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Pearls from 1/26/21 Medicine LEADS

The Jan. 26, 2021 session of Duke Medicine LEADS featured J. Bryan Sexton, PhD, presenting "Bite-Sized Coping During Times of Uncertainty."

Chudgar to serve as assistant dean for clinical education in School of Medicine

The Duke University School of Medicine has announced that Saumil Chudgar, MD, MS, associate professor of medicine (General Internal Medicine) has been selected as the new Assistant Dean for Clinical Education for the School of Medicine. He will be responsible for overseeing the clinical education program, while working closely with the rest of our medical education team. 

Save the date Feb. 3: Juanita Merchant to present inaugural Joanne A. P. Wilson Lecture

​The Duke Division of Gastroenterology is proud to present the inaugural Joanne A. P. Wilson Lecture. The newly established annual lecture honors Joanne A. P. Wilson, MD, professor of medicine (Gastroenterology). 

The inaugural lecture will be given by Juanita Merchant, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and Chief of Division of Gastroenterology at the University Of Arizona College Of Medicine on Wed., Feb. 3 at 5 p.m. 

COVID-19 hospital medicine update

The Duke hospital medicine team continues to play a key role in helping treat patients with COVID-19 infection and develop hospital-based processes and policies to keep staff safe.

Pearls from 1/19/21 Medicine LEADS

The Jan. 19, 2021 session of Duke Medicine LEADS featured a discussion led by Jonathan Fischer, MD, "The Art and Science of Effective Family Meetings."

Palliative Care experts, Kristen Lakis, MDiv, MSW, LCSW; Rev. Artie Hendricks, MDiv, ThM, BCC; Tara Coleman, PA-C; and Delani Mann-Johnson, MD, weighed in for the diagnostic reasoning and discussion.