From the Director
AHHHH! It is Victory Lap week for our beloved chiefs! What an awesome kudos and taco worthy Grand Rounds to cap off an, ahem, unprecedented year. Stop by their offices for high fives, hugs and thanks. You are such legacies.
Congratulations to our SARs Payton Kendsersky and Jon Reichstein on their wedding!
Kudos
Kudos this week to Nathan Hirshman for amazing help in the Duke MICU (from Hayley Cunningham. Supermeta kudos to our fourth quarter taco champs Hayley Cunningham, Grace Lee and Emory Buck! Also kudos to Komal Safdar for JAR-like work on 9100 (From Grace Lee), to Yoli Guzman from Cindy Pabon for being a great CCU buddy, to Erin Song for an awesome Cohen Conference, and to Sarah Coles, Micah Schub and Ruchi Doshi for a fantastic LEADs discussion.
Thanks to everyone for their patience and extra step counting as the DCT opened up last week! We will all be getting used to different layouts and pathways to get to take great care of our patients and your communication is much appreciated!
Pubmed from the Program
This weeks pubmed from the program goes to Alex Grubb for his paper “Drugs of Abuse and Heart Failure” published in the Journal of Cardiac Failure June 2021 with mentors and team of Stephen Greene, Murat Fudim, Tracy Dewald and Rob Mentz.
Have a great week!
Aimee
Clinic Corner: Pickett
Contributed by Jeff Clough
At Pickett Road we have begun implementing a program to better address the social determinants of health, championed by Dr. Nastassia Schenkel and our Population Health Nurse Karen Nielsen. This includes a comprehensive screening questionnaire for all patients and referrals to appropriate community resource programs through NCCARE360.
From the Chief Residents
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/15/21 |
Headache |
Dr. Collins | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
| 06/16/21 | Amyloidosis | Dr. Arps | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
| 06/17/21 | Red Eye | Dr. Horne | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
Academic Half Day: June 18, 2021 via Zoom
| Thread | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rheum/Renal/Endo |
canceled |
-- -- |
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
-- |
| ID/GI/GIM |
canceled |
-- -- |
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
-- |
| Card/Heme/Pulm/Onc |
Leukopenia, leukocytosis, and paraproteinemia Pulmonary Nodules & Pleural Effusions |
Dr. Addepalli Dr. Giovacchini |
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
-- |
| Date | Inpatient Topic on Zoom | Lecturer | Time | Location | Lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/14/21 | SAR Talk: Outpatient HF Management | Dr. Chukwurah | 12:15 p.m. |
Zoom |
Secrets Pho & Noodles |
| 06/15/21 |
Duke Medicine LEADS: Intervening on the Financial Toxicity of Health Care |
Yousuf Zafar, MD, MHS, FASCO |
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Moe's BBQ |
| 06/16/21 |
The Fungus Amongus |
Dr. Zaas | 12:15 p.m. |
Zoom |
Chick-fil-A |
| 06/17/21 |
Rising SAR Retreat |
12:15 p.m. |
Zoom |
Cosmic Cantina | |
| 06/18/21 | Medicine Grand Rounds:Applauding Our Retirees: A Special Recognition for Dr. Dan Sexton and Dr. Claude Piantadosi |
Vivian Chu, MD, and Becky Smith, MD, recognizing Dr. Sexton Bryan Kraft, MD, Karen Welty-Wolf, MD, and Martha Carraway, MD, recognizing Dr. Piantadosi |
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Mediterra |
Report Conference Schedule: June 14-June 17, 2021
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/14/21 |
VA JAR CAT MS2 Teaching Duke SAR Report |
Dr. Hirshman and Dr. Simel Dr. Schub Dr. Frost with Dr. Labriola
|
11 a.m. 2:30 p.m. 1:15 p.m. |
| 06/15/21 |
VA JAR Leadership Conference VA Intern Case Report Duke SAR Report Duke Intern Report |
Dr. Caputo Dr. Durant and Dr. Garbarino Dr. Kao with Dr. Govert Dr. Buck with Dr. Labriola |
11 a.m. 1:30 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
| 06/16/21 |
VA JAR CAT Duke SAR Report |
Dr. Schneider with Dr. Wawryzinski Dr. Eder with Dr. Zaas |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. |
| 06/17/21 |
Med Surg Conference (Zoom) MS2 teaching ACR CAT/Equity -- |
Dr. Schub and Gen Surg resident Faculty -- Talia Bernal |
11 a.m. 1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 1:15 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.
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