to Change" and Richard Lee, MD, on, "Hidden in Plain Sight: Resetting the Racial Disparities Break in FRAX."

Musah one of 13 Duke scientists on Cell Mentor's 1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists list

Samira Musah, PhD, assistant professor of biomedical engineering and medicine (Nephrology), is one of 13 Duke scientists, including eight members of the Duke University School of Medicine, who appeared in a new list of 1,000 inspiring Black scientists in the United States. Cell Mentor, a blog and online resource for researchers, composed the list to showcase the contributions Black scientists make to the scientific community.