From the Director
JUNE! My gosh, so much happening. Keep an eye on your emails because there is a lot to get done as we close out the “unprecedented” (couldn’t resist) 2020-21 academic year. SARs, make sure you know about all the check out things from Tia and GME. #manageyourviewalerts.
First, congratulations to Matt Harbrecht on his recent wedding, as well as Aman Kansal and incoming intern Nandita Singh on their wedding, Ann Cameron Barr on her wedding, Audrey Zhang on her wedding and Mike Burt on getting married as well! We need pics!!!
Mark your calendars SARs for our SAR-lebration on Thursday night. Check your emails for all the amazing details. We are excited to congratulate and celebrate you. Then, get ready for our amazing chief residents to kick off the Chief Grand Rounds series with the Department of Medicine Education Awards Grand Rounds at noon on Friday.
Kudos
Kudos this week to Callie Berkowitz, Gregg Robbins Welty and Michelle Ferreira for solving a patient’s complex acid base disorder, to David Elliott for an outstanding SAR talk, to Joyce Hwang for a great Cohen Conference, to JR Peacock for NF early am patient care and Gregg Robbins Welty for managing very sick patients (both from Hayley Cunningham) and to Carlos Barbery, Marius Chukwurah, Stacy Bagrova, James Helzberg and Aaron Hein for being amazing teachers in the VA MICU (from Emory Buck).
Pubmed from the Program
This weeks pubmed from the program goes to Erin Song for her DDW abstract: Song EJ, Yadlapati RH, Chen JW, Parish A, Whitson MJ, Ravi K, Patel A, Carlson D, Khan A, Niedzwiecki D, Leiman DA. Variability in endoscopic assessment of Nissen fundoplication integrity and hiatus herniation: a multi-center study. American Gastroenterological Association, Digestive Disease Week, virtual. May 23, 2021. DDW.
Have a great week!
Aimee
Clinic Corner: Ambulatory
Contributed by Daniella Zipkin
Massive Thanks
There really are no words to express how phenomenal Emily Sikes and Hannah Dzimitrowicz have been this year. But I’m going to try to find some. This year began in the early pandemic period with a bunch of ambulatory threads schedules and global health plans which had essentially imploded as a result of the obvious crisis mode and redistribution of clinical effort that resulted across the health system. It’s hard to convey what it means to have the day to day life of nearly every resident in a huge program totally reshuffled… and it wasn’t perfect, but we made it. Add to that the complexity of about 13 unique ambulatory based educational offerings which are placed into schedules strategically based on countless different colliding factors, and the day to day logistics of keeping the notifications and schedules and requirements humming… Emily and Hannah have been an incredible team behind the scenes, taking everything in stride and attacking problems with tremendous logic, caring, and commitment. We are so lucky to have had this team, this year. They are so smart and so capable, and they make it all look far easier than it is.
As Hannah winds down chief year to head back to hematology-oncology fellowship, and Emily prepares for her maternity leave, I want to thank them for being the team that saw us through this. I’m forever grateful to you both!!
- Dani
From the Chief Residents
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/01/21 |
PAD |
Dr. Jones | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
| 06/02/21 | Case Conference | Dr. Lyles | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
| 06/03/21 | Amyloidosis | Dr. Arps | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
Academic Half Day: June 4, 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 |
canceled |
-- -- |
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
-- |
| Date | Inpatient Topic on Zoom | Lecturer | Time | Location | Lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/31/21 | Memorial Day- Canceled | -- | 12:15 p.m. |
Zoom |
-- |
| 06/01/21 |
Duke Medicine LEADS: Syndemic and Community Engaged Approaches to Promoting Health Equity Among Latinx Communities |
Rosa M. Gonzalez-Guarda, PhD, MPH, CPH, RN, FAAN |
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Guasaca |
| 06/02/21 |
Med-Peds- Transitions in T1DM |
Dr. Dizon | 12:15 p.m. |
Zoom |
Chick-fil-A |
| 06/03/21 |
Cohen Conference |
Dr. Wawrzynski | 12:15 p.m. |
Zoom |
Happy + Hale |
| 06/04/21 | Medicine Grand Rounds:End of Year Medicine Awards |
Internal Medicine Chief Residents |
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Saladelia |
Report Conference Schedule: May 31-June 3, 2021
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/31/21 |
VA JAR CAT MS2 Teaching Duke SAR Report |
Dr. Arnold with Dr. Simel Dr. Schub Dr. Robinson with Dr. Labriola
|
11 a.m. 2:30 p.m. 1:15 p.m. |
| 06/01/21 |
VA JAR Leadership Conference VA Intern Case Report Duke SAR Report Duke Intern Report |
Dr. Caputo Dr. Martinez-Uribe and Dr. Garbarino Dr. Hwang with Dr. Govert Dr. Musunur with Dr. Labriola |
11 a.m. 1:30 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
| 06/02/21 |
VA JAR CAT Duke SAR Report |
Dr. Nama with Dr. Povsic Dr. Frost with Dr. Zaas |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. |
| 06/03/21 |
JAR Check-in VA Intern Report MS2 teaching ACR Equity/CAT Syncope |
Dr. Schub and Dr. Garbarino Dr. Schneider with Dr. Couch Faculty Dr. Schub Dr. Telloni |
11 a.m. 1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
From the Residency Office
Career Transitions Retreat Signup for Graduating Residents/Fellows
This 90 minute session was designed by the DoM Education Team and will include evidence-based ways to thrive during your upcoming work transition, guided exercises to plan for this progression, and breakout sessions tailored to your career plans where you can learn from recent Duke Department of Medicine training program graduates who have just navigated these transitions. Each retreat will present the same content. Please RSVP by choosing one of the three dates/times that work best for you here.
Stanford Fellowship Opportunity
Stanford University has an unexpected opening for a first year fellow to start on July 1. If you are interested in applying for this position, please contact Dr. Neha Shah, nshah@stanford.edu, as soon as possible.
Duke Cardio-Oncology Conference Rounds Invitation
This event functions similarly to a tumor board and is well attended. Cardio-Oncology impacts all disease sites and we are encouraging clinicians in other specialties to join. Details about monthly rounds is below:
Duke Cardio Oncology Rounds are held every third Wednesday at noon:
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1 CME offered for attendance
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2-3 cases presented during each monthly rounds
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Presentations are led by two specialists, ex: cardiology and hematology discuss shared cases related to cardio-oncology
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Introduction – 2-3 minutes, Case description – 15 minutes, Literature review or discussion – 10 minutes, Follow up questions – 5 minutes
For more information on joining the monthly Cardio-Oncology conference rounds, please contact June Weston june.weston@duke.edu.
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