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Saumil Mahendra Chudgar

Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Hospital Medicine
DUMC Box 3534, Durham, NC 27710
Duke Hospital North Room 8277A, DUMC 3534, Durham, NC 27710

Overview


Medical Education
Assessment of Clinical Skills
Clinical Reasoning
Simulation
Curriculum Development

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of Medicine · 2023 - Present Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Medicine

Recent Publications


Validity Evidence for Using Virtual, Interactive Patient Encounters to Teach and Assess Clinical Reasoning for First-Year Medical Students.

Journal Article Acad Med · April 1, 2025 PURPOSE: Despite universal agreement on the importance of clinical reasoning skills, inadequate curricular attention to these skills remains a problem. To facilitate integration of clinical reasoning instruction and assessment into the preclerkship phase, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Concurrent sarcoidosis and metastatic lung cancer in a patient with ring-enhancing brain lesions.

Journal Article BMJ Case Rep · October 30, 2024 This case discusses a male in his 40s with no prior medical history who presented to the emergency room with headaches and blurred vision and was found to have ring-enhancing lesions on brain MRI. Chest imaging revealed bilateral pulmonary nodules with a d ... Full text Link to item Cite

Outcomes of the Internal Medicine Supplemental Application: Preliminary Data on the 2022-2023 Match.

Journal Article Cureus · January 2024 INTRODUCTION: Preference signaling (program signals and geographic preference divisions) was introduced as a component of the supplemental application forĀ internal medicine applicants applying to programs within the United States (USA) during the 2021-22 c ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Evaluation of Virtual Interactive Platform in Enhancing Diagnostic Reasoning and Improving Diagnostic Accuracy

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Medical Association Foundation · 2018 - 2019

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of New England · 2013 M.S.
Duke University · 2005 M.D.