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Lunyera reports on American Society of Nephrology's Annual Kidney Week Meeting, which took place Tuesday, October 31 - Sunday, November 5, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.

On Oct. 20-21 at Hanes House, Duke Department of Medicine celebrated the Division of Infectious Disease’s 40th anniversary in a symposium that reviewed Duke Infectious Diseases’ infancy, years of research, and the division’s contributors over the years. The division was established in 1977 with David Durack, MD, MBBS as the first division chief for Infectious Diseases.

David Casarett, MD, section chief of Palliative Care, and Arif Kamal, MD, MHS, MBA, associate professor of medicine (Medical Oncology), are among 30 individuals who have been recognized by the American Academcy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine as "Visionaries in Hospice and Palliative Medicine."

Duke GIM has recently received two generous philanthropic gifts that will help accelerate our Division: one for the Duke Diet and Fitness Center and one for Duke Primary Care. 

Laura Svetkey, MD, professor of medicine (Nephrology), recently received the Diversity Award, one of Duke University's highest honors, in a ceremony led by President Vincent E. Price.

Don't forget: The School of Medicine will host Basic Science Day on Wed., Nov. 29, 2017, from 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Trent Semans Center.

Dr. Martha Adams tells us all about what took place at the AMIA 2017 annual symposium in Washington, DC.

Catch up with the Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program by reading the weekly newsletter for Nov. 6, 2017.

Registration is open for Making the Case, a hands-on, interactive program to learn the skills needed to transform an idea into a proposal. February 8, 15, 22, 8:30-10:30 a.m. Trent Semans Center Classroom 4.

GIM Professor of Medicine, John Williams, MD, MHS, co-authored a recent online first article in the Journal of General Internal Medicine entitled, Behavioral Health Integration into Primary Care: a Microsimulation of Financial Implications for Practices.