Division News

Renowned public health policy expert Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, called on physicians to embrace consensus building around public trust in health care as confidence in federal agencies has fallen significantly this year — reaching a record low for the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) in some recent polls — in delivering the 2025 Eugene A. Stead Jr. Memorial Medicine Grand Rounds Lecture, “Leading Through Crisis and Change."

To better prepare second-year Duke medical students for residency — and the real world — the internal medicine component of the School of Medicine’s outPatient Integrated lONgitudinal ExpERience (PIONEER) curriculum integrates early exposure to the outpatient setting — where much of medicine happens —  with robust ambulatory training and faculty mentorship. The 16-week experience fosters high-quality mentoring opportunities for students while opening doors for workforce development and research collaboration with faculty preceptors.

The Duke Department of Medicine each year recognizes individuals who have made notable impacts that move medicine forward and have created sustained legacies that help share our institution. Meet the 2025 Career Achievement Awardees, Dr. Roger Liddle, Virginia Kraus and Stephen Smith.

The Department of Medicine recognizes 13 faculty members with 2025 Excellence in Education Awards in recognition of their outstanding work and dedication to the education of its fellows, residents and students.

“Historically, some features of lupus have not been appreciated and women often feel unheard in the health care system. I was drawn to that, and I felt it was an area where I was needed and could make a difference,” Jennifer Rogers, MD, said. She is the director of the Duke Lupus Clinic (DLC), one of the largest of its kind in the southeastern United States.  

A recent study led by Duke University researchers finds that women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), also known as lupus, face a much higher risk of developing preeclampsia, a disorder that causes high blood pressure during pregnancy, than those with other rheumatic diseases and those without them entirely. 

Drs. Lisa Criscione-Schreiber, Aimee Zaas, and Mitch Heflin have been selected as the inaugural winners of the Department of Medicine (DOM) Education Achievement Award in recognition for their exceptional dedication to the art and practice of teaching.

Medication nonadherence is a common but preventable cause of poor outcomes among lupus patients of color as well as other chronic diseases, giving Dr. Kai Sun’s research significant translational potential that is generating great interest.

When new Rheumatology and Immunology Division Chief Dr. Megan Clowse asked faculty colleagues what they want the future of Duke Rheumatology to look like, many cited the Duke Lupus Clinic (DLC) as their ideal model of collaborative care and science.  

On Wednesday, November 29, 2023, the Duke Department of Medicine (DOM) celebrated another successful fellowship match day.