Department of Medicine Faculty Meeting
November 16, 2011Announcements
Education, Research Clinical UpdatesResearch Computing Update
Centennial Celebration Planning Update
Announcements
BMC Strategic Plan releasedFaculty Practice Plan negotiating with BMC regarding
CARTS Model for Institutional SupportUpdate regarding Section Chief searches in Geriatrics
and GIDepartment’s Graduate Program in Molecular
Medicine to be refined with more translational emphasis– Name to be changed to Graduate Program in
Translational Biomedicine– Linda Hyman chairing an implementation committee
Announcements (con’t)BMC recruiting Physician Leader for the Wellness
Program – Contact Dr. Tom Barber if interestedFinance Committee being established- volunteers
sought– Refine methodology for distribution of departmental
funds to the sections– Refine clinical performance targets
Department financial performance in QI– Actual ($0.3 m)– Budget ($1.2 m)
Faculty Development Seminar
Team-Based ScienceVasan Ramachandran, MD
Tuesday, December 6, 2011Wilkins Board Room
12:00-1:00 p.m.lunch served
Medical Grand RoundsNov 18: Is Hyperinsulinemia the Cause of Diabetes?
Barbara Corkey, PhDNov 25 – No Grand Rounds
Dec 2 Co-Morbidities of COPD: Chance or FateBartolome Celli, M.DLecturer in Medicine, Harvard Medical SchoolBrigham & Women’s Hospital
Dec 9 AIDS: Panel DiscussionModerator: Jerrold Ellner, M.D.Discussants: Jon Fuller, Meg Sullivan
Dec 16 Clinical Problem Solving CaseModerator: Robert Lowe, M.D.
Kudos
To be Appointed on November 29, 2011, 3:30-5:00 pm at 670 Albany Auditorium (RSVP by Nov. 18 to [email protected] or 617-638-4570)
– Barbara Corkey, Ph.D. appointed Zoltan Kohn Professor of Medicine
– Avi Spira, M.D. will be appointed the Alexander Graham Bell Professor of Health Care Entrepeneurship
More Kudos
Richard Saitz, M.D. will receive the R. Brinkley Smithers Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Society of Addiction Medicine
Eric Hardt, M.D. received the Provider of the Year Award from the International Medical Interpreters Association
Education Update
Intern recruitment interviews started November 14, 2011 – Interviewers sought
New Associate Program Director recruited- Ashish Upadhyay, M.D. (to start Jan 2012)
Three house staff retreats successfully completed this fall
New Residency Program Administrative Director recruited- Lauralee Dubois (to start Dec 2011)
New Research Funding by YearDepartment of Medicine ($m)
Number of New Research GrantsDepartment of Medicine
Faculty SurveyDOM funded Research Activities
Clinical BenchResearchers 51 49
% Time on Research 78 93
Major Findings:1. >80% find Evans Days, Evans Center/ARC’s, First Step Programs, cores to
be useful2. Some differences in usefulness of cores between clinical and bench
investigators3. Pilot Grants and Bridge Funding programs are very popular with >90%4. Social activities (DIM Sum, Evans Dinner, Summer Picnic) more variable
in appeal
Clinical Update
Volume– wRVU’s up 4%– Visits up 6%– Discharges down 3.5%
Primary Care Redesign InitiativeDOM Inpatient Attg Documentation – 88%Review of IT System by BMC underway shortlyJoe Camillus hired to direct BMC Business
Development
Clinical Update wRVU Targets
YTD financial performance of the dept much better than budget
Salary reductions in 2012-13 based on whether faculty reach wRVU targets in 2011-12 will NOT be enacted
Finance Committee will offer recommendations regarding compensation models and productivity targets
Evans Centennial Celebration
Friday, October 5, 2012• 9:00-12:00 Poster display and judging• 1:00-3:00 Looking Back, Moving Forward– Mayor Tom Menino– Kate Walsh– Karen Antman– Changes in treatments (hypertension, HIV, amyloidosis)– Changes in research (Barbara Corkey, Katya Ravid)
• 3:00-4:00 Campus tours• 6:00 Section and residency dinners
Saturday, October 6, 2012• 9:00-9:45 Evans Then and Now• Aram Chobanian, Wilkins Visiting Professor
• 10:00-12:00 Training Clinicians in Urban Healthcare – Louis Sullivan– Harvey Fineberg– Thomas Nasca
• 12:00-2:00 Creating a Sustainable Healthcare System– Governor Deval Patrick– Donald Berwick (or Maureen Bisognano)– David Blumenthal– Glenn Hackbarth
Saturday, October 6, 2012 cont’d.
• 3:00-5:00 Enhancing Translational Research– Francis Collins, Ingelfinger Visiting Professor– Joseph Loscalzo– Framingham Heart Study – NHLBI director
• 7:00 Gala dinner at MFA– Recognize past chairs, donors, and award winners