Hospital Medicine News

Research Town Hall

DOM Research Quality Virtual Town Hall

This Research Quality Townhall will deconstruct the internal review process for research proposals submitted to DOM Research Administration (DOMRA) and the Office of Research Administration (ORA).
SHM Converge

Duke @ SHM Converge 2023

The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) annual meeting took place earlier this week in Austin, Texas. SHM Converge offers world-class education for hospitalists and a broad range of unique opportunities to learn, engage, and network.
GIM Faculty Spotlight Wachter

GIM Faculty Spotlight: Adam Wachter, MD

Adam Wachter, MD, is an associate professor of medicine in our division, a hospitalist at Duke Regional Hospital (DRH), and the Associate Medical Director of DRH Hospital Medicine. Learn more about him in our interview below.  What brought you to Duke?
SHM Converge

Duke at SHM Converge: Here's What's Coming

The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) annual conference, CONVERGE, is coming up this week! The meeting will take place in person March 27-29, 2022 in Austin, Texas. We have several Duke presentations this year, listed below. Click here to view the full conference schedule online.
Ed Cafe

DGIM Educator Café Recap

Duke General Internal Medicine's quarterly Educator Café kicked off last Friday and reviewed a work in progress presented by Adam Tosh, MD. The group discussed the resident evidence-based medicine curriculum and the dilemma of managing multiple learning levels in the room during an interactive teaching session. 
Perkons spotlight

GIM Faculty Spotlight: Michelle Perkons, MD

Meet Michelle Perkons, MD, who joined our GIM division as a Medical Instructor in July of 2022 and is a hospitalist at Duke University Hospital. Learn more about her in our interview below!
9 GIM Members

GIM Welcomes 9 New Members

We are proud to announce 9 faculty and staff members that have recently joined the Division of General Internal Medicine

Quinn Capers

Transformational Leader Quinn Capers, MD, to Deliver June 16 Greenfield Lecture

Academic medicine transformation leader Quinn Capers, IV, MD, the Rody P. Cox Professor of Internal Medicine (Cardiology) and associate dean for faculty at the University of Texas Southwest School of Medicine, will deliver the June 16 Greenfield lecture. The event will be held in person only beginning at 8 a.m. in Duke North, 2002. Breakfast will be served outside of the room starting at 7:45am. 
Div Update GIM

GIM Division Update with Interim Chief Dr. William Yancy

By William Yancy, MD Interim Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine The Division of General Internal Medicine at Duke strives to improve adult patient, family, community, and population health through exemplary patient care, education, and research. Perhaps most importantly, we have maintained core values of excellence, integrity, kindness, and commitment to health and health equity for our patients and our communities.
DOM Dist Profs

Q&A Spotlight: Distinguished Professors Christopher Granger and Rana Gupta

Duke University has awarded Distinguished Professorships to 44 faculty members, six from the Department of Medicine. Over the coming weeks, join us in recognizing these Distinguished Professors through our Distinguished Professor Spotlight. This week, we feature Christopher Granger, MD, and Rana Gupta, PhD.
Dr. Julius Wilder

Dr. Wilder Leads Three-Year Study to Improve Health Literacy in Underserved Communities

Dr. Julius Wilder will lead a three-year investigational health equity patient education study to examine how diverse populations respond to various patient-education tactics such as print, digital, and video, with the goal of identifying the most effective methods and communication infrastructures for communicating relevant and important health information to diverse communities.