Division News

Pearls and Takeaways from the Nov. 10, 2020 session of Duke Medicine LEADS featured a discussion led by Matthew Labriola, MD, chief resident for Duke University Hospital, who presented "57 year-old female with rash and liver injury." Experts, Terri Tarrant, MD; Rami Nayef Al-Rohil, MBBS; Meenal Kheterpal, MD; and Julia McQueen, MPH, RD, LDN, CNSC, weighed in for the diagnostic reasoning and discussion. 

A warm welcome to new Department of Medicine faculty members who started in July 2020!

The recipients of the Department of Medicine faculty Excellence in Education Awards have been announced.

Lisa Criscione-Schreiber, MD, MEd, will assume the role of vice chair for education for the Department of Medicine effective July 1, 2020.

The Department of Medicine is proud to announce the recipients of the 2020 DOM Research Mentoring Awards, which recognize outstanding mentors among our faculty. 

The Duke Medical Alumni Association honored James B. Wyngaarden, MD, professor emeritus and former chair of the Duke Department of Medicine as well as former director of the National Institutes of Health, earlier this month during Medical Alumni Weekend. Dr. Wyngaarden died on June 14 at the age of 94.

Specialty clinics are prominent among the many elements that make the Duke Division of Rheumatology one of a kind. These clinics serve a wide variety of patients with rheumatologic diseases and who often also have co-morbid conditions.

We feature three of these innovative clinics.

Duke Lupus Clinic

The Duke Lupus Clinic is the largest of the rheumatology specialty clinics, serving more than 500 patients per year.

Their trainee days are behind them, but they’re still too young to be considered senior scientists. They are the young investigators in the Division of Rheumatology. We profile three rheumatologists who are devoted to their patients, their profession, and their research, and explore how the Division is nurturing them during their early careers.

Kai Sun, MD

James B. Wyngaarden, MD, professor emeritus and former chair of the Duke Department of Medicine as well as former director of the National Institutes of Health, died on June 14 at the age of 94.

In her clinic, Megan Clowse, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine (Rheumatology and Immunology), helps patients with rheumatic disease safely navigate pregnancy while managing their disease. In her research, she gathers and analyzes data about the best pregnancy planning and management practices. She’s also working to educate providers and patients on a larger scale.

“I’m trying to figure out how everyone can get state-of-the-art care from their local rheumatologist in order to have healthy pregnancies,” she says. “My mission is that all women with rheumatic disease can have the families they want.”