From the Director
Biggest kudos this week to Payton Kendsersky, Ahmad Mourad and Bhavik Patel for an amazing 20th Annual Duke Internal Medicine Residency Charity Auction – what a fantastic night! Stay tuned for the total and the “giant check” to Senior PharmAssist and Lincoln Community Health Center. Many thanks to Lynsey, Emily and Kayla for your work before, during and after the auction and to the incomparable Dr. G for serving as our emcee/auctioneer!
Kudos
Other kudos this week to Hannah Robinson for an outstanding Chair’s Conference, to Eric Wei for an also outstanding SAR talk, to Sam Dizon and Bryan Golubski from Dinushika Mohottige for amazing work at the LCHC Volunteer Clinic, to Ryan Keane from Jan Dillard for patient-centered care at the DOC, to Lauren Donnangelo from Dr. G for her work on pall care consults, to Stacy Bagrova and Lena Eder from Lisa Criscione-Schreiber for helping proctor an OSCE session for Rheumatology fellows and to Duke night floats Sean Chen, Carlos Rivera and Alissa Stavig for great team work supporting an acutely ill transfer to 9100 from Joe Lerman. Also kudos to the following residents who received special mention for outstanding teaching from the PA students at the DVAMC or DRH: Alex Grubb, Becca Lumsden, Godefroy Chery, Alex Reddy, Neha Kayastha, Kim Darlington and Henry Foote!
PubMed from the Program
This week’s pubmed from the program goes to Vinay Choksi for his upcoming presentation at the Society for Hospital Medicine meeting scheduled for April. Choksi V. (April, 2020). The Smoking Gun: A Case of Respiratory Distress Associated with E-Cigarettes. Presented at Society of Hospital Medicine. San Diego, CA, USA.
Have a great week!
Aimee
From the Chief Residents
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/10/20 | Fatigue | Dr. Brown | 7:15 a.m. |
DUH 8253 |
| 3/11/20 |
Cost Conscious Care |
Dr. Cooney |
7:15 a.m. |
DUH 8253 |
| 3/12/20 |
Weight Loss Meds |
Dr. Metz | 7:15 a.m. | DUH 8253 |
| 3/13/20 |
Medicine Grand Rounds: Health Data Science and AI Series: Wisdom from Data: The Counterfactual Electronic Health Record |
C. David Page, PhD |
8 a.m. | DUH 2002 |
Academic Half Day: March 13, 2020
| Thread | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rheum/Renal/Endo |
Thyroid/Parathyroid ESRD options |
Anne Weaver Dan Edmonston |
9:15 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
VA NG032 |
| ID/GI/GIM |
None Hepatic Decompensation |
-- Bonike Oloruntoba |
-- 10:30 a.m. |
DUH 8253 |
| Card/Heme/Pulm/Onc |
Sickle Cell Interpreting blood films |
Regina Crawford Brice Weinberg |
9:15 a.m. 10:30 a.m.
|
VA C8016 |
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location | Lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/9/20 |
Sodium Abnormalities |
Ruediger Lehrich |
12:10 p.m. |
DUH 2002 |
Subway |
| 3/10/20 | ACGME Survey and Other Program Updates |
Aimee Zaas |
12:10 p.m. |
DUH 2002 |
Dale's Indian Cuisine |
| 3/11/20 | MP Combined Conference: Allergy Testing | Ankoor Shah |
12:10 p.m. |
DUH 8253 |
Chick-fil-A |
| 3/12/20 | Medical management of HTN and CKD in the pregnant patient | Eugene Kovalik |
12:10 p.m. |
DUH 2001 |
China King |
| 3/13/20 |
Chair's Conference |
Nicholas Koutlas |
12:00 p.m. |
DUH 2002 |
Domino's |
Duke Gen Med Conference Schedule: March 9-12, 2020
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3/9/20 |
SAR Report CPC |
Kyle Geurink to Bill Hargett Kathy Cooney with Sith Sekar and Team 4 |
1:15 p.m. |
| 3/10/20 |
SAR Report - DUH 8262 Intern Report |
Katie Pollard to Joe Govert Sunny Chung |
1:15 p.m. 3 p.m. |
| 3/11/20 |
SAR Report |
Peter McCann to Aimee Zaas |
1:15 p.m. |
| 3/12/20 |
SAR Safety Report Intern Report - Pulmonary Embolism |
|
1:15 p.m. 3 p.m. |
From the Residency Office
Lunch Calendar
Click here for the March 2020 lunch calendar.
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/
Upcoming Dates and Events
- March 20 - Match Day
- April 9 - Rising SAR Retreat
- May 21 - Program and SAR Class Photos
- June 5 - SAR Dinner
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