From the Director
Its MAY! And Eid Mubarak to those who are celebrating. I am not sure I have been A and O x 4 but trying to keep up with the speed that the end of the year keeps flying by. We have a rain date scheduled for the SAR Bowl (May 15), group photos today (!), are making progress on our Stepping in 4 Respect training for rising JARs, and scheduling those end of year meetings with Dr Hargett and me for the interns and SARs…plus an upcoming chief picnic, LHSTP presentations, resident research grand rounds, chief grand rounds, a basketball game, May Res-i-teering and more! Thanks to Dani Zipkin for planning the PWIM Duke Gardens walk this weekend ..check out Twitter for some great pics!
Reminders to please send any credentialing paperwork for new jobs/fellowships to Bridget and me, to make sure Tia has your Step 3 scores if you haven’t already sent them in (JARs and any interns who have taken it), to fill out your evaluation requests (“resident identify supervisor”) and to go into Medhub and sign your contract when it shows up!
Kudos
Kudos this week to our Resident Research Day Califf Award speakers AD Khatri, Sukrit Jain and Audrey Zhang! Can’t wait to hear your work at grand rounds! Other kudos to JR Peacock for a fantastic SAR talk, to Megan Barrett for a super Cohen Conference, to Jo Cavalier, SeaBass Franco, Emilio Guzman Cisneros and Ryan Duffy for their Lincoln Community Health Center volunteer leadership this year and to Sam Curtis, Shannon McGue, and Sarah Morgan for taking on the leadership for next year, to Shelief Robbins-Juarez and David Bader from Sachi Oshima for being fantastic Duke GM team members, to my team of Lauren Pinion, Drew Vista and David Elliott for making me superfluous with their awesome patient care, and to Corbin Ester and Katelyn Seale from Sarah Morgan for teamwork on 9300.
Pubmed from the Program
This week’s pubmed from the program goes to Komal Safdar for her publication with mentor Dr Matt Sparks
Gudsoorkar P, Ruf R, Adnani H, Safdar K, Sparks MA. Onco-hypertension: An Emerging Specialty. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2021;28(5):477-489.e1. doi:10.1053/j.ackd.2021.09.011
Have a great week!
Aimee
Med Res Team Office Calendar
From the Chief Residents
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/03/22 |
Case Report |
Katherine Zhou | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
| 05/04/22 | Goals of care/Code status discussions | Alisha Benner | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
| 05/05/22 | AMB Billing/Doc Basics | Tim Ashley | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
Academic Half Day: May 6, 2022
| Thread | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rheum/Renal/Endo/ID/GI/GIM |
Fever in a Hospitalized Patient Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts |
Julie Steinbrink Julia Messina |
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
VA Surgery Conference Room, C5010 |
|
Card/Heme/Pulm/Onc |
Data at Duke Data at Duke |
Joel Boggan Joel Boggan |
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
VA Medicine Conference Room C8016 |
| Date | Inpatient Topic on Zoom | Lecturer | Time | Location | Lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/02/22 | Group Photo | --- | 12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Secrets & Pho |
| 05/03/22 | Inpatient APD Updates | Dr. Van Kirk | 12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Dominos |
| 05/04/22 |
SAR Talk: Women's Health |
Dr. Harding |
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Chick-fil-A |
| 05/05/22 |
The Fungus Amongus/ |
Dr. Aimee Zaas |
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Cosmic Cantina |
| 05/06/22 |
MGR: Greenfield Speaker Cardiovascular Medicine as a Data Science |
Robert A. Harrington, MD, FAHA |
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Alpaca |
Report Conference Schedule: May 2-5, 2022
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/02/22 |
VA JAR CAT Duke SAR Report - held in 2253 MS2 Report - held in 8262 |
Dr. Reddy w/ Dr. Simel Dr. Song w/ Dr. Bergin Student Teaching w/ ACR |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
| 05/03/22 |
VA JAR Case Report Duke SAR Report - held in 2253 VA Medical Jeopardy
|
Dr. Wanjiku w/ Dr. Zaas Dr. Cunningham w/ Dr. Govert Dr. Jones Dr. Clary w/ Dr. Sparks |
11 a.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
| 05/04/22 |
VA JAR CAT Duke SAR Report - held in 8262 |
Dr. Patolia w/ Dr. Cooney Dr. Zaas |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. |
| 05/05/22 |
VA JAR Case Report Duke SAR Report-held
|
Dr. Kayastha Drs. Burt and Boggan
|
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 1:30 p.m.
|
From the Residency Office
Our Wellbeing
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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