From the Director
Happy Valentine’s Day! And happy mid-Fun-bruary! Brief taste of spring on Saturday, we should be getting back to that soon! Thank you to our resco rep Hayley Cunningham for organizing the Saturday FUN-bruary hike! Please join us for our next hike on 2/20 which is a 2.23 mile walk in honor of Ahmad Arbery.
This week we have our (note the date change) WEDNESDAY 7 pm fellowship overview zoom. Recording will be sent out with overview packet as well.
SARs, please don’t forget to register for the ABIM board exam before the April price hike.
Kudos
Kudos this week to Jo Cavalier from Shelby Bettoney on 9100 for fantastic night patient care, to our stellar should have won if the buzzer didn’t break ACP Doctors Dilemma team of Amanda Broderick, Jawan Abdulrahim and Aaron Hein, as well as coach Michael Burt for an amazing showing at the NC-ACP, to Tingrui Zhao and Hope Glowacki for amazing SAR talks, to our Thanks RX champs Shivy Chandramouli, Emory Buck and Nijat Aliyev and kudos champs Sean Taasan, Peggy Sahu and Matt Abbott, to Nandita Singh and Drew Vista from Brittany Chapman for a great two weeks on Duke GM and back to Brittany Chapman from them, to Ryan Duffy from Nijat Aliyev for being an awesome Duke GM SAR, to Gracie Ernstberger from Harsh Patolia for awesome work in the CICU, to Aubrie Carroll from Emory Buck for going above and beyond with a family on NF, to Drew Vista from Nijat Aliyev for an excellent intern report, to Jo Cavalier from Nicole Dussault for being a fantastic 9100 SAR, and to Katie Centner from Aman Kansal for her work on Duke GM.
ThxRx: Shivy Chandramouli,Emory Buck, and Nijat Aliyev
Tacos: Sean Taasan, Peggy Sahu, and Matt Abbott
Kudos from Patrick Hemming to Ryan Slauer, Sukrit Jain and Jeff Lee who represented us against 20 other programs from Virginia to Texas in a virtual Medical Jeopardy contest that was part of the Society of General Internal Medicine Southern Region. They performed admirably, narrowly missing an outright win on the first round, and putting up a good show.
Pubmed from the Program
This weeks pubmed from the program goes to our NC ACP poster presenters:
"National Early Warning Score Performs Well in Patients on Maintenance Dialysis"
--Jo Cavalier
"A rare case of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocysosis"
--Kelly Flynn
"A rare case of non-acidotic high anion gap pancreatic ketonemia"
--Gregg Robbins-Welty, Margaret Sahu, Andrew Vista, JVK
"Mucor and Malignancy: A Double-Hit Case of Intestinal Ischemia"
--Matt Townsend, Ben Berger, JVK
See ya at the bake off!
Aimee
Clinic Corner: Pickett
Contributed by Jeff Clough
Pickett Adds Social Worker to Team
Pickett Road is delighted to welcome Elizabeth Christy LCSW to our team. She will serve our patients in a number of ways, including counseling services for patients with mood disorders and other mental health needs, as well as case management for patients with complex social needs. Welcome Elizabeth!
Med Res Team Office Calendar
From the Chief Residents
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/15/22 |
Communication |
Patrick Hemming | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
| 02/16/22 | Skin Cancer | Anne Marano | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
| 02/17/22 | Obstructive Sleep Apnea | Andrew Spector | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
Academic Half Day: February 18, 2022
| Thread | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rheum/Renal/Endo/ID/GI/GIM |
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9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
VA Surgery Conference Room C5010-- ZOOM SESSION ONLY |
| Card/Heme/Pulm/Onc |
Pulmonary Embolism Pulmonary Hypertension |
Talal Dahhan Talal Dahhan |
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
VA Medicine Conference Room C8016 -- ZOOM SESSION ONLY |
| Date | Inpatient Topic on Zoom | Lecturer | Time | Location | Lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/14/22 | SAR Talk: HFpEF | Dr. Cosiano | 12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Cosmic Cantina |
| 02/15/22 | LEADS:TBD |
Timothy Hopper, MD Sitharthan Sekar, MD Ryan Keane, MD Panel Thomas Holland, MD |
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Itaewon Grill |
| 02/16/22 |
SAR Talk: C.diff and FMT |
Dr. Dziwis |
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Mediterra |
| 02/17/22 |
SAR Talk: Valvular Heart Disease |
Dr. Estrada |
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Chick-fil-A |
| 02/18/22 | GRAND ROUNDS:Protecting people and populations from malaria: From West campus to Western Kenya |
Steve Taylor, MD Wendy Prudhomme-O'Meara, MD |
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Alpaca |
Report Conference Schedule: February 14-17, 2022
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/14/22 |
VA JAR CAT Duke SAR Report - held in 2253 MS2 Report - held in 8262 |
Dr. Durant w/ Dr. Simel Dr. Chapman w/ Dr. Bergin Teaching w/ ACR |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
| 02/15/22 |
VA JAR Case Report Duke SAR Report - held in 2253 VA Intern Case Report Duke Intern Case Report - held in 2253 |
Dr. Egbonim w/ Dr. Zaas Dr. Helzberg w/ Dr. Govert Dr. Nair w/ Dr. Kime Dr. Santivasi |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
| 02/16/22 |
VA JAR CAT Duke SAR Report - held in 8262 |
Dr. Barrett w/ Dr. Sparks Dr. Cooney |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. |
| 02/17/22 |
VA JAR Case Report Duke SAR Report - held in 2253 VA Intern Case Report Duke Intern Case Report |
----- Dr. Burt & Dr. Boggan Student Teaching w/ Faculty Intern Teaching |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
From the Residency Office
Our Wellbeing
The Department of Medicine is keeping an updated list of wellbeing resources during this extraordinary time. Click here for more information.
Employee Health has Expanded Hours!
Based on feedback from team members who are seeking COVID testing so they can safely return to work with EOHW approval, the COVID hotline has expanded hours for employees: 5:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 7 days per week.
Feeling down? Need to talk to someone? Opportunities for Wellness
All trainees at Duke have FREE access to Personal Assistance Services (PAS), which is the faculty/employee assistance program of Duke University. The staff of licensed professionals offer confidential assessment, short-term counseling, and referrals to help resolve a range of personal, work, and family problems. PAS services are available free of charge to Duke faculty and staff, and their immediate family members. An appointment to meet with a PAS counselor may be arranged by calling the PAS office at 919-416-1PAS (919-416-1727), Monday through Friday between 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. For assistance after hours, residents and fellows can call the Blood and Body Fluid Hotline (115 inside DUH, 919-684-1115 outside) for referral to behavioral health resources. Another resource is Duke Outpatient Psychiatry Referrals at (919) 684-0100 or 1-888-ASK-DUKE. https://www.hr.duke.edu/pas/
Opportunities
Useful links
- ACR Teach Blog
- GME Mistreatment Reporting Site
- Duke Health Influenza Policy
- http://duke.exitcareoncall.com/
- Main Internal Medicine Residency website
- Main Curriculum website
- Department of Medicine
- Confidential Comment Line Note (All submissions are strictly confidential unless you chose to complete the optional section requesting a response.)
- Updates from the Division of Hematology
- The Scope