Main Fellowship Affiliation

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist / Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Section on Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism

Location

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Main Contact Name

Hima Bindu Darapu, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine; Program Director, Diabetes Fellowship; Program

Director, Endocrinology Fellowship

Main Contact Phone

336-713-7251

Main Contact Email

hima.darapu@wfusm.edu

Program History

The Wake Forest Diabetes Fellowship is a newly established, sponsored training program created to meet the growing need for physicians with advanced expertise in diabetes care. The program is housed within the long-standing Section on Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, which has a decades-long reputation for excellence in diabetes research, innovation, and patient care. Wake Forest has been a recognized leader in diabetes management, supported by a multidisciplinary Diabetes and Endocrinology Center and a strong history of training residents, endocrine fellows, and physician-scientists.

This fellowship was designed to train board-certified or board-eligible physicians to become diabetes specialists. Trainees will gain expertise in glycemic management, prevention and treatment of diabetes complications, and advanced diabetes technology, an area of rapidly growing importance for both providers and patients. The program seeks to build a sustained pipeline of physicians skilled in comprehensive inpatient and outpatient diabetes management and emerging diabetes technologies.

Program Curriculum

• Comprehensive outpatient exposure to complex patients with diabetes in both adult endocrine clinic and pediatric diabetes clinic

• Elective rotations in specialized environments including weight management, lipid clinic, diabetes in pregnancy clinic, ophthalmology, wound care/vascular

• Elective rotations focused on health equity and care for underserved populations with diabetes

• Involvement in weekly didactic sessions through the section of endocrinology

• Expectation for fellows to attend and present work at the American Diabetes Association Annual Meeting with funding available to support travel

• Opportunities for fellows to present formal didactic education at Endocrine Grand Rounds as well as informal education to residents and medical students on inpatient endocrinology service

Application process/dates:

Applications are accepted for each upcoming academic year.

Application Opens: September 1

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. To ensure priority consideration, early submission is strongly encouraged.

Fellowship Start Date: July 1 each year.

Applicants should submit below information to hima.darapu@wfusm.edu and

Alisha.Baggett@wfusm.edu

1. CV

2. Personal statement

3. Two letters of recommendation

Fellowship Dates:

Program Duration: 1 year

Start Date: July 1 of each academic year

End Date: June 30 of the following year

Notification Dates:

Decisions are typically communicated between February and March each year, depending on the interview schedule.