ACGME Approves Accreditation of Rural Training Track of Family Medicine Residency
A new Duke Health training program aimed at meeting primary care shortage needs in rural North Carolina has been approved by the ACGME Residency Review Committee. Now accredited, the program will enter the 2021 National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Main Residency Match® with two spots.
Alexa Namba, DO, HS'19, on Training at Duke Primary Care Oxford
Alexa Namba, DO, HS'19, is currently a physician at Duke Primary Care Oxford and a medical instructor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. She graduated from the Duke Family Medicine Residency in 2019 and held a continuity clinic at Duke Primary Care Oxford as a second- and third-year resident.
Nadine Barrett, Ph.D., to Lead Duke Project Studying Health Concerns of Local Black Community
Duke University has been awarded a Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award to study the health concerns most important to the local Black community, particularly as they relate to COVID-19.
Family Medicine Co-Chief Resident Karen Scherr, M.D., Ph.D., Named National Clinician Scholar
Family Medicine Co-Chief Resident Karen Scherr, M.D., Ph.D., has been named a Duke National Clinician Scholar for the 2021-2023
Thomas O. Brock, III, Ph.D., DABT, Former Director of Toxicology Program, Retires from Duke
Thomas O. Brock, III, Ph.D., DABT, the former director of the Duke Toxicology Program, is retiring after 29 years with Duke.
Sara Mazzarelli, MHS, PA-C, and Greg Sawin, M.D., MPH, Join Clinical Team at Duke Family Medicine Center
Duke Family Medicine Center will soon welcome new providers to the clinic. Sara Mazzarelli, MHS, PA-C, and Greg Sawin, M.D., MPH, have been caring for patients at Duke Family Medicine North Duke Street alongside Medical Director Brian Halstater M.D.
Eleven N.C. Clinicians Complete Primary Care Training and Enhancement Preceptor Development Mini-Fellowship led by Duke PA Program
Eleven North Carolina clinicians—also preceptors to Duke University medical, nursing and PA students—completed a Primary Care Training and Enhancement Program Faculty Development Mini-Fellowship, o
Two Medical Students Awarded Scholarships to Implement Community Projects
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Meet Melissa Nicole Burnside, M.D., MHS
Melissa Nicole Burnside, M.D., MHS, joins the department as a National Clinician Scholar. She earned a B.A. in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University in 2007, an MHS in Environmental Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2008, and an M.D., from The Ohio State University College of Medicine in 2016.
Meet Satish Subramaniam, M.D., MBBS, MPH
Welcome Satish Subramaniam, M.D., MBBS, MPH, assistant professor of family medicine and community health. Subramaniam earned his MBBS from Bharathiar University (India), his M.D. from Eastern Virginia Medical School, and his MPH from University of Washington. He completed a residency in family medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School, and a fellowship in occupational medicine at University of Washington. He is double-board certified in family medicine and occupational medicine.