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A VCAG Update: Arora Discusses New Tools to Enhance Endoscopy Procedures

November 30, 2021
The effectiveness of endoscopy procedures often depends as much on what happens before the patient comes in for the exam聽as it does on the skill of the provider.聽Inadequate preparation can lead to the canceling of procedures, rescheduling and repeating of tests. This not only costs money, it inconveniences the patient....

Rosen Receives Duke Endowment Award to Enhance NC FIT, a Partnership Program Serving the Formerly Incarcerated

November 30, 2021
David Rosen, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases,聽is principal investigator of a study that will review the聽North Carolina Formerly Incarcerated Transition (NC FIT) Program, funded by a three-year Duke Endowment Award. Founded in 2018 by Evan Ashkin, MD, professor of family medicine, NC FIT...

Undergraduate Medical Education News and Updates

November 29, 2021
Hello all, It has been a couple of months since we sent a UME update. We hope you all have been doing well. As you聽might know, we have come to the end of fellowship interviews (Match Day is December 1), while interviews for the Internal Medicine Residency have just started....

Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation Awards Cardiology Research Team 3-Year Grant to Improve Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Care

November 29, 2021
A 黑料网 Division of Cardiology research team led by Anil Gehi, MD, the聽Sewell Family-McAllister Distinguished Professor of Medicine, has been awarded a three-year, $1.1 million dollar grant from the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation to improving atrial fibrillation (AF) care in the community. Building on prior work, Gehi and the team...

Corbie-Smith Co-Authors Opinion Article on Data Inclusivity

November 29, 2021
Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc,聽Kenan Distinguished Professor in Departments of Medicine and Social Medicine, and Director of the 黑料网 Center for Health Equity Research, has co-authored an opinion piece for STAT with Warren Kibbe of the Duke Cancer Institute, calling for engaging communities 鈥渁round how and why data affect them.鈥 Read...

Department of Medicine Faculty in the News, Week of November 19-24

November 29, 2021
The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets, which featured Department of Medicine faculty during the past week, starting Friday November 19, 2021. COVID-19 boosters for all adults could come by the weekend 鈥 Dr. David Wohl (WNCT-TV) Time to return to normal? A California doctor says yes...

InsideTraCS with Emily Pfaff, PhD

November 29, 2021
Emily Pfaff, PhD, MS, assistant professor in the division of endocrinology and metabolism, is co-director of Informatics and Data Science at NC TraCS. She has a PhD in Health Informatics and a master鈥檚 in Information Science, both from 黑料网. Her primary expertise and research interests are in 鈥渃omputable phenotyping鈥 and...

Arora Appointed Vice Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

November 28, 2021
Shifali Arora, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the聽division of gastroenterology and hepatology was recently named vice-chief of clinical operations for the division. 鈥淲e are fortunate Dr. Arora is willing to serve in this important role,鈥 said Nick Shaheen, MD, chief of the division of gastroenterology and hepatology. 鈥淪he ran...

Berkowitz Receives R01 Grant to Help Advance Health Equity in Type 2 Diabetes Care

November 16, 2021
A research team led by Seth A. Berkowitz, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the division of general medicine and clinical epidemiology, has received a five-year, nearly $3 million R01 award from the U.S. National Institutes of Health to better understand how addressing health-related social needs improves health outcomes for people...

Phase 3 Data Show Monoclonal Antibodies Provide long-term Protection Against COVID-19

November 16, 2021
A single dose of REGEN-COV, a combination monoclonal antibody therapy, reduced the risk of COVID-19 by 81.6% several months after a single dose. 黑料网鈥檚 Myron Cohen, MD, leads monoclonal antibody research efforts as part of the NIH-sponsored COVID Prevention Network. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced additional positive results...

Newsworthy from the Department of Medicine, Week of November 5 鈥 11

November 16, 2021
The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets and feature Department of Medicine faculty during the past week, starting Friday, November 5, 2021. COVID-19 treatments are not vaccine replacements. Here鈥檚 why 鈥 Dr. David Wohl (ArcaMax Publishing) Is Type 2 Diabetes Ready for CGM? 鈥 Dr. Laura Young...

Newsworthy from the Department of Medicine, Week of October 29 鈥 November 4

November 16, 2021
The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets and feature 黑料网 Department of Medicine聽faculty, starting Friday, November 4, 2021. What every parent should know about Halloween safety | Four 2 Five 鈥 Dr. Emily Sickbert-Bennett (MSN.com) Food Allergy Families Seek Out Hard-to-Find Immunotherapy 鈥 Dr. Edwin Kim (WebMD)...