Hospital Medicine News


Resident Cohort ACLT Plays a Role in NC Medicaid Expansion

After a decade of debate, North Carolina is poised to expand the state’s Medicaid program.  A cohort of Duke internal medicine residents has been advocating for the expansion for years, playing a small but powerful—perhaps even pivotal—role in moving expansion legislation forward.

Announcing 2022 GIM Excellence Award Winners

We are proud to announce the 7th annual GIM Excellence Awards, presented by our Division Chief, Dr. Ebony Boulware, in the video below. This year we have 11 different awards, including 10 individual awards as well as one team award. A special thank you goes out to all those who submitted nominations for these awards and to our awards committee for their assistance in selecting this year's recipients. 

Chudgar Named SHM Senior Fellow

Associate Professor of Medicine in the division of General Internal Medicine, Saumil Chudgar, MD, was selected for the Senior Fellows Class of 2023 by the Society for Hospital Medicine (SHM). Those who have achieved this designation have a proven track record of promoting excellence, innovation and improving the quality of patient care in hospital medicine.

Bae Named Chief Quality Officer for Duke University Hospital

In this new role for Duke University Hospital, Dr. Bae will join the hospital as a member of the senior leadership team with the responsibility to set the overall clinical direction, leadership, and operational management of quality and safety programs of Duke University Hospital.