Duke Palliative Care celebrates 25 years
The 25-year celebration for Duke Palliative Care took place on May 19 and brought out hundreds of people to the Karsh Alumni and Visitors Center to celebrate the achievements and partnerships of Duke Palliative Care, bid farewell to the retiring Dr. Tony Galanos, and share a vision for the future of the Duke Center for Palliative Care.
In the words of Dr. Galanos, founder of the service in 1998, “We have gone from making the case to being the case”.
Duke HPM Fellowship Alumni Spotlight: Joshua Barclay, MD, MS, MSHR, FACP
Joshua Barclay and his daughter
Duke HPM Fellowship Alumni Spotlight: Adrienne Klement, M.D.
Adrienne Klement and her husband, Mitchell
Adrienne Klement, M.D.
GIM Faculty Spotlight: Neha Kayastha. MD
Neha Kayastha, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in GIM. She is a palliative care physician and medical educator who takes care of patients with serious illnesses, primarily in the hospital. Learn more about her in our interview below.
Volunteers in Palliative Care: Duke Leading at the Frontier
Duke Palliative Care has grown a great deal over the last 15 years. The program started as a scrappy offshoot from Geriatrics, with Tony Galanos, MD, and Jennifer Gentry, NP, beginning to change the culture.
GIM Welcomes 9 New Members
We are proud to announce 9 faculty and staff members that have recently joined the Division of General Internal Medicine
2023-2024 SEEDS Scholarly Projects Announced
A highlight of the SEEDS program each year is the projects that are selected for publication or presentation. The Department of Medicine is proud to announce our 2023-2024 project winners, Drs. Willard Applefeld, Ann Cameron Barr, Dan Loriaux, Emily Sanders, Ilia Shadrin, and Rachel V. White. These projects offer innovative measures that will further strengthen our curriculum.
Moving Medicine Forward: Dr. Shariff Receives Community Cancer Centers Innovators Award
Afreen Shariff, MD, assistant professor in the division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition, has been selected by the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) as a 2023 Innovator Award recipient for her work on the effectiveness of electronic consults for immune-related endocrine toxicities.
Transformational Leader Quinn Capers, MD, to Deliver June 16 Greenfield Lecture
Academic medicine transformation leader Quinn Capers, IV, MD, the Rody P. Cox Professor of Internal Medicine (Cardiology) and associate dean for faculty at the University of Texas Southwest School of Medicine, will deliver the June 16 Greenfield lecture.
The event will be held in person only beginning at 8 a.m. in Duke North, 2002. Breakfast will be served outside of the room starting at 7:45am.
Announcing the 2023 DOM Administrative Award Winners
The Department of Medicine is delighted to announce the winners of our 2023 Administrative Awards. Please join us in thanking them for their hard work and for demonstrating Duke's values.
Gagliardi Promoted to Associate Dean for Learning Environment and Well-Being
Jane Gagliardi, MD, MHS, has been promoted to associate dean for Learning Environment and Well-being in the School of Medicine.
2023 Resident Research Day Features Califf Research Award Winners
The Department of Medicine’s 2023 Resident Research Day, held Friday, May 19, featured presentations from this year’s Califf Research Award winners followed by a poster presentation with 18 entrants.
GIM Division Update with Interim Chief Dr. William Yancy
By William Yancy, MD
Interim Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine
The Division of General Internal Medicine at Duke strives to improve adult patient, family, community, and population health through exemplary patient care, education, and research. Perhaps most importantly, we have maintained core values of excellence, integrity, kindness, and commitment to health and health equity for our patients and our communities.
Berg, Joshi, and McDonald to Receive 2023 DOM Master Clinician Awards
The Department of Medicine (DOM) is pleased to announce the recipients of the annual Master Clinician Award, Carl Berg, MD, Sangeeta Joshi, MD, MBBS, and Shelley McDonald, DO, PhD.
Dr. Wilder Leads Three-Year Study to Improve Health Literacy in Underserved Communities
Dr. Julius Wilder will lead a three-year investigational health equity patient education study to examine how diverse populations respond to various patient-education tactics such as print, digital, and video, with the goal of identifying the most effective methods and communication infrastructures for communicating relevant and important health information to diverse communities.
Crawford, Diehl, Weinberg Receive Department of Medicine 2023 Career Achievement Awards
The Department of Medicine (DOM) is pleased to announce the 2023 recipients of the annual Department of Medicine Career Achievement Award: Jeffrey Crawford, MD, Louis Diehl, MD, and