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John David Ike

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Hospital Medicine
40 Duke Medicine Circle, Box 3534, Durham, NC 27710
Office hours By Appointment Only (email for availability)  

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of Medicine · 2024 - Present Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Medicine
Faculty Associate in the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, & History of Medicine · 2022 - Present Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine, Institutes and Centers

In the News


Published August 15, 2024
Narrative Medicine Treats the Whole Person, Not Just the Disease

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Recent Publications


Understanding Breast Cancer Images in Art History as a Form of Health Communication.

Journal Article J Health Commun · May 3, 2024 Can art and visual images meant for public consumption (museums, galleries, social media platforms) serve as a critical form of health communication for breast cancer patients? For their clinicians? For the population at large? Art history research methods ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of Arts Event Attendance With Cognitive Function Among Older Adults Enrolled in the Health and Retirement Study.

Journal Article Innov Aging · 2023 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Among the cognitively impaired, arts engagement is associated with improved neurocognitive symptoms. Less is known about arts engagement as a potentially modifiable lifestyle factor to prevent or slow cognitive decline. Our aim w ... Full text Link to item Cite

Quantitative metrics and psychometric scales in the visual art and medical education literature: a narrative review.

Journal Article Med Educ Online · December 2022 The authors conduct a narrative review of the quantitative observation metrics and psychometric scales utilized in the visual arts and medical education literature in order to provide medical educators with a 'toolkit' of quantitative metrics with which to ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Michigan, Ann Arbor · 2021 M.S.
Emory University, School of Medicine · 2017 M.D.
Davidson College · 2013 B.A.