From the Director
We had an awesome first week of recruitment! Many thanks to Kayla and Dave B. for the planning and execution of some flawless days, to our chiefs, faculty, and team for interviewing, and to our residents for outstanding participation! Thanks to our “My Takers” Alex Grubb, Micah Schub, Allison Taylor, Kelly Flynn, Chelsea Perfect, and James Helzberg and to the night zoomers Mike Cosaiano, Gabriela Kraiter, Emily Romanoff, Yuxi Zheng, Saad Atiq, Hayley Cunningham, Stacy Bagrova, Yoli Guzman, and Sara Coles as well as Micah Schub, Emory Buck, Daniel Bernstein, Allison Taylor, Hannah Robinson, Ann Cameron Barr, Erin Song, Joe Wawryzinski, and Callie Berkowitz!
SARs, don’t forget NRMP match lists are due Nov. 18!!
Kudos
Kudos this week go to Luxi Wan from Dr. Casey Farin for writing an amazingly thoughtful note that made it easy for outpatient specialty follow up, to Yoli Guzman from Stacy Bagrova for excellent PCP notes, to Stacy Bagrova from Jan Dillard for her DOC leadership, to Tanziyah Muqueem from Sam Rauch for outstanding work at the VA, to Ryan Keane from Nathan Hirshman for CICU greatness, to Bhavik Patel and Sukrit Jain from hospital leadership for their leadership during a code blue, to Priyanka Patel from all of us for her Day in the Life Instagram post, to Chelsea Perfect for a fantastic Cohen Conference, to Ahmad Mourad for a stellar SAR talk on staph, to Hubie Haywood for facilitating safe patient discharges, Yuxi Zheng for communication skills and Micah Schub for teaching/leadership (all from Dr. Suchita Sata), to Roshni Dhoot from Zach Lorsch for diagnosing a sick patient and facilitating emergent care and to Anand Shah from Omar Martinez-Uribe for great work on 7800!
Congratulations to Travis and Sonali Bracken on the birth of Kareena! All are doing great.
PubMed from the Program
This weeks pubmed from the program goes to Audrey Zhang for her recent and timely publication! JAMA Intern Med 2020 Nov 10;e207472. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.7472.Online ahead of print. "Speed, Evidence, and Safety Characteristics of Vaccine Approvals by the US Food and Drug Administration." Jeremy Puthumana 1, Alexander C Egilman 2, Audrey D Zhang 3, Jason L Schwartz 4, Joseph S Ross 1 2 4PMID: 33170923; PMCID: PMC7656319 (available on 2021-11-10); DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.7472!
Have a great week!
MASK UP!
Aimee
Clinic Corner: PRIME
Contributed by Sonal Patel and Leigh Wynkoop
PRIME continues to expand our face-to-face offerings for gap as well as routine return visits, with ongoing telehealth presence. This gives an opportunity for us to reconnect in person with the upper-level residents as well as to get you more connected with your patients.
Happy to report that PRIME/Hillandale and all of DVAHCS did quite well on our recent Joint Commission inspection!
Durham VA is participating in Janssen COVID-19 vaccine trial, open to employees and interested Veterans. Reach out if you have a patient who expresses interest.
Happy Veterans Day to our Veteran staff in PRIME: Michelle Dunlap, Charlie Sessoms, Rose Moss, Tina Dempsey, Scott Thomas.
Huge congrats to RN Carmen Hurst who won the facility-wide DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses for this quarter! Carmen had 3 nominations this quarter – and this wasn’t the first time she’d been nominated. We all know how terrific a nurse she is; now everyone knows it. Huzzah!
Everyone please stay safe, now and over the coming holidays.
From the Chief Residents
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/17/20 |
Low Back Pain |
Dr. Keeler | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
| 11/18/20 | Case Conference | Chiefs | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
| 11/19/20 | Jeopardy | -- | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
Academic Half Day: Nov. 20, 2020 via Zoom
| Thread | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rheum/Renal/Endo |
N/A - can attend IGV -- |
-- |
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
-- |
| ID/GI/GIM |
Fever in Hospitalized Patients N/A |
Dr. Messina -- |
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
-- |
| Card/Heme/Pulm/Onc |
Pulmonary Nodules and Plural Effusions New Cancer Diagnosis: Workup and Patterns of Spread |
Dr. Giovacchini Dr. Zhang |
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
-- |
| Date | Inpatient Topic on Zoom | Lecturer | Time | Location | Lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/16/20 | Cohen Conference | Dr. Andreae | 12:15 p.m. |
Zoom |
Golden Pizza & Subs |
| 11/17/20 |
Duke LEADS: |
-- | 12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Guasaca |
| 11/18/20 |
SAR Talk: Acid/Base Abnormalities |
Dr. Burt | 12:15 p.m. |
Zoom |
Chick-fil-A |
| 11/19/20 |
Board Prep |
Dr. Phelps | 12:15 p.m. |
Zoom |
Cosmic Cantina |
| 11/20/20 | Phillips-Winn Memorial Medicine Grand Rounds: Sickle Cell Disease and the Science of Race |
Shawn M. Bediako, PhD Moderated by John Strouse, MD, PhD |
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Happy & Hale |
Report Conference Schedule: Nov. 16-19, 2020
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/16/20 |
VA JAR CAT MS2 teaching Duke SAR Report |
Dr. Franco with Dr. Simel Dr. Burt Dr. Witt with Dr. Labriola |
11 a.m. 2:30 p.m. 1:15 p.m. |
| 11/17/20 |
VA JAR Case Report VA Case Intern Report Duke SAR Report Duke Intern Report |
Dr. Florian and Dr. Garbarino Dr. Gaviola and Dr. Garbarino Dr. Lim with Dr. Govert Dr. Broderick with Dr. Labriola |
11 a.m. 1:30 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
| 11/18/20 |
VA JAR CAT Presenter Duke SAR Report |
Dr. Bedair and Dr. Rao Dr. Chukwurah with Dr. Zaas |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. |
| 11/19/20 |
Med/Surg Conference MS2 teaching Duke Equity Report Duke Intern Report |
Dr. Davy and Dr. Wawrzynski Dr. Kime ACR Dr. Feeney |
7:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
From the Residency Office
Duke SCI-StARR Pathway
The Duke SCI-StARR pathway (Science Clinician Investigator - Stimulating Access to Research in Residency) supports protected time funded by an R38 award for research for residents in the Departments of Medicine who are committed to a career as a physician investigator in academic medicine. All Residents in the R38 SCI-StARR program will have a primary research mentor in either laboratory-based basic science research or clinical research. In addition, a Scholarship Oversight Committee (SOC) will meet with each resident in the program at least twice per year and help the trainee create an individualized development plan. Application Deadline: Nov. 30, 2020.
Stead Tread 5K Walk/Run goes virtual
The Stead Tread is a 5K (3.1 mile) Run/Walk organized by the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Duke University Medical Center. All proceeds benefit the Lincoln Community Health Center, a clinic dedicated to meeting the health care needs of medically underserved patients in Durham. Register today. Run/Walk and record your time any day Nov. 1-26, 2020. Learn more.
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. Applications are due Jan. 31, 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