3/9/17: SoM Core Day
The School of Medicine will hold its annual Core Day event from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Thur., March 9, in the Great Hall of the Trent Semans Center.
Meet your chief resident: Matthew Atkins, MD
Matthew Atkins, MD, is the 2016-17 chief resident for quality improvement and patient safety at the Durham VA Medical Center. In this role, Dr. Atkins studies quality improvement and patient safety and teaches it to Duke internal medicine residents by leading conferences, involving residents in quality improvement projects and working with the residency program’s patient safety quality council. Atkins also works on quality improvement initiatives at the Durham VA.
Learn more about Atkins’s work in quality improvement, his role as chief resident and how he came to Duke University.
Duke Palliative Care announces 3 new leadership positions
David Casarett, MD, MA, chief of Palliative Care and professor of medicine, recently announced the creation of three leadership roles in Duke Palliative Care, which will position the program to take advantage of the numerous clinical, research, and education opportunities in Duke Health.
New tool walks investigators through the research process
The Department of Medicine's Research Administration team has launched a new section of medicine.duke.edu focused on helping faculty through the grant writing and administrating process.
Internal Medicine Residency News, February 6, 2017
Catch up with the Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program by reading the weekly newsletter for Feb. 6, 2017.
Duke Heart Pulse - Feb 5, 2017
Mary Klotman – New Dean Duke School of Medicine
Dr. Mary Klotman was named the Dean of the Duke School of Medicine. The announcement found here captures Dr.
Implications of lung cancer screening - complexity and policy
Recently, a large group led by Linda Kinsinger, MD, DGIM adjunct professor, and senior author, George Jackson, PhD, DGIM Associate Professor, published an Online First in JAMA Internal Medicine — “Implementation of Lung Cancer Screening in the Veterans Health Administration.”
Faculty + Resident meet and greet
Join the GIM faculty and resident "meet and greet" breakfast before Medicine Grand Rounds on February 24th!
Faculty Spotlight: Amy Corneli, PhD
Meet Amy Corneli, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine. Before coming to Duke General Internal Medicine a year and a half ago, most of her research was conducted outside of the U.S., primarily sub-Saharan Africa but also in the Middle East and Asia. Her main area of expertise has been biomedical HIV Prevention. Get to know more about Dr.Corneli in our interview.