Division of Family Medicine Faculty First in School of Medicine to Move Into New Duke Health Clinical Practice Model
Faculty in the Division of Family Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine & Community Health have become the first to officially move into Duke Health’s new clinical practice model.
First Cohort of Primary Care Transformation Fellowship Finishes Program
The first cohort of fellows in the Duke Primary Care Transformation Fellowship have wrapped up their time in the program. The fellows participated in the program from July 2019 to June 2021 and took courses from Duke University School of Medicine’s MHS in Clinical Leadership, participated in QI training, seminar series, small group discussions, and worked with a mentor on a transformation project.
Meet Annie Dotson, M.D., MPH
Annie Dotson joined the clinical faculty of the Department of Family Medicine & Community Health on July 1, 2021. She received a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts from Florida State University in 2007, a Master of Science in Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2011, and her Doctor of Medicine from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 2015. Dotson completed family medicine residency at the University of New Mexico in 2018, and was the NRSA Primary Care Research Fellow at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 2021. Dotson will care for patients at Duke Family Medicine Center and Duke Regional Hospital.
Duke Johnson & Johnson Nurse Leadership Program Partners with Local Catering Company to Provide Meals to Nurses
The Duke-Johnson & Johnson Nurse Leadership Program recently partnered with the Durham-based Indulge Catering company to deliver boxed dinners to Duke Health nurses working at Wheels Fun Park i
Class of 2021 Family Medicine Residents Honored at Virtual Graduation
On June 18, 2021, the Duke Family Medicine Residency Program celebrated its 2021 family medicine graduates. The graduating residents and their next next steps are as follows:
One Year Later: Debra Whiteheart and John Ragsdale Reflect on Changes at Duke Family Medicine Center During the COVID Pandemic
Last year, we chronicled the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic from the eyes of those on the front lines in the Department of Family Medicine & Community Health. We recently caught up with two of those providers — Debra Whiteheart, MHS, PA-C, assistant medical director at Duke Family Medicine Center, and John Ragsdale, M.D., chief of the Division of Family Medicine and vice chair for clinical services in the Department of Family Medicine & Community Health — to see how things are going one year later.
Maggie Gradison, M.D., MHS-CL, Reflects on Her ‘Colorful Career’
After 27 years at Duke and a long career working in family medicine and occupational medicine, Maggie Gradison, M.D, MHS-CL, is ready to celebrate her retirement by driving to the
Family Medicine Residency Names Co-Chief Residents for 2021-22 Academic Year
Congratulations to Andrew Flynn, M.D., and Andrew Yuan
Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, M.D., FAAFP, to Receive Leadership Award from Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Foundation
Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, M.D., FAAFP, associate professor of family medicine and community health, is the 2020-21 recipient of the F. Marian Bishop Leadership Award from the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) Foundation.
Match Day 2021: Duke Family Medicine Residency Announces Match of 8 Interns
The Duke Family Medicine Residency Program announced today the eight medical students who will join the program in July as interns. Two will enter the residency's new Rural Training Track.