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Duke University Hospital Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine)

Fellowship · Durham, NC

Sponsored by Duke University Hospital · Directors Mitchell Tod Heflin and Serena P Wong

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Class size
4
PGY-4 salary
$80k2026 to 2027

Red flags

  • Seats left open in the Match. In 2 of the last 5 Matches, too few applicants ranked it to fill its seats.
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Getting in

The Match, seats filled

20225/5
20235/5
20245/5
20252/5
20261/4

Who started, by class

Started 20263 on record of 4 seats · 1 published before starting
  • Swapna GangasaniSt Mary's General Hospital2 papers · 1 case report · 1 review
  • Monica GobrialUniversity of Louisville School of Medicine
  • Rebecca VassalloUNC Health Blue Ridge
Started 20243 on record of 5 seats · 1 published before starting
  • Silpa KumarWhite River Health System1 paper
  • Juyoung KimUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
  • Mohana PartheebanWright Center for Graduate Medical Education

Training

7 training sites. Graduates on record most often went on to hospice and palliative medicine.

Months at each site

  • Croasdaile Village Retirement Community12 mo
  • Forest at Duke12 mo
  • Duke University Hospital6 mo
  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Durham)4 mo
  • Duke HomeCare & Hospice0 mo
  • Hock Family Pavilion0 mo

Where graduates went next

  • Hospice And Palliative Medicine Fellowship2
  • Cytopathology Fellowship1
  • Medical Oncology Fellowship1
  • Nephrology Fellowship1

Where graduates work now

  • Duke University4
  • Duke University Hospital3
  • University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals2
  • Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine2
  • Cape Fear Valley Health System1
  • Deaconess Associations Inc1

Research

33% of current fellows have a paper since 2023

1 of 3, 2 papers between them

  • Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

People

Leadership

  • Mitchell Tod HeflinDirector, Advanced Fellowship Program
  • Serena P WongProgram Director
  • Collin Elizabeth BurksAssociate Program Director
  • Chelsea PerfectCo-Director, The GET Clinic Rotation

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Faculty, fellows, graduates and the people fellows publish with.

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  • NephrologyPositions: 10
  • Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care MedicinePositions: 18
  • RheumatologyPositions: 6
  • Sleep Medicine (Multidisciplinary)Positions: 2
  • Transplant HepatologyPositions: 1

Place

Summers reach 89°, winters fall to 29°. About 5 inches of snow a year.

Weather by month

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Commute

376k people live within 20 minutes of Duke University Hospital by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $1,520 a month within 10 miles of Duke University Hospital.

Hazards

  • Tornadoes
  • Lightning
  • Strong wind
  • Ice storms