Chief’s Message:  New Fellows and transitions of our Academic year

We hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July weekend with friends and family.  The weekend marks a celebration of our country and the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th 1776.  It’s a time of year when summer is in full swing – with families going to lakes, beaches, and mountains in respective parts of North Carolina to see fireworks and spend a few days potentially near water in the heat of the summer.  As the weekend comes to an end – we were blessed to have many national and regional celebrations providing us of the importance of the day.  Next year will be the 250th anniversary with many planned celebrations.

For those of us at University based Medical Centers (Academic Medical Centers – AMCs) like Duke, this time of year also marks the start of the next Academic year.  In addition to planning and working on new strategic initiatives for our research and clinical missions in these times, the weekend marks the transition to new cardiology, surgical, and anesthesia trainees.  In the cardiology fellowship, we welcome 10 new partners to our practice as we have them move through orientation – and quickly boot camp for cardiology.  This series during the month aims to get all of our colleagues and faculty on the same page for common clinical issues that we see in the in-patient and outpatient arena.  It’s an exciting time of year – with a few days of orientation and lectures and then working with our colleagues and fellows to help care of our patients.  Please find a photo of our new fellows with our Chief Fellow Anthony Lim and our program Director Anna Lisa Chamis.  Also included (left) are some photos of the boot camp with the Simulation lab work done on getting ready for our clinical services and procedures.  Thanks to all or our faculty, staff, and senior fellows and residents for supporting our new fellows, residents to our cardiology and CT and Vascular surgical teams.

Summer Reading:
With the extent of the weeks transitions and work – I won’t be providing this week’s review as I have not yet completed the book.  It is a great read, and for those of you wondering and possibly wanting to read it for the next week – its Genesis: Artificial Intelligence Hope, and the Human Spirit by Henry Kissinger, Craig Mundie, and Eric Schmidt.  Full report for this group next week

Bonus Photo:

Marat Fudim sent this photo of his son taking at three point shot at the Duke Basketball camp with Coach Jon Scheyer watching on.  Its a fun photo with lots of memories – as I know many of our faculty have had their kids go through this camp.  Our son went through 10 years ago in 2015. I told Marat that time flies and to enjoy the games in the evenings during the week.