Intervention Helps Clinicians Meet Guidelines for Prescribing Diabetes, Heart Drugs
Neha Pagidipati, MD, and Christopher Granger, MD, are co-authors on the recent study
Keisha Bentley-Edwards & Chris Beyrer Featured Faculty March 9 — Dean’s Distinguished Research Series
Keisha Bentley-Edwards, PhD, and Chris Beyrer, MD, MPH, with groundbreaking research this Thurs., March 9 at the School of Medicine’s Dean’s Distinguished Research Series
Less-extensive Surgery as Effective as Lobectomy in Early Lung Cancer, Study Finds
Thomas Stinchcombe, MD, a professor of medicine in the Division of Medical Oncology is a co-senior author on the study
Aimee Zaas, Cathy O’Neill Elected New AAIM Counselors
The Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) promotes the advancement and professional development of its members who prepare the next generation of internal medicine physicians and leaders through education, research, engagement, and collaboration.
Duke Health Selected to Help Move Health Research Into Clinical Practice
Led by Richard P. Shannon, M.D, Duke Health senior vice president and chief quality officer, the Duke Quality System aims to provide “perfect patient care,” a concept that not only includes providing timely, evidence-based patient care, but also ensuring that the care is done right the first time, without defects, waste, or inequity.
Registration Open: Duke AHEAD Education Day
Open to all faculty, students, and staff interested in health professions education.
Medicine Programs Earn ACGME Continued Accreditation
The department has many GME training programs, 20 of which are ACGME-accredited programs that undergo annual ACGME review.
Two Med-Psych Residents Receive 2023 James H. Carter, Sr. Community Service Award
Ryan Slauer, MD, a fourth-year internal medicine-psychiatry resident, and Lynette Staplefoote-Boynton, MD, MPH, a third-year internal medicine-psychiatry resident, have received this year’s James H. Carter, Sr. Community Service Award.
Duke EKG Machines Undergo an Upgrade, Thanks to Trainees
All was quiet at 4 a.m. in the Duke University Medical Center Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) as trainees Connor Craig, MD, (PGY-3), Emory Buck, MD, (PGY 3) and aspiring cardiologist Mark Brahier, MD, an intern, routinely went about their duties—until Craig noticed something.
Thomas Owens Named EVP and COO of Duke University Health System
Owens succeeds Craig Albanese, M.D., who was recently named chief executive officer of DUHS. Both will begin their new roles on April 1, 2023.