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Joanna Cavalier

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Hospital Medicine

Overview


I am an academic hospitalist at Duke University Hospital. My clinical work focuses on care of hospitalized adults with complex medical issues. I also perform general medicine procedures such as lumbar punctures, thoracenteses, paracenteses, and the placement of central venous catheters. Outside of my clinical work, I serve as the Associate Medical Director for the Digital Strategy Office (DSO) at Duke. In this role, I help lead digital health work at Duke, including virtual care, eVisits, remote patient monitoring, virtual nursing, self-scheduling, MyChart, patient reported outcomes, and other initiatives within the DSO. My research focuses on the real-world impact of our digital health interventions for patients. I am also interested in cost of care and care delivery redesign.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of Medicine · 2024 - Present Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Medicine

Recent Publications


A Case of Dacrystic Seizure in a 72-Year-Old Man

Journal Article Annals of Internal Medicine Clinical Cases · January 1, 2026 Dacrystic seizures are rare, stereotyped episodes of ictal crying. We describe a 72-year-old man with recurrent crying spells, initially attributed to orthostatic hypotension with psychogenic episodes. Electroencephalography monitoring captured interictal ... Full text Cite

A Centralized Virtual Care Support Model for Improved Telehealth Operational Outcomes.

Journal Article Nejm Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery · October 1, 2025 As telehealth achieves a steady state in the post-Covid-19 pandemic health care landscape, health systems require operational models that can support clinicians across service lines. The authors describe a highly successful case study of a centralized tele ... Full text Cite

Ethics in Patient Preferences for Artificial Intelligence-Drafted Responses to Electronic Messages.

Journal Article JAMA Netw Open · March 3, 2025 IMPORTANCE: The rise of patient messages sent to clinicians via a patient portal has directly led to physician burnout and dissatisfaction, prompting uptake of artificial intelligence (AI) to alleviate this burden. It is important to understand patient pre ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School of Medicine · 2019 M.D.