From the Director
It remains extremely busy in the hospitals and, as always, we are grateful for everyone’s incredible work. Students are back on the wards after break, and it is great to see them!
If you didn’t get a chance to watch our amazing IM Residency Alum Dr. Darrell Gray II’s Grand Rounds on Friday, please take time to watch it (view recording here). He’s an incredible speaker who is leading the way now at Ohio State and nationally with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work, as well as community partnership. His pathway from resident to health system leadership is incredible.
Kudos
Kudos this week go to Ahmad Mourad from Dr. Andrea Archibald for fantastic patient care at a very busy Duke Regional, to Karina Mora Massad for an outstanding AM report, to AD Khatri for a phenomenal Cohen Conference, to Allen Witt from Sarah Greene for being an awesome MICU resident at the VA, and back and forth between the VA GM team of Sarah Greene, Tingrui Zhao, Courtney Dominguez and Jen Dziwis for fantastic teamwork, to Tim Hopper for helping out with a very sick patient (from Sarah Greene), to Kim Darlington for literally helping a patient across the street (from Jon Reichstein), to Ashley Thrower and Monty Natour from Bari Rosenberg for helping manage a clinic code, to Neesha Nama from Nathan Hirshman for great work in the ED, to Emilio Guzman Cisneros from Roshni Dhoot for his excellent clinic note that helped the inpatient team, to GM 4 from Dr. Sata for amazing work (Cindy Pabon, Audrey Zhang, Olivia Jew as well as NFs Andrew Andreae, Sith Sekar, Joe Wawrzynski and Ann Cameron Barr).
Also many thanks to our recruitment zoom crew and My Takers – Omar Martinez Uribe, Daniel Bernstein, Forrest Gamble, Mike Cosiano, Saad Atiq, Sonali Bracken, Micah Schub, Nick Koutlas, Shannon Herndon, Emiilo Guzman Cisneros, Priyanka Patel, Geargin Wilson, Chelsea Perfect, Alex Reddy, Matt Harbrecht, Monroe Wolf, Ryan Keane, Sean Chen, Aubrie Carroll, Neesha Nama, Lena Eder, Kristen Corey, Peggy Sahu and Payton Kendsersky! We are in the HOME STRETCH! Let’s do this!
Dr. Jane Gagliardi, our Program Director for Medicine-Psychiatry (and Duke Med Psych alum) was recently published in KevinMD! Please take time to read her excellent column.
Congratulations to Ruchi and Subhash Doshi on the birth of Yash!
Congratulations to LaShondra Arnold and Ibrahim Abubakar on their wedding!
Also congratulations to Kevin and Lana Prior on the birth of Mary Grace!
PubMed from the Program
This weeks pubmed from the program is for this MULTI RESIDENT paper! Congrats to an awesome team! Thromb Res. 2020 Dec;196:483-485. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2020.10.004. Epub 2020 Oct 15. COVID-19 associated coagulopathy: Thrombosis, hemorrhage and mortality rates with an escalated-dose thromboprophylaxis strategy. Molly M Daughety 1, Andrew Morgan 2, Erin Frost 2, Chester Kao 3, Joyce Hwang 3, Rachel Tobin 3, Bhavik Patel 3, Matthew Fuller 4, Ian Welsby 4, Thomas L. Ortel 5PMID: 33091700 PMCID: PMC7557260DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2020.10.004
Have a great week!
Aimee
Clinic Corner: PRIME
Contributed by Leigh Wynkoop and Sonal Patel
PRIME Clinic continues with a mix of telehealth and face-to-face visits. It’s been great seeing the SARs and JARs more frequently as we are opening up more on-team in-person appointments. We are going to be trialing more video visits in February as well as having more face-to-face availability.
LPN Joseph Collins remains deployed to inpatient side. We await further word on more potential nursing impact.
COVID-19 vaccines are being given per VA priority to ages 75+ and to those with certain medical condition and front line workers. Patients ages 65-74 wanting vaccine can try their local health department. We strongly suggest that patients keep an eye on the VA website to in case there are changes or if more vaccine clinics are opened in the near future, depending on vaccine availability. Please ask your patients to let us know if they get a COVID vaccine elsewhere.
PRIME attending Dr. John Williams has trimmed his precepting time to just Monday mornings; welcome to Dr. Christie Emler, Deputy Chief of Staff at Durham VAMC, who is now covering Tuesday morning precepting. Dr. Williams remains the fearless leader of PRIME Team L.
Thanks to all of you for your hard work during this time; our patient definitely appreciate you for the care you provide, especially during this time. Stay safe!
From the Chief Residents
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/19/21 |
Diabetes |
Dr. McNeill | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
| 1/20/21 | Sleep Apnea | Dr. Spector | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
| 1/21/21 | Knee Pain and Exam | Dr. Greenblatt | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
Academic Half Day: Jan. 22, 2021 via Zoom
| Thread | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rheum/Renal/Endo |
ESRD Options N/A |
Dr. Canos -- |
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
-- |
| ID/GI/GIM |
Syphilis Personal Finance |
Dr. Dicks Dr. Reddy |
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
-- |
| Card/Heme/Pulm/Onc |
Thrombocytopenias and Bleeding Disorders Treatment Approaches and Clinic Trial Outcomes in Oncology |
Dr. Fager Dr. Riedel |
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
-- |
| Date | Inpatient Topic on Zoom | Lecturer | Time | Location | Lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/18/21 | G-Brief | Dr. Galanos | 12:15 p.m. |
Zoom |
-- |
| 1/19/21 |
Duke Medicine LEADS: The Art and Science of Managing Difficult Goals of Care Conversations |
David Casarett, MD, MA Kristen Lakis, MDiv, MSW, LCSW Rev. Artie Hendricks, MDiv, ThM, BCC Tara Coleman, PA-C (Palliative Care) Delani Mann-Johnson, MD Jonathan Fischer, MD |
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Saladelia |
| 1/20/21 |
SAR Talk: Lupus Management |
Dr. Eder | 12:15 p.m. |
Zoom |
Chick-fil-A |
| 1/21/21 |
Blood and Guts: The Interface Between Heme and GI |
Dr. Dorsey | 12:15 p.m. |
Zoom |
Secrets Pho & Noodles |
| 1/22/21 | Medicine Grand Rounds: ACE inhibitors and ARBs: From Confusion to Clarity Using Social Media During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
Matthew Sparks, MD
|
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Qspresso |
Report Conference Schedule: Jan. 18-21, 2021
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/18/21 |
VA - MLK Day Duke Report |
-- Dr. Dizon and Dr. Labriola |
-- 1:15 p.m. |
| 1/19/21 |
VA JAR Case Report VA Case Intern Report Duke SAR Report Duke Intern Report |
Dr. Tobin and Dr. Garbarino Dr. Ferreira and Dr. Garbarino Dr. Bedair with Dr. Govert Dr. Wolf with Dr. Labriola |
11 a.m. 1:30 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
| 1/20/21 |
VA JAR CAT Duke SAR Report |
Dr. Taasan with Dr. Murdoch Dr. Pabon with Dr. Zaas |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. |
| 1/21/21 |
VA Med Surgery Conference VA MS2 teaching Duke Equity Report Duke Hospital Lecture Series |
Dr. Guzman -- Dr. Harbrecht TBD |
7:30 a.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. NEW DEADLINE: Applications are due Feb. 22, 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