From the Director
BIG NEWS this week is the overwhelming success of the Stead Tread!! Such amazing work by the Stead Tread team, led by former Duke IM Chiefs Dr. Caroline Sloan with mentorship by Dr. Juliessa Pavon and phenomenal resident leadership by Daniel Bernstein, Jackie Kercheval and Matt Townsend and the team of Auston Steifer, Callie Lilley, Kaela Miller, Sandra Au, James Davis, Alex Gunn, Bret Pinsker, Bari Rosenberg, Hannah Schwennesen, Julian Weiss and Karen Young. Way to go super speedy top residents Matt Goodwin and Karen Lin! Participation was fantastic from the residents, faculty (a big shout out to our highest participating divisions of Rheumatology, Geriatrics, Nephrology and GIM – HM and Pickett Road, plus EM, VA and hospital leadership (Dr. Lisa Pickett!), plus ID, VA ED and more! Word is that the run raised over $18,000 for LCHC which is a new record.
This week is the kickoff of “Get Ready to Vote”. Tuesday is national voter registration day…check your own status to get started on making your voting plan. The non-partisan organization Vot-ER has badge backers that can help you start a conversation with your patients about registering to vote as well. If you are still looking for a badge backer, let me know!
We are gearing up for DOCTOBERFEST! Get ready for some fun activities and more throughout the month of October. October leads into resident recruitment (can you believe it?). Kayla will be sending out information about how YOU can help bring the next amazing class of interns to the DukeFam. Year after year, our applicants remind us that YOU are the driving force behind choosing Duke and we can’t wait for them to meet you all (virtually of course, but we can still show off that amazing DukeFam energy).
Welcome to our newest member of the IM Res Team, Ms. Candace Allison! She will be helping Emily with scheduling as well as the rest of the team with other office needs. You will get to meet her at lunch each day so please give a warm DukeFam welcome to her when you pick up lunch!
Congratulations are in order for Julian Weiss on his engagement and Drew Vista on his wedding!
Huge thank you to Shannon Herndon and Emilio Guzman Cisneros for hosting the first Narrative Medicine meeting of the year! And to Dr. G for being a faculty champion of this amazing activity.
Kudos
Kudos this week to Sarah Dillon on a fantastic SAR talk, to Aubrie Carroll from Alison Smith for her expert use of technology to coordinate care for a patient on gen med, to Andrew Maul and Melissa Cutshaw from Liz Kobe for flawless JAR leadership on VA GM as well as to Karen Young, Kayla Brown and Isabelle Byers for outstanding VA cross cover and to Med Student Claudia Pena for outstanding work on her first clerkship (also from Liz), to Auston Steifer from Dr. Viviana Martinez-Bianchi for providing wonderful culturally competent care to one of her patients who was hospitalized and to Damarcus Ingram from Drs. Vinay Choksi and Neha Kayastha for working with a family on understanding hospice and care goals and to Clare Anderson from Dr. Bruce Peyser for really helping a patient in clinic by making a rare diagnosis!
Pubmed from the Program
This week’s pubmed from the program goes to Jon Magnus Johannesson for his recent publication in Clinical Infectious Diseases
Johannesson JM, Fridriksdottir RH, Löve TJ, Runarsdottir V, Hansdóttir I, Löve A, Thordardottir M, Hernandez UB, Olafsson S, Gottfredsson M; TraP Hep C group.Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Apr 19:ciac272. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac272. Online ahead of print.PMID: 35438144
Have a great week!
Aimee
Morning Report: September 20-22, 2022 via Zoom
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/20/22 | Sinusitis | Dr. Viraj M. Patel | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
| 09/21/22 | Abdominal Pain | Dr. Bruce Peyser | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
| 09/22/22 | Skin manifestations of systemic illness | Dr. Sarah Wolfe | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
Academic Half Day: September , 2022
| Thread | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rheum/Renal/Endo/ID/GI/GIM |
Gout & Crystaline Arthritis Virla hepatitis |
Dr. Sophia Weinmann Dr. Andrew Muir |
9:15 a.m. 10:45 a.m. |
VA Surgery Conference Room C5010 |
| Card/Heme/Pulm/Onc |
COPD Pre Op Pulmonar Evaluation |
Dr. David Shaz Dr. David Shaz |
9:15 a.m. 10:45 a.m. |
Duke North-2003 |
Noon Conference: September 19-23, 2022
| Date | Inpatient Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location | Lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/19/22 |
VAD 101 |
Dr. Richa Agarwal | 12 p.m. | DUH 2002 & Zoom | Saladelia |
| 09/20/22 | LEADS: Managing gram-negative bacteremia: Emerging evidence for oral stepdown, shorter duration, and follow-up blood cultures |
Joshua Thaden, MD, PhD |
12 p.m. | DUH 2002 & Zoom | Chick-fil-A |
| 09/21/22 | Common Procedures | Dr. Jenny Van Kirk | 12 p.m. | DUH 2002 & Zoom |
Chubby's Taco |
| 09/22/22 | Cohen Conference |
Dr. Jacob Pierce |
12 p.m. | DUH 2002 & Zoom | Itaewon Grill |
| 09/23/22 |
MGR: Sex differences in AKI outcomes |
Jamie R. Privratsky, MD,PhD Tomokazu Souma, MD, PhD |
8 a.m.
|
DUH 2002 & Zoom |
Pipers in the Park |
Report Conference Schedule: September 19-22, 2022
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/19/22 |
VA JAR CAT DUKE SAR Report- held in 2253 MS2 Report |
Dr. Chouari w/ Dr. Simel Dr. Egbonim w/ Dr. Dahhan Student Teaching |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
| 09/20/22 |
VA JAR Case Report DUKE SAR Report- held in 2253 VA Intern Case Report DUKE Intern Report- held in 2253 |
Dr. O'Toole w/ Dr. Zaas SAR Equity Report Dr. Gunn w/ Dr. Horne Dr. Brown/ Dr. Burt |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
| 9/21/22 |
VA JAR CAT DUKE SAR Report- held in 8262 |
Dr. Shivakumar w/ Dr. Shah Dr. Wolf w/ Dr. Zaas |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. |
| 09/22/22 |
VA JAR Case Report Duke SAR Report- held in 2253 VA INTERN Case Report Duke Intern Report-held in 2253 |
Dr. Nair Dr. Durant w/ Dr. Shah Dr. Albares w/ Dr. Jone Student Teaching |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
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