Jeffrey Clarke, MD, will become chief resident of Internal Medicine at Duke University Hospital next week. The Indiana University graduate will help lead 130 internal medicine residents until the summer of 2013.
Clarke said his tenure as chief resident will be built on the successes his predecessor, Eileen Maziarz , MD.
“I have big shoes to fill,” said Clarke. “There’s been a lot of positive changes to the program structure and the curriculum for residents this year. I hope to continue the good work Eileen has done.”
Clarke said that teaching will remain one of the main focuses this upcoming year, with a particular focus on evidence-based medicine (EBM) curriculum. He said the improved education of residents in EBM will result in a more informed hospital workflow and ultimately better patient care. .
For Clarke, who studied biology while an undergraduate, medicine became a career goal when he had his first clinical experiences volunteering at a hospital. He found that working with patients motivated him, and after he graduated from Indiana University medical school, he completed an internal medicine residency at Duke, calling the last three years an “exceptionally rewarding experience.”
Clarke, who is also a first-year fellow in hematology and oncology, said he is interested in doing work on early-phase clinical trials, especially early targeted therapies that bring novel treatment options to patients.
“Duke has been a good place to work in this field,” said Clarke. “The residency and fellowship programs, have helped expose me to many outstanding investigators and clinicians.”
As chief resident, Clarke will be focused on the day-to-day operations of the hospital. His days will be punctuated by daily, after-lunch case conferences and evening meetings to discuss new patient admissions and care plans. In between, he’ll be teaching, organizing residents, and when he can, eating and sleeping.
Clarke lives in Durham with his wife Shannon, who is a grants administrator within the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinfomatics at Duke. He knows this next year will be unlike any other in his medical training. Though the schedule can be grueling, he said he’s very excited to work with the next crop of chief residents.
“This year will be a lot of fun, and I can’t wait to work with Jason and Nicole,” said Clarke, referring to fellow chiefs Jason Webb, MD, and Nicole Greyshock, MD.
“We all have a lot to learn and contribute,” Clarke said.
Jeffrey Clarke, MD, will become chief resident of Internal Medicine at Duke University Hospital next week. The Indiana University graduate will help lead 130 internal medicine residents until the summer of 2013.
Clarke said his tenure as chief resident will be built on the successes his predecessor, Eileen Maziarz , MD.
“I have big shoes to fill,” said Clarke. “There’s been a lot of positive changes to the program structure and the curriculum for residents this year. I hope to continue the good work Eileen has done.”
Clarke said that teaching will remain one of the main focuses this upcoming year, with a particular focus on evidence-based medicine (EBM) curriculum. He said the improved education of residents in EBM will result in a more informed hospital workflow and ultimately better patient care. .
For Clarke, who studied biology while an undergraduate, medicine became a career goal when he had his first clinical experiences volunteering at a hospital. He found that working with patients motivated him, and after he graduated from Indiana University medical school, he completed an internal medicine residency at Duke, calling the last three years an “exceptionally rewarding experience.”
Clarke, who is also a first-year fellow in hematology and oncology, said he is interested in doing work on early-phase clinical trials, especially early targeted therapies that bring novel treatment options to patients.
“Duke has been a good place to work in this field,” said Clarke. “The residency and fellowship programs, have helped expose me to many outstanding investigators and clinicians.”
As chief resident, Clarke will be focused on the day-to-day operations of the hospital. His days will be punctuated by daily, after-lunch case conferences and evening meetings to discuss new patient admissions and care plans. In between, he’ll be teaching, organizing residents, and when he can, eating and sleeping.
Clarke lives in Durham with his wife Shannon, who is a grants administrator within the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinfomatics at Duke. He knows this next year will be unlike any other in his medical training. Though the schedule can be grueling, he said he’s very excited to work with the next crop of chief residents.
“This year will be a lot of fun, and I can’t wait to work with Jason and Nicole,” said Clarke, referring to fellow chiefs Jason Webb, MD, and Nicole Greyshock, MD.
“We all have a lot to learn and contribute,” Clarke said.