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From the Director

Countdown to Stead Tread! We are fully in September now and the big race is just a few weeks away!

Dr. Cooney invites all faculty and trainees to join in-person for this Friday's Medicine Grand Rounds

In this new role for Duke University Hospital, Dr. Bae will join the hospital as a member of the senior leadership team with the responsibility to set the overall clinical direction, leadership, and operational management of quality and safety programs of Duke University Hospital.

The study will look at the use of pharmacogenetic testing in clinical settings, which has not been widely implemented at this point, to identify driving factors of higher and lower utilization. 

We are pleased to announce that Kevin Shah, MD, MBA, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine in the division of General Internal Medicine (GIM), effective September 1, 2022. Dr. Shah was also recently named interim Chief Medical Officer of Duke Primary Care, overseeing the continuum of work after John Anderson, MD, left this role in July.

In this role Ward will serve as the faculty lead for current and future School of Medicine (SoM) faculty development programs including Leadership Development for Researchers (LEADER); Academic Leadership, Innovation, and Collaborative Engagement (ALICE); and the Duke Clinical Leadership Program (DCLP).

The Duke Precision Medicine Program will bring proven precision medicine technologies from the basic science portfolio to the clinical setting through both research and clinical programs

From the Director

Closing in on the month of September! Lots of fun at the intern retreat (thanks Dr.

Skorton will visit Duke to present, "Advancing DEI in Academic Medicine: Its Critical Importance and the Role We All Must Play."  

The series kicks off October 25, 2:00-4:30pm. Sessions will continue approximately monthly.