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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 Duke 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

Recent News Items


Published August 31, 2026
How Do We Humanize Medicine?
Published August 15, 2024
Narrative Medicine Treats the Whole Person, Not Just the Disease

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Recent Scholarly Works


Untold Stories: An Intervention to Rekindle Empathy in Medicine.

Journal article J Grad Med Educ · June 2026 BACKGROUND: Empathy is vitally important in graduate medical education (GME) but may be difficult to sustain amid competing clinical, educational, research, and administrative demands. Medical humanities interventions may foster reflection and perspective- ... Full text Link to item Cite

Stress cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in intermediate-risk emergency department patients with abnormal high-sensitivity troponin.

Journal article J Cardiovasc Magn Reson · 2025 BACKGROUND: Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with chest pain often have abnormal high-sensitivity troponin (hsTn). However, only about 5% have an acute coronary syndrome. We aimed to assess the safety, feasibility, and utility of a clin ... Full text Link to item Cite

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
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Education


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