Internal Medicine Residency News, October 24, 2016

From the Director

This week starts our We Care Week, the final week of Doctoberfest 2016! Remember, we are not having lunch at noon conference but donating our funds to the charities of YOUR choice. Please see the information from Erin Payne about how to vote for your favorite charities (all nominated by your peers).

Thanks to Madi for organizing an awesome Recruitment Kickoff at Gonza this week. Lots of fun had by all—we are so ready to welcome the applicants starting Nov 4. Keep an eye out for emails from Madi for recruitment info

Kudos

Kudos this week to Rachel Hu for her SAR talk, to David Beavers for his Chair’s Conference, to the night float crew of Caroline Sloan (AKA "Sloan-Bone"), Jared Lowe ("J-Lo"), Megan Gillum ("Kill-UM") and Shai Posner (AKA "Shay") from Maggie Moses for being a smart, fun and generally amazing group to work with, and to Nicole Pristera from Dr. Mettu for great coordination of care.

Stead Tread

Extra thanks and huge congratulations to Matt Crowley and the Kempner Society for the 5th Annual Stead Tread! The fantastic team led by Caroline Sloan includes Zach Wegermann, Kara Wegermann, Jasmine Washington, David Beavers, Christine Bates, Todd Brophy, Megan Gillum and Daniel Turner. They all put in a tremendous amount of work to organize a fabulous 5K to benefit the Lincoln Community Health Center. It was really fantastic to see everyone out on Saturday morning (well, Adam Banks was basically a blur so not sure if we actually saw him FLY through the race!), with faculty, residents, significant others, Lincoln team members and patients all coming out for a great cause. 

Other congrats this week go to the newlyweds Brian and Michelle Andonian as well as to Meg Steiner on her engagement.

In-training exam scores arrived on Friday, so your advisors should be getting those to you this week. We are also doing the coach matching on October 31, so please remember to fill out your information form. Finally, if you haven’t completed the Engagement Survey, please do so this week.  

#noflu

If you are one of the stragglers who hasn’t gotten a flu shot yet…go get one! It’s almost the due date, and it’s Duke policy unless you have already completed a waiver.  

Have a great week,

Aimee

Stead Research Grants

The following residents have received Stead Resident Research Awards 2016 approved in October:

Clinical presentation, management and 30-month outcomes of heart failure patients in Trivandrum, Kerala, India
Anubha Agarwal PGY-3
Mentor: Nathan Thielman

The Burden and Prognostic Significance of Non-Cardiac Comorbidities In Acute Heart Failure – Insights from ASCEND-HF
Ankeet Bhatt PGY-2
Mentor: Robert J. Mentz

Determining Acute Care Utilization and Costs Associated with the Duke Heart Failure Same Day Access
Alexander Blood PGY-2
Mentor: Zubin Eapen

Characterization of Congenital Heart Disease Patients
Alexander Blood PGY-2
Mentor: Richard Krauski

Predictors of Net Acid Excretion in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study
Landon Brown PGY-2
Mentor: Julia Scialla

Assessment of the Gamma Gap in Multiple Myeloma patients—is it a predictor of treatment response?
Megan Dupuis PGY-2
Mentor: Yubin Kang

Clinical and Echocardiographic Predictors of Mortality in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Zachary Il’Giovine PGY-2
Mentor: Zainab Samad

Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in COPD: utilization and outcomes
Stephen Kimani PGY-2
Mentor: Peter Kussin

HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis awareness among individuals and local health directors in North Carolina
Helen Zhang PGY-1
Mentor: Mehri McKellar

From the Chief Residents

Morning Report and MGR: October 24-28, 2016
Date Topic Lecturer Time Location
10/24/16

Anemia

Murat Arcasoy

 7:15 a.m. DUH 8253
10/25/16

Case Report

Josh Lee to Aimee Zaas

 7:15 a.m.

DUH 8253
10/26/16

CKD

Blake Cameron

 7:15 a.m. DUH 8253
10/27/16

ESRD

Blake Cameron

 7:15 a.m. DUH 8253
10/28/16

Medicine Grand Rounds: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in 2016: New and old insights in the era of PPI concerns

Richard Wood

 8:00 a.m. DUH 2002

 

Noon Conference: October 24-28, 2016
Date Topic Lecturer Time Location Lunch
10/24/16

MKSAP: Neuro/Psych

Wayne Massey & Chiefs

 12:00 p.m. DUH 2002 On your own
10/25/16

Intern conference: SAR Lecture Series: Altered Mental Status

Div Patel

 12:00 p.m. DUH 2002

On your own
10/26/16

HTN

Dani Zipkin

 12:00 p.m.

DUH 2002

 On your own
10/27/16

Residency Town Hall

Residency Council

 12:00 p.m.

DUH 2001

 On your own
10/28/16

Medicine Research Seminar Series: Biased GPCR Signaling in the Heart

Howard Rockman

 12:00 p.m. DUH 2002 TBD

From the Residency Office

Recruitment

Keep an eye out for emails that have the recruitment graphic—these messages mean we need your help or response.

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/

Office hours for program leaders

Please feel free to stop by during these times and of course always feel free to reach out to program leaders to set up a meeting outside of these times if needed.

  • Aimee Zaas: Thursday, 10-11 a.m.

Upcoming Dates and Events

  • November 24 - Turkey Bowl

  • December 7 - Fellowship Match

Opportunities

Useful links

 

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