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How do you communicate information to a clinic that includes around 10 non-clinical staff, 10 nurses/medical assistants, 70 residents, 6 attendings, multiple preceptors, and numerous clinicians from many other disciplines?  That’s been an on-going discussion at the DOC and now the team is trying something new! 

Catch up with the Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program by reading the weekly newsletter for Sept. 5, 2017.

The following providers in the Department of Medicine joined the Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC) in July, as reported by the PDC Physician Integration Office.

Don't forget: NIH Loan Repayment Programs application cycle is open now through Nov. 15.

Important information and dates for the Society of General Internal Medicine 2018 (SGIM18) Annual Meeting and the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM)

Virginia Wang, PhD, Clarissa Diamantidis, MD, et al. authored a recent research article in BMC Nephrology entitled, Minding the gap and overlap: a literature review of fragmentation of primary care for chronic dialysis patients. The paper looks at the collaboration and communication of primary care physicians (PCPs) and nephrologists in patients with end-stage renal disease. 

Congratulations to Yousuf Zafar, MD, MHS, associate professor of medicine (Medical Oncology), for his election in the Duke University School of Medicine chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society as faculty for Fall 2017.

Clinician researcher, Kevin Shah, MD, isn't new to Duke GIM, but he did recently transition to a regular rank faculty member in the division. Learn more about him in our interview!

Catch up with the Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program by reading the weekly newsletter for Aug. 28, 2017.

With global collaborations, laboratory studies and blood samples taken where the trouble is, infectious disease specialist Steve Taylor, MD, collaborates widely to battle lethal malaria. The aim is to better prevent, treat, and generally disable an illness caused by one-cell parasites that excel at moving from mosquitoes to people and back again, producing a loop of infection.