From the Director
Another Monday! First week back from Holiday Block, with 2021 giving no sign that it is going to make life easy on us. Taking care of ourselves and each other is really needed – as always, please reach out to any of us whenever you want.
We are back in the full swing for recruitment and your continued participation is so appreciated. Many thanks to our evening zoom attendees Omar Martinez Uribe, Daniel Bernstein, Saad Atiq, Mike Cosiano, Sonali Bracken, Nick Koutlas, Micah Schub, Amanda Broderick, Ben Kellogg, Kelly Flynn, Melanie Cabezas, Peggy Sahu, Ben Redpath, Jess Regan, Yoli Guzman, Priyanka Patel, Gabriela Kraiter, Yuxi Zheng, Mary Jo Obied, Jen Dziwis, Rabab Ali and Kim Darlington! Also to our stellar My Take-ers Nick Koutlas, Caitlin Driscoll, Saad Atiq, Sarah Moserowitz, Ryan Keane, Hayley Cunningham, Chris Asuzu, Forrest Gamble, Cam Oswalt and Kirsten Binz! A few more weeks to go to get our AMAZING new interns!
Kudos
Kudos this week go to Sara Coles for a superb SAR talk, to Peggy Sahu and Rachel Tobin for awesome Cohen Conferences, to Ryan Slauer and Larissa Rodriguez Homs from Bari “Taco Champ” Rosenberg for being an awesome VA team, and back to Bari from Ryan for great work on VA GM. Also our very first long distance kudos to former prelim now Mass eye extraordinaire, Isaac Bleicher from James Helzberg: He caught a case of endocarditis on a patient presenting to ophthalmology clinic with orbital cellulitis, obtained blood cultures, and coordinated their admission to the hospital for appropriate management — still an Duke internist at heart!
The DUKE FAM grew over break!! Congratulations to our new parents!!
- Austin Wesevich (Isabella)
- Ryne Ramaker (Nolan)
- Hope Glowacki (Magnolia)
- Henry Foote (Emerson)
PubMed from the Program
This weeks pubmed from the program goes to the combined amazing crew of Johnny Komisar, Colin Smith, Ahmad Mourad and Duke Med Psych Grad Brian Kincaid! They are all over the press! Small Number of Covid Patients Develop Severe Psychotic Symptoms. The article also references their BMJ Case Report: COVID-19-associated brief psychotic disorder | BMJ Case Reports (with additional co-author Dr. Ahmad Mourad). In follow-up to the New York Times publicity (well-earned by Med-Psychers Drs. Colin Smith, Johnny Komisar, and Brian Kincaid along with Ahmad Mourad), Dr. Colin Smith did us all proud during an interview on WUNC yesterday, describing the case of psychosis in COVID-19 they published in BMJ Case Reports, explaining various ways in which psychosis can come about, and shouting out Med-Psych training and practice. Great job!
Have a great week!
Aimee
Clinic Corner: Pickett Road
Contributed by Jeff Clough
Pickett Road is excited to welcome our newest provider team member Whitney Taheri, MSN, FNP-BC. Whitney recently graduated from the Master of Science in Nursing program at Duke and is a welcome addition to our team.
From the Chief Residents
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/12/21 |
Ambulatory Town Hall |
-- | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
| 1/13/21 | Case Conference | Dr. Massad | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
| 1/14/21 | Cose Conscious Report | Dr. Cooney | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
Academic Half Day: Jan. 15, 2021 via Zoom
| Thread | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rheum/Renal/Endo |
OA and RA CKD |
Dr. Weinmann Dr. Sparks and Dr. Ruf |
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
-- |
| ID/GI/GIM |
N/A - go to RRE sessions |
-- |
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
-- |
| Card/Heme/Pulm/Onc |
Population Health Treatment approaches and clinical trial outcomes in oncology |
Dr. Diesel |
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
-- |
| Date | Inpatient Topic on Zoom | Lecturer | Time | Location | Lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/11/21 | SAR Talk: Thyroid Function Tests | Dr. Lim | 12:15 p.m. |
Zoom |
China King |
| 1/12/21 |
Duke Medicine LEADS: Bystander Intervention: Microinterventions to Respond to Bias in Clinical Care Note: This session will not be recorded |
Ada Gregory, MA | 12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Cosmic Cantina |
| 1/13/21 |
Cohen Conference |
Dr. Khatri | 12:15 p.m. |
Zoom |
Chick-fil-A |
| 1/14/21 |
Board Prep |
Dr. Phelps | 12:15 p.m. |
Zoom |
Namu |
| 1/15/21 | Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Medicine Grand Rounds: The Fierce Urgency of Now: Investing in Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion |
Darrell M. Gray, II, MD, MPH, FACG
|
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Piper's in the Park |
Report Conference Schedule: Jan. 11-14, 2021
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/11/21 |
VA JAR CAT VA MS2 teaching Duke Peer-Debriefing |
Dr. Ali and Dr. Simel Dr. Guzman Dr. Dizon and Dr. Lee |
11 a.m. 2:30 p.m. 1:15 p.m. |
| 1/12/21 |
VA JAR Leadership Conference VA Case Intern Report Duke SAR Report Duke Intern Report |
Dr. Caputo Dr. Greene and Dr. Garbarino Dr. Lautredou with Dr. Govert Dr. Couch with Dr. Labriola |
11 a.m. 1:30 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
| 1/13/21 |
VA JAR CAT Duke SAR Report |
Dr. Cao with Dr. Schneider Dr. Davy with Dr. Zaas |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. |
| 1/14/21 |
VA JAR Report VA Intern Case Report VA MS2 teaching Duke QI Report Duke QI Intern Report |
Dr. Garbarino Dr. Rose and Dr. Garbarino -- Dr. Boggan and Dr. Krishnan Dr. Boggan and Dr. Krishnan |
11 a.m. 1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
From the Residency Office
Duke Primary Care Transformation Fellowship
The Duke Department of Family Medicine and Community Health is accepting applications to fill the third cohort of its two-year Primary Care Transformation Fellowship. The goal of the fellowship is to train physicians and physician assistants to lead health care transformation and improve health within their communities and community-based practice settings. Applications are due Jan. 31, 2021. Learn more.
Our Wellbeing
The Department of Medicine is keeping an updated list of wellbeing resources during this extraordinary time. Click here for more information.
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