At Duke, our program leadership and Department of Medicine faculty see residents as both colleagues and as the next generation of leaders in medicine.
"Through a challenging yet supportive environment, personalized career guidance, and world-class resources, our faculty are dedicated to helping you thrive as a physician and as a person."
Kathleen Cooney, MD, MACP
Chair, Department of Medicine
George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Division of Medical Oncology
Clinical Interests: Genitourinary oncology, advanced prostate cancer, cancer genetics
Research Interests: Hereditary prostate cancer, cancer epidemiology, translational prostate cancer research
Chair, Department of Medicine
George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Division of Medical Oncology
Clinical Interests: Genitourinary oncology, advanced prostate cancer, cancer genetics
Research Interests: Hereditary prostate cancer, cancer epidemiology, translational prostate cancer research
Colby Feeney, MD
Program Director, Medicine and Pediatrics Residency Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Division of Hospital Medicine
Program Director, Medicine and Pediatrics Residency Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Division of Hospital Medicine
Lisa Criscione-Schreiber, MD, MEd
Vice Chair for Education
Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology
Clinical Interests: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Inflammatory myopathies and the antisynthetase syndrome
Research Interests: Education, improve quality of life in SLE
Vice Chair for Education
Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology
Clinical Interests: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Inflammatory myopathies and the antisynthetase syndrome
Research Interests: Education, improve quality of life in SLE
Nicole Helmke, MD
Program Director, Medicine and Psychiatry Residency Program
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Program Director, Medicine and Psychiatry Residency Program
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Aimee Zaas, MD, MHS
Program Director, Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program
Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Clinical Interests: Infectious complications of solid-organ transplantation, hematologic malignancy, hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation, and other non-HIV-related immune-compromised states
Research Interests: Medical education; genomic applications for diagnosis and prediction of infectious diseases
Program Director, Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program
Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Clinical Interests: Infectious complications of solid-organ transplantation, hematologic malignancy, hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation, and other non-HIV-related immune-compromised states
Research Interests: Medical education; genomic applications for diagnosis and prediction of infectious diseases
Associate Program Directors
Joel Boggan, MD, MPH
Associate Program Director, Quality Improvement
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Hospital medicine, international health, patient safety
Research Interests: Quality improvement, lab/testing utilization, transitions of care, clinical decision support, identification of chronic diseases via EHR data, patient safety
Associate Program Director, Quality Improvement
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Hospital medicine, international health, patient safety
Research Interests: Quality improvement, lab/testing utilization, transitions of care, clinical decision support, identification of chronic diseases via EHR data, patient safety
Matthew Labriola, MD
Associate Program Director for Recruitment
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology
Clinical Interests: Treatment of genitourinary malignancies, including prostate, kidney, bladder, and testicular cancer
Research Interests: Racial disparities in prostate cancer, quality improvement, medical education
Associate Program Director for Recruitment
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology
Clinical Interests: Treatment of genitourinary malignancies, including prostate, kidney, bladder, and testicular cancer
Research Interests: Racial disparities in prostate cancer, quality improvement, medical education
Joseph Plaksin, MD
Associate Program Director
Associate Program Director
Jenny Van Kirk, MD
Associate Program Director for Inpatient Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: General medicine, hospital medicine
Research Interests: Medical education, quality improvement
Associate Program Director for Inpatient Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: General medicine, hospital medicine
Research Interests: Medical education, quality improvement
Nia S. Mitchell, MD, MPH
Associate Program Director, Resident Research and Scholarship
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: General Internal Medicine, Primary Care, Obesity
Research Interests: Weight loss interventions for underserved populations, low carb diets in chronic kidney disease
Associate Program Director, Resident Research and Scholarship
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: General Internal Medicine, Primary Care, Obesity
Research Interests: Weight loss interventions for underserved populations, low carb diets in chronic kidney disease
Denise Pong, MD
Associate Program Director, Ambulatory
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Health literacy, patient-provider communication, women's health
Research Interests: Medical education
Associate Program Director, Ambulatory
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Clinical Interests: Health literacy, patient-provider communication, women's health
Research Interests: Medical education
Stephanie Garbarino, MD
Associate Program Director for Recruitment
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Divisions of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Clinical Interests: Treatment of liver disease, including alcohol associated liver disease, autoimmune hepatitis, viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, and liver transplantation
Research Interests: Alcohol associated liver disease, quality improvement, medical education
Associate Program Director for Recruitment
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Divisions of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Clinical Interests: Treatment of liver disease, including alcohol associated liver disease, autoimmune hepatitis, viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, and liver transplantation
Research Interests: Alcohol associated liver disease, quality improvement, medical education
Charles William "Bill" Hargett III, MD, MMCi
Senior Associate Program Director, Competency, Evaluations, and Fellowships
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care
Clinical Interests: Pulmonary vascular disease (pulmonary hypertension and embolism), critical care medicine
Research Interests: Hybrid qualitative-quantitative methodology in investigating outcomes in graduate medical education and the workplace learning environment
Senior Associate Program Director, Competency, Evaluations, and Fellowships
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care
Clinical Interests: Pulmonary vascular disease (pulmonary hypertension and embolism), critical care medicine
Research Interests: Hybrid qualitative-quantitative methodology in investigating outcomes in graduate medical education and the workplace learning environment
Xunrong Luo, MD, PhD
Associate Director, Department of Medicine Physician Scientist Training Program
Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
Clinical Interests: Transplant nephrology, kidney rejection, management of immunosuppression
Research Interests: Transplant immunology, immune tolerance
Associate Director, Department of Medicine Physician Scientist Training Program
Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
Clinical Interests: Transplant nephrology, kidney rejection, management of immunosuppression
Research Interests: Transplant immunology, immune tolerance