The Duke Department of Medicine book club, led by GIM faculty member, Laura Caputo, MD, has been gaining attention and attendance since it started back in January of 2015. They have been meeting every 2-3 months since then and they cover a wide range of topics. The club is also open to all Duke faculty, fellows, and residents. …
The Division of General Internal Medicine welcomes David Casarett, MD, MA, as the new Chief of Palliative Care. Dr. Casarett relocated from the University of Pennsylvania where he was Professor of Medicine and Director of Hospice and Palliative Care. Dr. Casarett’s work focuses on improving systems of care for people with serious, life-threatening illnesses. He is the author …
Within three days, this online first by DGIM authors published in JAMA Surgery boasts an altmetric score of 120 — besides tweets, blogs, and facebook, there were 11 news outlets and this one by CBS News: “Do the benefits of weight-loss surgery really last?” The lead author is Dr.Matthew Maciejewski and the paper is “Bariatric Surgery and Long-term Durability …
We are excited to announce three new members of our Duke General Internal Medicine team: New Faculty Members Gerardo Alcazar, MD, is a Hospital Medicine Medical Instructor. Dr. Alcazar graduated from Baylor College of Medicine and completed internal medicine residency at the University of Arizona where he was also a Chief Resident, 2016-2017. He has joined …
Congratulations to the following faculty members who have received promotions in the division of General Internal Medicine. It gives me tremendous pleasure to announce several faculty member promotions to Associate Professor and Full Professor. As you know, these academic promotions mark faculty members’ scholarly achievements and are a hallmark of professional accomplishment in our …
In June, Dana Clifton, M.D. completed her combined Duke Medicine and Pediatrics residency and now launches her career in Hospital Medicine within Duke University Hospital. “I stayed at Duke because of the incredible faculty in the hospital medicine group,” says Clifton. “They are an impressive group of people.” Clifton is interested to be an academic hospitalist, a clinician educator. One of the main drivers behind …
Jane Kim, MD, MPH, is newly appointed as the Chief Consultant for Preventive Medicine in the Office of Patient Care Services for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).
Often, patients with chronic illnesses are prescribed a number of medications to take throughout their day, but experts suggest, close to half of those people don’t take their medications as directed by their doctors. A recent study published in Health Affairs suggested a possible fix: syncing up prescription refill timelines for patients who take multiple medications. Kaiser Health News followed up …
Keisha Bentley-Edwards, PhD, joined our division in July. She works at the DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity while also conducting research and assisting in the Duke Center for Community and Population Health Improvement. To get to know Dr. Bentley-Edwards a little more, we asked her the following questions: Where do you work? My office is located in the …
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