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Fatima Zahara Syed

Fatima Zahara Syed

Associate Professor of Medicine
Medicine, General Internal Medicine
fatima.syed@duke.edu
501 Douglas Street, Durham, NC 27705
4220 N Roxboro St, Durham, NC 27704

Scholarly Works

A Novel Curricular Thread on Native and Indigenous Health: Fostering Cultural Competency in Preclerkship Medical Students.

Journal article J Health Care Poor Underserved · 2026 Native patients face persistent health disparities and barriers to care, yet medical education has historically lacked content addressing these issues. To bridge this gap, the Duke University School of Medicine integrated a Native health thread into its fi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Real-world treatment patterns of patients with major depressive disorder treated with Auvelity in the United States.

Journal article J Med Econ · 2024 AIMS: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a prevalent, chronic disorder. Auvelity (dextromethorphan-bupropion) is a novel, oral N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist and sigma-1 receptor agonist approved (August 2022) by the FDA for treating MDD i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus.

Journal article Ann Intern Med · March 2022 Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is an endocrine disorder in which pancreatic β cells stop producing insulin, typically due to autoimmune destruction. This results in hyperglycemia and ketosis; thus, insulin replacement is vital to management. Incidence pea ... Full text Link to item Cite