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Amy Abernethy, MD, PhD, adjunct professor of medicine (Medical Oncology) and a Duke University School of Medicine alumna, has been appointed the FDA’s new principal deputy commissioner of food and drugs.  Her appointment will begin early next year.

Catch up with the Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program by reading the weekly newsletter for Dec. 17, 2018.

The division of General Internal Medicine gathered at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens to celebrate the holiday season

We were delighted to receive this interview with Dr. Azalea Kim, a new DGIM faculty member in 2018.

The following faculty received funding awards in November 2018.

Catch up with the Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program by reading the weekly newsletter for Dec. 10, 2018.

Oh what fun, the DGIM holiday celebration is this week! You don't want to miss it! The celebration will take place this Thursday, December 13th from 4:30-7:30 PM.

The Duke Division of General Internal Medicine journal club met December 4th at the home of GIM Assistant Professor,

Melissa Daubert, MD, assistant professor of medicine (Cardiology), has received one of four 2018 Carolinas Collaborative Grant awards to examine the postpartum care received by pregnant women with hypertensive disorders.

A study led by Mitchell Horwitz, MD, professor of medicine (Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy), has found that umbilical cord blood stem cells that are cultured and expanded outside the body before being used for bone marrow transplant in adult blood cancer patients appear safe and restore blood count recovery faster than standard cord blood. The findings advance efforts to improve cord blood use among adults who have been diagnosed with blood cancers.