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Department of Medicine Faculty Meeting January 23, 2012

Department of Medicine Faculty Meeting January 23, 2012. Announcements Clinical Update Research Update. Announcements. BUSM graduation May 18 and 19 Parents in a Pinch service being discontinued because of low use Update on Searches GI Section Chief Geriatrics Section Chief

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Department of Medicine Faculty Meeting January 23, 2012

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  1. Department of Medicine Faculty MeetingJanuary 23, 2012 Announcements Clinical Update Research Update

  2. Announcements BUSM graduation May 18 and 19 Parents in a Pinch service being discontinued because of low use Update on Searches • GI Section Chief • Geriatrics Section Chief • Primary Care and HMU Director in GIM

  3. Announcements (con’t) Reminder: Massachusetts Board of Licensure has new requirements for CME in Pain Management and End of Life Care – completion required for all physicians renewing license after Feb 1, 2012 Reminder: BUSM Policy requires Chair approval for receiving honoraria from Industry-sponsored lectures or consultations

  4. Medical Grand Rounds January 27th – Joel B. Mason, MD. Professor of Medicine and Nutrition. Human Nutrition Research Center. Tufts University. “Folate and Cancer Risk: Unraveling a Complex Issue” February 3rd –Martin Samuels, MD. Tufts University Topic TBA February 10th – Jeffrey M. Drazen, MD, Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine. Distinguished Parker B. Frances Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. Adjunct Professor of Medicine, BUSM. “Two Hundred Years of Medical Advances” February 17th – Gopal Yadavalli, MD. Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, BUSM Topic TBA

  5. Faculty Development and Diversity • Walk and Talk • Matt Russell (Wed. 1/25, 5:30 p.m., meet in L-building lobby) • Jane Liebschutz and Sharon Levine (Thurs. 2/16, 12:00 p.m., meet in L-building lobby) • Faculty Friday Social • 1/27, 4:00-6:00 p.m., Wilkins Board Room • 2/17 4:00-6:00 p.m., Wilkins Board Room • Seminar: Turning Quality Projects into Scholarship • Saul Weingart, MD, PhD, VP for Patient Safety, Dana-Farber • Mon. 2/13, 12:00 p.m., Wilkins Board Room • Academy for Faculty Advancement • Mentoring program for early career faculty • Information sessions Mon. 2/6 (12:00 p.m. Robinson 2501) and Wed. 2/8 (12:00 p.m. 650 Albany St., Room 714) • http://www.bumc.bu.edu/facdev-medicine/mentoring/ecfdp/

  6. Education Update Attendings needed for General Medicine Ward Teams in April and May!! Intern interviews ending soon-thank you to the many faculty who have participated!! Fellowships being reviewed by the department in anticipation of possible reductions in BMC support Ashish Upadhyay, M.D. joining the residency program as Associate Program Director in February Residents completing ACGME survey in anticipation of ACGME site visit in late spring 2012

  7. Kudos! Raj Krishnamurthy, M.D. appointed Medical Director of the BMC Management Services Organization Jane Liebschutz, M.D. appointed Chair of the BMC Wellness Committee AND 2012 Community Clinician of the Year from the Suffolk County Medical Society Jeffrey Samet, M.D., appointed President American Board of Addiction Medicine Richard Cohen, M.D. recipient of the 2012 Paul M. Vanhoutte Lectureship in Vascular Pharmacology Frank Farraye, M.D. named one of America’s top 125 Gastroenterologists by Becker’s ASC Review Winnie Suen, M.D. selected by the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services as one of the country’s 73 “Innovation Advisors”

  8. Budget Update Finance Committee working on proposal for budget methodology for 2012-13 and for clinical productivity targets Discussions underway with BMC regarding CARTS Budgeting Methodology Budget planning for next year underway-will work with Non-clinical sections initially Financial performance YTD in AY 2012 ahead of budget but December showed decrease in wRVU’s and flat collections compared to December 2011

  9. Research Update YTD research funding ahead of 2011-12 for BUSM grants and behind 2011-12 for BMC grants Planning continuing for Metabolomics core Income from existing cores running ahead of budget New Director of High Throughput Screening Core – Tom Grammatopoulos New Director of Coulter Foundation Office appointed- Alessandra Pavesio Co-funding of salary gap for K (and K-equivalent) recipients between DOM and sections starting this year

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