News

We are pleased to announce the acceptance of Dr. Patrick Hemming to the WELL (Wellness Engaged Longitudinal Leaders) Program, which builds a community of “Wellness Champions”, from GIM and other primary care fields, who can improve worklife conditions at their home institution as well as take their knowledge to other institutions facing stress and burnout.

Dr. Kevin A. Schulman's 1999 publication in The New England Journal of Medicine was recently selected as one of the 50 most influential papers of the last 50 years by the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at The University of Pennsylvania. The paper discussed the effect of racial and gender bias on clinical decision making. Read more and watch a brief video.

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Grace Lee, MD, medical instructor in the Division of Hematology, has been selected to participate in the American Society of Hematology's 2017 Translational Research Training in Hematology Program.

Katie Garman, MD, assistant professor of medicine (Gastroenterology), has been selected to participate in the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Future Leaders Program. 

Catch up with the Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program by reading the weekly newsletter for Feb. 27, 2017.

Leonor Corsino, MD, to receive an award from NIDDK Network of Minority Health Research Investigators (NMRI) recognizing her many years of significant service, contribution and loyalty to the NMRI.

A low-cost program for maintaining weight loss. That’s what our DGIM researchers learned and published February 21, 2017, online in the prestigious medical journal, the Annals of Internal Medicine. The senior author, Dr. Will Yancy, Jr., is joined by 8 others from Duke, plus one formerly from Duke, the paper’s first author, Dr. Corinne Voils.

Adam Perlman, MD, has recently accepted a position to develop a next generation well-being center near Charleston, South Carolina, with a company called Journey; he will be the CEO and Co-Founder. He still plans on staying connected with Duke though, and will continue as an adjunct associate professor as well as lead the Leadership Program for Integrative Health that he developed here at Duke. 

Clarissa Diamantidis, MD, is known for her passion for clinical research about health disparities and access to care. In the most recent issue of Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease (ACKD) our division is honored to see Dr. Diamantidis as a guest editor.