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Kenyon Railey, M.D., assistant professor of community and family medicine, has been selected by the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Institute of Medicine to the prestigious honor of membership.

Jeanna Bateson, MMS, PA-C, joined the department as a physician assistant in July and works at Duke Family Medicine Center. Bateson received her Master of Medical Science in 2015 from the Wake Forest School of Medicine Physician Assistant Program.

Natalie Tammen, MHS, PA-C, joined the department as a physician assistant in June and will be splitting her time between Duke Family Medicine Center and Walltown Neighborhood Clinic. Tammen is a 2017 alumna of the Duke Physician Assistant Program.

Natalie Tammen, MHS, PA-C, joined the department as a physician assistant in June and will be splitting her time between Duke Family Medicine Center and Walltown Neighborhood Clinic. Tammen is a 2017 alumna of the Duke Physician Assistant Program.

Duke Student Health has joined the Department of Community and Family Medicine as a division, effective July 1. Jointly supported by CFM and Duke University’s Division of Student Affairs, student health breaks the traditional mold for college health centers.

Melinda Blazar, MHS, PA-C, assistant professor of community and family medicine, has been named director of clinical education of the Duke Physician Assistant Program.

Jessica Lapinski, DO, rising third-year family medicine resident, is a recipient of the 2018 American Academy of Family Physicians Excellence in Graduate Medical Education Award.

On June 16, the Duke Family Medicine Residency Program recognized its 2018 graduates — Brian Blank, M.D.; Sam Fam, DO; Jonathan Hedrick, M.D.; Kenetra Hix, M.D., MPH; Jonathan Jimenez, M.D., MPH; and Everlyn Perez, M.D. — at a reception at the University Club.

Effective June 1, 2018, April Stouder, MHS, PA-C, asso

Some achievements and recognition for our faculty and staff this spring: