From the Director
Well, kudos first to all who worked overnight on Saturday night for powering out that extra hour. Daylight savings and call = not the best of friends. Appreciate your work caring for all of our patients. The 8300 move went well, also thanks to those who kept the patient care going during this time.
We are gearing up for rank list submission for SARs, CICR (Clin Epi) is in full swing and Dennis has a very scary mustache. It is definitely November. If you have not met with your advisor yet this year, now is the time. If you need help making these appointments, please reach out to me or Tia who can help direct you to the right person to meet with!
Kudos
Kudos this week to our My Take team of Nandita Singh, Emory Buck, Nathan Hirshman, SeaBass Franco and Jordan Infield. Also to our dinner crews of Sunny Chung, Sean Taasan, Chelsea Perfect, Peggy Sahu, Aman Kansal, Kaela Miller, Shannon McGue, Thomas O’Toole, Zach Silver,Daniel Travis, Zach Lorsch, Harsh Patolia, JT Tanaka, Emory Buck, Shannon Herndon and Emilio Guzman Cisneros. Kudos to our City of Medicine HS group 2 of Amber Meservey, Neesha Nama, Sidney Barrau and Courtney Dominguez! More kudos to Brittany Chapman for a stellar SAR talk, to Kristin Corey for an amazing Cohen Conference (always note the hypersegmented polys!), to Andrew Andreae from Komal Safdar for saving a life at the VA, to James Helzberg from Priyanka Reddy for clearing out that clinic inbox, and to Colin Smith for an amazing grand rounds!
Congratulations to Hubie Haywood on his engagement!
Are you keeping up with your THANKS RX’s??? It’s NOVEMBER, literally the MONTH OF THANKS. So, pull out your phone and send a few Thanks Rx’s to those who are doing a great job!
Pubmed from the Program
This week’s pubmed from the program goes to Casey Howe for her poster at the American College of Rheumatology meeting “Provider Assessment of Telehealth Utility During COVID-19” with co-authors Isaac Smith, Robert Overton, Ricardo Henao, Nicoleta Economou-Zavalanos, Megan Clowse and David Leverenz.
Have a great week!
Aimee
Med Res Team Office Calendar
From the Chief Residents
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/09/21 |
Abdominal Pain |
Dr. Peyser | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
| 11/10/21 | Alcohol Use Disorder | Dr. Brown | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
| 11/11/21 | Case Presentation | Dr. Bader | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
Academic Half Day: November 12th, 2021
| Thread | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rheum/Renal/Endo/ID/GI/GIM |
Colorectal cancer screening GI Bleeding |
Dr. Wolf Dr. Vance |
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
VA Surgery Conference Room C5010 |
| Card/Heme/Pulm/Onc |
Precision oncology/genetic testing Atrial Fibrillation |
Dr. Dzimitrowicz Dr. Arps |
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
VA Medicine Conference Room C8016 |
| Date | Inpatient Topic on Zoom | Lecturer | Time | Location | Lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/08/21 | Esophageal Diseases | Dr. Wood | 12 p.m. |
Zoom/in-person |
Alpaca |
| 11/09/21 |
Medicine LEADS: Painful Ophthalmoplegia: An Atypical Presentation of a Systemic Illness |
Sebastian Franco, MD Brittany Chapman, MD Nathan Hirshman, MD Dilraj Grewal, MD Carlos de Castro, MD |
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Happy + Hale |
| 11/10/21 |
SAR Talk: RRT/ICU Indications |
Dr. Franco | 12 p.m. |
Zoom/in-person |
Domino's |
| 11/11/21 |
SAR Talk: COPD |
Dr. Abbott | 12 p.m. |
Zoom/in-person |
Chick-fil-A |
| 11/12/21 |
Medicine Grand Rounds: Eugene A. Stead Jr., MD, Lecture Detecting Health Policy Effects on Clinical Outcomes and Equity: The Case of Patient Financial Incentives and Diabetes |
James "Frank" Wharam, MD, MPH |
12 p.m. |
Zoom/in-person |
Itaewon |
Report Conference Schedule: November 8-11, 2021
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/08/21 |
VA JAR CAT Duke SAR Report - held in 2253 MS2 Teaching - held in 8262 |
Dr. Barrett with Dr. Simel Dr. Ali with Dr. Kussin ACR |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
| 11/09/21 |
VA JAR Case Report Duke SAR Report - held in 2253 VA Intern Case Report Duke Intern Case Report |
Dr. Abdulrahim with Dr. Zaas Dr. Cabezas with Dr. Govert Dr. Franco with Dr. Kusner Dr. Townsend with Dr. McNeil |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
| 11/10/21 |
VA JAR CAT Duke SAR Report - held in 8262 |
Dr. Ramaker with Dr. Povsic Dr. Rabe with Dr. Zaas |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. |
| 11/11/21 |
JAR Case Report ACR Equity Report - held in 2253 Duke Intern Report |
Dr. Goodwin with Dr. Patel Dr. Hirshman Dr. Ramchal |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 2:30 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