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Suzanne Woods, MD

Program Director and

Section Chief

Fall 2017 Newsletter

Duke Medicine-Pediatrics

Greetings from Duke!

This is the final time I will

be sending my greetings

from our Med-Peds pro-

gram as I transition to a

new opportunity.

The Duke Med-Peds pro-

gram was started in 1986

by Dr. Ralph Corey. Lead-

ership was a combined ef-

fort by both categorical

program directors. Since

then we have enjoyed tre-

mendous success with the

recruitment of outstanding

trainees and are currently in

the midst of our 33rd season

of applicants. We have

graduated 135 residents to

date and I am proud to stay

I worked with the last 83 as

program director! While

perhaps biased, I believe

we have one of the top com-

bined medicine pediatrics

training programs in the

country and have excelled

in the retention of many

graduates over recent years.

When I joined the faculty I

was the first combined MP

physician to practice com-

bined disciplines at Duke.

We now celebrate many

Med-Peds faculty who con-

tribute to the missions of

our health system – from

clinical work in primary

care, hospital medicine and

subspecialty practice, to

education at the UME and

GME levels, to research

efforts in a variety of fields

and advocacy locally and

globally.

I strongly believe the people

– collaborative, supportive

and hard-working, paired

with a rigorous training

environment affording ex-

posure to a broad range of

patients, diverse cultures

and variety of disease com-

positions, make us stand out

as a place to train and work.

These features are what

attracted me to Duke in

1994 as I embarked on my

residency and what has kept

me at Duke all of these years.

As I contemplate my upcom-

ing transition outside of

Duke, I will certainly miss

the people and the patients. I

have accepted a position with

the American Board of Pedi-

atrics as the Vice President

for Credentialing and Exam

Administration. I am very

much looking forward to this

opportunity as it will have a

host of new challenges and

experiences. The people at

the ABP are wonderful and

their mission to promote ex-

cellent standards of care that

result in the delivery of high

quality care to all patients is

line with my own principles.

I believe strongly in honesty,

integrity, transparency, con-

sistency and clear communi-

cation as those of you have

worked with me know are

my core values.

There are many outstanding

people I have worked with

over the years at Duke and I

am thankful for the wonder-

ful experiences I have en-

joyed. I have had many de-

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Suzanne Woods, continued

partmental chairs, col-

leagues in the clinical and

education programs, stu-

dents, residents and staff

assistants who have

taught me a great deal,

and whose friendship I

have benefited from

greatly. I will certainly

miss the current residents

and I wish them all great

success both personally

and professionally in the

future.

Thanks to Ralph Corey

who trusted the transition

of the Med Peds program

leadership to Tom and

me and I enjoyed being

in this role for 16 years

ago. Thanks also to Den-

nis Clements who al-

lowed me the autonomy

to bring my visions of a

Med Peds clinic, faculty

section and a truly com-

bined joint ambulatory

practice come to fruition.

Thanks to all of the won-

derful graduates I have

worked with over the

years and I trust the pro-

gram to the able leader-

ship of two of them, Jane

Trinh and Colby Feeney.

And most of all, I thank

my family. My parents

who gave me the initial

support to pursue a career

I desired. Chris, Max

(16yo) and Ella (15yo in

Dec) have been support-

ive of all of my endeav-

ors over the years. Their

support in my transition

means the most to me.

Given the ABP is located

in Chapel Hill, we will

not be moving as we love

Durham!

Go Duke!

Duke Med-Peds, Class of 2017

Med-Peds Graduation Dinner 2017

Amy Lee at Pediatric Hospital Medicine Meeting

Matthew McCulloch at NC Pediatric Society Meeting

Amy Lee (2017) and Ben Mouser (2014) at Pedi-

atric Hospital Medicine Meeting

New Additions to the Med-Peds Family

Apara Dave (2012) and husband Jitin had a baby boy, Shaylan Davé Asnaani, on November 25, 2016, who big brother Sahil.

Abigail Mai and Madeline Thu were born to Lisa Nguyen (2010) and Evan Kransdorf on June 6, 2017.

Dominic Paul was born on August 19 to John Paul (2018) and Melanie Shoup, joining sisters Abigail and Catherine.

Shiv Shankar was born on August 21 to Ruchi (2021) and Subhash Doshi. Theo was born on September 17, 2017 to Ashley Naughton (2019) and Andy

Hickey. Tessa Inez was born to Elizabeth (2017) and Matt Kotzen on September 23,

2017.

Graduate Updates Suzanne Woods (1998) was awarded the prestigious Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award (awarded to program directors) from the ACGME which will be presented at the 2018 ACGME National Conference in Orlando, FL.

Carolyn Avery (2013) will take on a new role as the Associate Medical Director for Duke Children’s Primary Care at Roxboro Road.

She will coordinate with the department’s operations team, and work with her colleagues in pediatric primary care and the medicine-

pediatrics primary care section as we develop plans for a new regional PDC ambulatory site in north Durham.

Sima Pendharkar (2012) has been named the Division Chief of Hospital Medicine at the Brooklyn Hospital which is a Mount Sinai

Affiliated Hospital. She has been recognized by the New York Economic Development Commission with a 50k grant towards my

healthcare company Valeet Healthcare. She has also been named one of the top 10 ACP Hospitalists for 2017, and recently published this

thought provoking article: http://www.sgim.org/File%20Library/SGIM/Resource%20Library/Forum/2017/SGIM-October-2017_04.pdf.

Jordan Awerbach (2014) has returned to Duke as an adult congenital cardiology fellow. He has already collaborated with a medicine resident and Dr. Bashore to be awarded an oral presentation at the AHA meeting.

Shailesh Balasubramanian (2014) was awarded the Directors Award from Cornell, which is from the Program Director, and is given to someone who goes above and beyond in their contribution to the program and the residents.

Jamie Fox (2003) has had a number of recent accolades. First, he was selected as one of the recipients of the 2017 Duke Faculty Professionalism Award for the Practice Course. His project idea “Close the Loop“ was 1 of 2 projects chosen as the first ever “Cool Idea Think Tank” at the Association of Pediatrics Program Director’s (APPD) meeting in September 2017. In addition, Jamie was named a 2017 Duke AHEAD fellow at the annual Duke AHEAD meeting in October 2017. His group was awarded funding by Duke AHEAD for the project “Identifying Key Virtues among Health Professions that are Vital for Patient Care.”

Andrea Shaw (2013) has recently joined the faculty at Upstate Medical University, SUNY, and oversees refugee care delivery in the Department of Pediatrics. Her practice is a mix of 9 months of local global health with the refugees in the area, and 3 months of international global health in East Africa. See her video:

http://blogs.upstate.edu/healthlinkonair/2017/05/05/she-provides-health-care-to-refugee-children/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=she-provides-health-care-to-refugee-children

Apara Dave (2012) is now an infectious disease physician at Exeter Hospital/Core Physicians medical director for the Seacoast Travel Clinic in Exeter, NH.

Kristin Ito (2003) was named a Presidential Leadership Scholar for 2017 for her work with underserved adolescents in Durham, NC. The Presidential Leadership Scholars program enhances the impact of leaders who are creating change in their communities, our Nation, and the world, and was through a collaboration of the presidential centers of George W. Bush, William J. Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Lyndon B. Johnson. Scholars will travel to each participating presidential center to learn from former presidents, key administration officials, and leading academics. They will study and put into practice varying approaches to leadership, develop a network of peers, and exchange ideas with mentors and others who can help them make an impact in their communities.

Alyssa Stephany (2008) was named a Senior Fellow of Hospital Medicine this year, and is currently Division Chief of Hospital Medicine at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.

Ben Mouser (2014) was selected for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières.

Rebecca Sadun (2014) received the Clinician Scholar Educator Award from the Rheumatology Research Foundation of the American College of Rheumatology. This is a 3 year career development award to support research in education and training.

Jennifer L. Taylor-Cousar, (2002) M.D., Anne Munck, M.D., Edward F. McKone, M.D., et al. Tezacaftor–Ivacaftor in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis Homozygous for Phe508del. N Engl J Med 2017; 377:2013-2023. CONGRATS on the first author paper!

Duke Med-Peds Fall 2017 Newsletter

Meet the Class of 2021 Margaret DeOliveira

came to Duke in June

from Cooper Medical

School of Rowan Uni-

versity, in Philadelphia,

PA. She grew up in

Berkeley Heights, NJ,

and went to undergrad at

Moravian College. Dur-

ing medical school,

Marge was active in her

community, working

with the Cooper Rowan

Clinic as a founding

student and board mem-

ber, and with the Girls

Scouts STEM Program,

as well as bringing an

IHI Open School Chap-

ter to her school. Marge

enjoys soccer, taking

Polaroid pictures, and

trying new foods!

The Duke Med-Peds Residency Fund

This fund supports our current Med-Peds residents in a variety of educational

experiences, including participation in research projects, attendance at national

meetings, preparation and presentation of scholarly work, global health opportunities

and involvement in community outreach programs.

Please consider making a contribution online at SupportMedTraining.duke.edu and

clicking Combined Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program from the list, or send a check

to Duke Health Development Office, Attn. Duke Med-Peds Residency Fund, 710 W.

Main Street, Suite 200, Durham, NC 27701.

Ruchi Doshi grew up

in San Jose, CA. She

did her undergraduate

degree at Rice Universi-

ty, and went to Johns

Hopkins for her medical

school training and

MPH. At Hopkins,

Ruchi was very in-

volved in research, spe-

cifically around com-

mercial weight loss pro-

grams and metabolic

outcomes. She was also

active in the Hopkins

College System, and

student preceptor and

admissions programs.

Ruchi and her husband

Subhash just welcomed

son Shiv on August 21.

She enjoys hiking and

baking in her spare time.

Henry Foote is from

West Newton, MA. He

attended Yale for his

undergraduate studies,

and then came to NC,

where he first work in a

lab at Duke for 2 years,

before completing medi-

cal school at UNC.

Henry continued to re-

main active in research

at UNC working on 3D

modeling for cancer

tissue, and participated

in the SHAC Communi-

ty Center in Chapel Hill.

Henry has participated

in many intramural

sports teams, so Turkey

Bowl and the faculty

resident BB game may

be in his future while he

is at Duke!

Margaret DeOliveira Ruchi Doshi Henry Foote

New Interns!

We are no longer interns!

(MP2’s now)

Class of 2021, continued Claudia Leung grew up in

Voorhees, NJ. She spent the last

9 years in Chicago at Northwest-

ern, for her undergraduate and

medical degrees, although one of

those years was predominantly in

Eldoret, Kenya as a Doris Duke

International Clinical Research

Fellow, with a Duke Cardiology

faculty member. In addition,

Claudia worked in Bolivia look-

ing at cancer care for women.

While in Chicago, she advocated

for improved health among low

income communities. Claudia

enjoys photography and singing.

Duke Med-Peds Fall 2017 Newsletter

Monty Natour is from Lynchburg,

VA. He is a “Dukie” at heart having

been a Blue Devil for undergrad.

Monty completed medical school at

Virginia Commonwealth University.

In Richmond, he worked with first

year medical students to help pre-

pare them for clinical rotations, and

was active in the admission process.

Monty enjoys violin, weight lifting

and gaming. He has already discov-

ered (and rediscovered) some great

things about Durham: NanoTaco,

affordability, and lack of traffic!

Ask him about his 0.99 books on

Kindle!

Claudia Leung Monty Natour Austin Wesevich

Check out the great column from Duke Pedia-tricians in the Raleigh News and Observer!

The authors are Drs. Ganga Moorthy, Ann Reed, Avital Fischer, Debi Best, Ellie Erickson, Govind Krishnan (med-peds resident) and Richard Chung (former med-peds resident and adolescent faculty, and med-peds support-er). The American Health Care Act threatens health cov-erage for children. As pediatricians, we work to combat childhood illnesses and promote well-being. Health-insurance coverage ensures that we can provide needed services to the youngest and most vulnerable among us, even in the face of complex social and structural barriers and disparities. Full column: http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article154171749.html

Austin’s article about

starting internship:

http://in-housestaff.org/

blood-thicker-water-duke-

blue-877

Austin Wesevich grew up in San

Antonio, TX. He completed his

undergraduate and graduate studies

at Washington University, where he

earned his medical degree and

MPH. Austin was a Doris Duke

Clinical Research Fellow in Mala-

wi, and also spend time in Zambia

and Uganda. Austin wrote for in-

training.org about his experiences

in Malawi, and will continue his

writing skills in the partner website

in-house.org and highlight “the

Med-Peds Bunch.” Austin enjoys

music, sports, and travel.

Duke Med-Peds Fall 2017 Newsletter

Congratulations

Laura Miller was named one of the co-chairs of the Resident as Teacher Committee for Pediatrics.

John Paul Shoup has been selected to serve as the Durham VA Medical Center chief resident for quality improvement and patient safety for 2018-19. He was also awarded a Medicine Stead Resident

Research Grant (with faculty mentor Joel Boggan (Duke MP 2013) for “Improving Resident Provided Primary Care through Population Health Tools.”

Ashley Hanlon received a Medicine Faculty Research Grant. Mentor: Gretchen Kimmick.

Project Title: Androgen deprivation therapy and its associated cardiovascular mortality: When do risks outweigh

benefits?

Med-Peds Representatives to Medicine Residency Council Ashley Hanlon and Govind Krishnan

Duke GME High Value Care Competition Grant

Kathleen Bishop, Charlotte Gamble, Govind Krishnan, David Fuller, Jane Trinh, and John Schmidt. Improving HPV vaccination in a gynecology and primary care clinic.

John Paul Shoup, Azalea Kim, Benjamin Ranard, Andrea Long and Joel Boggan. Improving the Value of Resident-Provided Primary Care through Population Health Tools: A Quality Improvement Project

NC Pediatrics Society Annual Meeting Posters, August 18-20, 2017, Asheville, NC

Cohen S, Pelletier J, Hanlon A, Ladd J, Feeney C, Shaikh S, Parente V. Improved resident

participation in safety reporting: the experience of the Duke Pediatric Residency Safety Council.

Childers J, Ross E, Woodruff K, Helseth A, Belt T, and Parente V. Teenage recreation or CNS demyelination?

Ruf R, Legault E, and Bordley WC. Idiopathic pericarditis manifesting as shoulder pain in an adolescent.

Moorthy G, McCulloch M, Mooneyham G, and Woods S. An atypical presentation of anorexia nervosa.

Other scholarly activity: Amy Lee, Jane Trinh, and Suzanne Woods. A Disappearing Act: Where Did my Blood Vessels Go? Pediatric Hospital Medicine (Nashville, TN), July 20-23, 2017. Leung C, Naert M, Andama B, et al. A Human-Centered Design Approach to Develop a Microfinance and Group Medical Visit Model for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Western Kenya (BIGPIC Study). American Heart Association; November 11-15, 2017; Anaheim, CA.

Leung C, Naert M, Andama B, et al. Microfinance and group care: A human-centered design approach for non-communicable disease in western Kenya. Annual Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health Conference; December 4-6, 2017; Arlington, VA.

Govind Krishnan, Suzanne Woods; Jane Trinh. Recurrence of Henoch-Schonlein Purpura (HSP) in an Adult with Concomitant Clostridium difficile Infection. North Carolina Society of Hospital Medicine Meeting (Cary, NC), October 12, 2017.

2017 END OF YEAR AWARDS LeCoq Award for Best SAR Talk Award (Medicine)

Amy Lee Best SAR Talk Award (Pediatrics)

Bimal Patel Department of Pediatrics Medical Student Teaching Award

Ashley Hanlon John Paul Shoup

NICU Award Laura Miller

Deborah Kredich Teaching Award Amy Lee

William Bell Award for Best Catch Matthew Turissini

Trainee News

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Suzanne Woods, MD

Ashley Bowes

Duke Med-Peds Residency

Program

Ashley Bowes

DUMC Box 3127

Durham, NC 27704

Ashley.bowes@duke.edu

We welcome Ashley as our

new Duke Med-Peds

Program Coordinator!