Debra Whiteheart, MHS, PA-C, Named Assistant Medical Director of Duke Family Medicine Center
Debra Whiteheart, MHS, PA-C, has been named assistant medical director of Duke Family Medicine Center, effective immediately. Whiteheart is a 2008 graduate of the Duke Physician Assistant Program, and has worked with the clinic since 2009.
Faculty Everett, Morgan Co-Authors on PAEA Article of the Year
A paper co-authored by Chris Everett, Ph.D, MPH, PA-C, and Perri Morgan, Ph.D., PA-C, won Article of the Year at the PAEA Education Forum in Washington, D.C., on O
Judith Holder, Ph.D., M.S., Director of Occupational Mental Health Programs, Retires From Duke
Judith Holder, Ph.D., M.S., director of occupational mental health programs for the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health’s Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, has ret
Meet Libby Carver, DNP, FNP-BC
Libby Carver, DNP, FNP-BC, joined the Department of Family Medicine & Community Health this summer as a clinician working in the Duke Employee Occupational Health & Wellness clinic. She earned her family nurse practitioner certificate from Duke University in 2018, her Doctorate of Nursing Practice from Gardner-Webb University in 2015, a Master in Clinical Research Management from Duke University in 2002, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1998.
Class of 2019 Family Medicine Residents Honored at Graduation
On June 15, the Duke Family Medicine Residency Program celebrated its 2019 family medicine graduates — Anna Afonso, M.D., MPH; Jessica Lapinski, DO; Alexa Mieses, M.D., MPH; Alexa Namba, DO, MPH; and Mansi Shah, M.D.
Meet Sara Sawka Mazzarelli, MHS, PA-C
Sara Sawka Mazzarelli, MHS, PA-C, joined the department in this spring as a PA seeing patients at Duke Family Medicine North Duke Street. Mazzarelli graduated from the Duke Physician Assistant Program in 2013, and earned her BA in Biological Sciences from Mount Holyoke College in 2009.
Cara Hall, M.D., Named Family Medicine Chief Resident for 2019-20 Academic Year
Family Medicine chief resident and resident leaders have been announced for the 2019-20 academic year.
Nick Hudak, Melinda Blazar, April Stouder Receive PAEA STAR Program Recognition
Nick Hudak, MSEd, MPA, PA-C; Melinda Blazar, MHS, PA-C; April Stouder, MHS, PA-C; and Duke colleaugue Nancy Knudsen, M.D., were recognized by PAEA's Support to Advance Research (STAR) Program.
Faculty Profile: Lavanya Vasudevan, PhD, MPH
Lavanya Vasudevan, PhD, MPH, assistant professor, earned her Master of Public Health from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and her doctorate in molecular biology and genetics from Cornell University. She is currently a Duke Clinical and Translational Sciences Award KL2 Scholar.
Faculty Profile: Anh Tran, PhD, MPH
Anh Tran, PhD, MPH, assistant professor, is vice chief of education for the Division of Community Health, and serves as program director for the Duke-Johnson & Johnson Nurse Leadership Prog