Overview
Chief, Medical Service, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Appropriateness of diagnostic test use, including not just traditional laboratory and radiographic tests, but also the clinical examination. Editor of the "Rational Clinical Examination Series" published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Metaanalysis of diagnostic test studies
Appropriateness of diagnostic test use, including not just traditional laboratory and radiographic tests, but also the clinical examination. Editor of the "Rational Clinical Examination Series" published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Metaanalysis of diagnostic test studies
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor Emeritus of Medicine
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2023 - Present
Medicine, General Internal Medicine,
Medicine
Vice-Chair for Veterans Affairs in the Department of Medicine
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2007 - Present
Medicine,
Clinical Science Departments
Recent Publications
Audit-and-Feedback Utilizing Resident Consensus Standards Reduced Daily Labs.
Journal Article J Grad Med Educ · June 2025 Background The Choosing Wisely campaign recommends that clinicians avoid repetitive laboratory testing in hospitalized patients who have clinical and laboratory stability; however, it is unclear how physicians define laboratory stability, or how they adher ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteHistory and Physical Examination
Chapter · January 1, 2023 The clinical examination provides data that are part of a scientific inquiry and is also an important social ritual that establishes and maintains a relationship between the physician and patient. As part of a scientific inquiry, the physician should focus ... Full text CiteDoes This Patient With Acute Infectious Conjunctivitis Have a Bacterial Infection?: The Rational Clinical Examination Systematic Review.
Journal Article JAMA · June 14, 2022 IMPORTANCE: Acute infectious conjunctivitis is characterized by ocular redness and discharge, and is a common clinical entity. Evidence-based tools to aid the clinical diagnosis of viral vs bacterial conjunctivitis are lacking and may contribute to overpre ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Clinical Practice Guidelines On Chronic Pain: Headache
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1994 - 1998View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Duke University ·
1990
M.S.
Duke University ·
1980
M.D.