News

Last week the Department of Medicine delivered news of the Chief Resident selections for 2019-2020 and we are thrilled to see that two have chosen to follow careers in general internal medicine!

School of Medicine Office for Faculty Development has announced the next class in its ALICE program, a leadership development opportunity for mid-career women faculty in the School of Medicine. Five participants in the next class are from the Department of Medicine.

Health IT: Empowering General Internists to Lead Digital Innovation, that's what this years's annual meeting of the Society of General Internal Medicine is about.

We are proud to show off the work Dr. Paul Lantos, a member of general internal medicine and a researcher in pediatric infectious diseases

Eric Velazquez, MD, has been appointed as chief of the Section of Cardiovascular Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine, Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and Physician-in-Chief of the Heart and Vascular Center for the Yale-New Haven Health System, effective June 4, 2018.

Catch up with the Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program by reading the weekly newsletter for Jan. 15, 2018.

Joseph Lunyera and Clarissa Diamantidis, published important work about psychosocial factors and kidney health in Black Americans in CJASN 

Joseph Rogers, MD, interim chair of the department, Aimee Zaas, MD, MHS, program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and David Simel, MD, vice chair for Veterans Affairs, have announced the Chief Residents for the 2019-2020 academic year.

Duke study, led by Keith Sullivan, MD, shows stem cell transplant is better than drug therapy for scleroderma. The research was published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Jan. 4.

The School of Medicine Office for Faculty and Office of Diversity and Inclusion will host a special lecture with Joan Y. Reede, MD, MS, MPH, MBA, Dean for Diversity and Community Partnership at Harvard Medical School, from 12-1 p.m. on Fri., Jan. 26.