Division News

The Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF) announced last week that Michael S. Hershfield, MD, professor of medicine (Rheumatology) and biochemistry, has been awarded the Boyle Scientific Achievement Award for 2013.

Twenty-four participants from three states gathered in Duke Clinic 1J for hands-on training in the application of musculoskeletal ultrasound in rheumatology April 27

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David Pisetsky, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and immunology, shared an essay on scientific writing with Scientific American: Despite glorious data described in the results section in today’s scientific papers, the discussions are usually a slog, overflowing with disclaimers, qualifications and stipulations that can rumble on for pages.

Virginia Kraus, MD, PhD, professor of medicine (Rheumatology and Immunology) and pathology, and associate professor of surgery, assumed the role of president of the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI), at the Worl

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., April 26 at 8 a.m. in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature David Pisetsky, MD, PhD, professor of immunology and medicine (Rheumatology) and chief of rheumatology at the Durham VA Medical Center. Dr.

The Division of Rheumatology and Immunology is hosting a Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Rheumatology Training Course April 27-28 at Duke Clinic 1J at Duke University Medical Center. By the end of the course, rheumatology physicians, fellows, PAs and NPs will master the basic principles and practice to begin using musculoskeletal ultrasound as a diagnostic tool and to guide therapeutic injections in their clinical practices. The course is approved for up to 14.05 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits by the Duke Office of Continuing Medical Education.

Medicine Grand Rounds on Fri., August 17 at 8am in Duke Hospital room 2002 will feature Megan E. B. Clowse, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine (Rheumatology & Immunology) and director of the Duke Lupus Clinic. Dr.

Found in the archives of Inside Duke Medicine: an article about the persistence of Michael Hershfield, MD, professor of medicine (Rheumatology and Immunology) and his colleagues in developing a treatment for severe gout.

E. William St. Clair, MD, professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, was one of nine School of Medicine faculty members awarded a distinguished professorship by Duke University last week. St. Clair now is the W.