Category: Staff and Faculty Spotlights

Faculty Spotlight: Christopher Hostler, MD, MPH

Maybe you’ve seen this face around Duke. You may recognize him as the guy who likes to rep the USA in his flag suit at the Durham VA every once in a while (see photos to left for proof), but we know him as Christopher Hostler, MD, MPH, husband, father of two, huge fan of Army football, and …

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Faculty Spotlight: Margaret Humphreys, MD, PhD

Dr. Waite, Dr. Paat, Dr. Meredith, we know you are a few who remember Dr. Humphreys in her clinical practice with GIM. She’s still a member of our faculty. We believe everyone in our division will be impressed to know “the rest of the story.” How long have you been at Duke?

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Faculty Spotlight: Stephen Telloni, MD

Meet Dr. Stephen Telloni, a DUH hospitalist since finishing his residency in 2013. Learn what this former Chief Resident from UNC shares about choosing his career and check out his life balance – sports, medicine, and family. Is that photo already a Duke blue shirt? Get to know Steve through our interview and, better yet, we hope you’ll meet him …

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Faculty Spotlight: David Simel, MD

Duke is practically a second home for Dr. David Simel and we are so grateful to have all those years of experience influencing so many – our students, residents, colleagues, even internationally as he mentors others since1994 becoming the Editor of the JAMA Rational Clinical Examination Series! Here are the questions we asked Dr. Simel. How long have you been …

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Dr. Bae named Associate CMO for DUHS

Congratulations to Dr. Jonathan Bae who has assumed a new role in quality as the DUHS Associate Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for Patient Safety and Clinical Quality. The new position was announced recently by the Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Tom Owens, also a member of our Division of general internal medicine. Dr. Bae will help set the quality agenda …

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Faculty Spotlight: Nina Sperber, PhD

Our GIM Spotlight is on Nina Sperber, PhD, a health services researcher with a focus on using qualitative and mixed methods. However, reading her story you will learn interesting facts. Going back post-college she worked as an “urban archeologist” and more recently she is finding investigative intrigue as an implementation researcher. Here are the questions we asked, …

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Faculty Spotlight: Aubrey Jolly Graham, MD

This week’s Spotlight is about Aubrey Jolly Graham, MD, a hospitalist and medical educator who came to Duke ten years ago for her Internal Medicine Residency and has stayed with us ever since. Hear how she balances being a hospitalist, educator, wife, mother of four, and even finds time to volunteer! How long have you been at Duke? …

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Faculty Spotlight – Adia Ross, MD, MHA

This week we present the career path of Dr. Adia Ross. She’s experiencing several very exciting professional roles and gives us all some resources about stress in the workplace, especially valuable for this season of the year.

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Meet Program Director Megan Churchill

-How long have you been at Duke? How long have you been in the Division? What did you do before coming to the Division? I have worked at Duke since 2008 and have been with the Division for just 2 weeks. I started at Duke Regional Hospital working on the Adult Medicine Floor assisting 3 …

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Meet New GIM Staff Assistant, Robin Byrd!

Robin Byrd is a recent addition to our GIM team! She will be taking over for Nancy Thomasson, who is counting down the days until retirement (her last day will be December 18). Here is a little more about Robin:   How long have you been at Duke? How long have you been in the …

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