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Despite wide deployment of post-discharge patient contact strategies and the promise these modes hold for transfers of information and care while avoiding costly subsequent care, many unanswered questions remain about their effectiveness on key health care outcomes. Dr. Joel Boggan shares some enlightening answers in a systematic review of the topic published recently in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Two Duke Department of Medicine faculty members, physician-scientists Opeyemi A. Olabisi, MD, PhD, and Tomokazu Souma, MD, PhD, are among the 2025 researchers elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), one of the nation’s oldest medical honor societies.

For Leena Shahla, MD, pituitary disorders are more than medical conditions—they're complex puzzles that require precise diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. “As I realized the significant impact of the pituitary on the endocrine system, I found the challenge of diagnosing and treating pituitary conditions fascinating,” she shared. This passion led her to specialize in pituitary disorders and, in July, to join the Duke Department of Medicine (DOM) as medical director of the Duke Pituitary Center.

Congratulations to the following faculty members for receiving these sponsored research awards

Sixty Duke University medical students joined Careers in Internal Medicine Interest Group (CIMIGro) — a student-run organization at Duke University School of Medicine whose purpose is to orient medical students to the field of internal medicine and its sub-specialties — and co-host, the Duke Department of Medicine Chair’s Office, at January’s Women in Medicine Panel at Parizade restaurant.

Gastroenterology fellow Zachary S. Lorsch, and Katherine Zhao, a hematology-oncology fellow in the Duke Department of Medicine (DOM) are recipients of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) 2025 Early-Career Awards.

The Internal Medicine Residency program in the Duke Department of Medicine aims to implement a “4 plus 4” structure to improve training experiences in ambulatory and consultative medicine.

Dr. Sonya Patel-Nguyen, assistant professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine and the Department of Pediatrics, has been selected as the Medicine sub-internship course director and associate director of Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) for the Duke Department of Medicine, effective July 1, 2025. She succeeds Dr. Jenny Van Kirk, assistant professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine, who has served in the role since 2019.

Researchers in the Duke Department of Medicine (DOM) are shedding new light on the intersection of social needs and medical care in a study on social determinants of health (SDOH) — disparate socia

Julie Steinbrink, MD, MHS, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, has received a more than $900,000 K23 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious