Department of Medicine December 18, 2015

Welcome New Faculty New Faculty since June, 2015 Michael Latreille GIM 6/1/15 Kat Cheung Nephrology 7/1/15 Scott Legunn Rheumatology 7/20/15 Sree Garapati Endocrinology 8/17/15 Lindsay Smith ID 8/17/15 Roger Ishac Cardiology 8/17/15 MaryEllen Antkowiak Pulmonary 9/7/15 Marios Prikis Nephrology 9/14/15 Kathryn Huggett Pulmonary 9/1/15 Eswar Tipirneni Hem/Onc 12/14/15

Faculty Who Will be Joining our Department Mario Velez GI 7/1/16 Gordon Jensen GI 1/1/16 Elvira Umyarova Hem/Onc 7/18/16 Krystine Spiess ID 6/15/16 Michael LaMantia GIM/Geriatrics 6/13/16

Congratulations: UVMMG Awardees CME Teacher of the Year Winner:                Glen Goldman   Finalists:               Jim Hebert, Bill Charash GME Teacher of the Year Winner:                Rebecca Wilcox Finalists:               Gino Trevisani Junior Investigator of the Year  Winners: Niki Sidoropoulos, Charlotte Tenebeck        Finalists: Andy Solomon, Josh Nickerson Senior Investigator of the Year Winner:  Philip Ades Finalists:  Mort Wasserman, Magdelena Naylor, Sally Herschorn

UVMMG Research Grant Awards Prema Menon and Margaret Tandoh: Improving Communication for Mechanically Ventilated Patients Peter Moses and Jessica Crothers: Fecal Microbiota Transplant and Oral Bacteriotherapy in Ulcerative Colitis

PCIM + Medicine=Department of Medicine Goals To unite all faculty in the Department of Medicine in a single health care service To increase the opportunities in clinical care, education and research through collaboration and a unified vision

New Members of the Teaching Academy Education New Members of the Teaching Academy Distinguished Educator: Kathryn Huggett, PhD., Professor, Medicine Member: Lynn Blevins, PhD., Assistant Professor, Medicine Isaura Menzies, M.D., Assistant Professor, Medicine Halle Sobel, M.D., Associate Professor, Medicine Protégé: Rachel McEntee, M.D., Chief Resident, Medicine  

Internal Medicine Residency Update Mark E. Pasanen, MD, FACP December 18, 2015

Recent successes Board pass rate: Fellowship Match: 2-year: 92% 3-year: 89% Fellowship Match: Jake Enser – Infectious Disease at UVM Jon Halevy – Cardiology at UVM Sherrie Khadanga – Cardiology at UVM Katie Menson – Pulmonary/Critical Care at UVM Ben Solomon – Hematology/Oncology at University of Utah Mathias Wacker – Nephrology at Tufts Excellent fellowship match here at UVMMC

ACP Poster Winners 2015 ACP Clinical Vignette Winners: A Novel Kidney-sparing Treatment for Oxalate Nephropathy in a Patient Status-post Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Jonathan B Wilfong, MD; Varun Agrawal, MD ACP Research Winner: What is the Impact of a Community Health Team on Diabetes Management in a Resident Clinic? Edward Dunbar, M.D., Sherrie Khadanga, M.D., Alan Howard, Halle Sobel, M.D.

Recruitment Nationally: Internal Medicine: UVMMC: 1.51 PGY1 positions for each US Senior 78% of US allopathic students get top 3 choice Internal Medicine: Categorical: 429 programs, 6770 positions 98.9% filled 49% US allopathic seniors 41% Foreign-Trained 7.5% Osteopathic graduates Primary Care: 60 programs, 341 positions 99.4% filled 60% filled with US allopathic seniors Applicants apply to ~ 30+ programs UVMMC: We’ve interviewed 233 applicants thus far, 3 more days to go Strong interest from UVM students

Thanks to all our Interviewers !!! Kemper Alston Mireille Anawati Molly Barry Jason Bartsch Maria Burnett Ryan Clouser Shaden Eldakar Nick Ferrentino Floh Foerg Eric Ganguly Garth Garrison Steve Grant Jon Halevy Mia Hockett Bill Hopkins Bob Lobel Carrie Lyon Rachel McEntee Prema Menon Cindy Noyes Kristin Pierce Rich Pinckney Mary Ramundo Allen Repp Halle Sobel Renee Stapleton Amy Teleron Joe Winget Polly Parsons Dave Schneider

Research

Department of Medicine Research Funding Summary UVM Research Funding (direct & indirect), FY09-FY15 Clinical Trials Funding (direct & indirect), FY12-FY15 Department of Medicine Research Funding, FY11-FY15 DOM:COM & DOM:COM&UVM Proportions of the Research Pie FY DOM $ COM $ DOM/COM % UVM $ DOM/UVM % FY11 $ 23,638,391 $ 77,601,740 30% $ 128,865,240 18% FY12 $ 19,276,712 $68,690,607 28% $ 129,439,813 15% FY13 $ 18,811,095 $ 67,788,912 $ 106,186,887 FY14 $ 15,283,026 $ 81,444,231 19% $ 128,095,848 12% FY15 $ 18,155,894 $ 81,098,981 22% $ 132,292,800 14% AVG $ 19,033,024 $ 75,324,894 25% $124,976,118

UVM Research Proposals Submitted by Department of Medicine Faculty in FY2015 (7/1/14-6/30/15) Total Proposals Submitted by Type, n=182 Proposal Status as of 12/1/15 New & Competitive Renewal Only, n=145 33% Unfunded Proposal Categories, n=84 50%

New Research Funding Announcements PI Project Title # Years Total Award Bates & Dixon R01: Non-Allergic Late-Onset Asthma of Obesity: Pathophysiology and Therapy 5 $ 2,900,000 Budd Vermont Center for Immunology and Infectious Diseases $ 5,836,252 R21: Structure and Ligand(s) for Human Synovial TCR-Gamma/Delta 2 $ 435,667 Huston Gates FDN: Using pharmacokinetic and efficacy studies of nitazoxanide and azithromycin to standardize the calf clinical model of cryptosporidiosis $ 806,449 Kirkpatrick Gates FDN: Improving Rotavirus Vaccination: Refining Correlates of Protection and Evaluating Durability 4 $ 3,300,000 Littenberg PCORI: Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care for Comorbid Behavioral and Medical Problems $ 18,500,000 Menon UVMMG Research Award 1 $ 50,000 UVM OVPR FISAR Award 1.5 $ 40,000 Moses Rincon R25: Fostering entrepreneurship in biomedical research $ 2,530,000 Rincon & Wu $ 39,427 Spees R01: Vascular Protection by HGF/IgG Protein Complexes That Activate RYK $ 1,619,374 Stapleton R01: Improving Palliative Care for Older Seriously Hospitalized Patients and Their Families: A Randomized Trial of an Informed Assent Communication Intervention about CPR $ 3,200,000 Toth R21: Alternative exercise modalities to improve skeletal muscle function in cancer patients $ 426,094 Total $ 39,733,263

DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE Distinguished Research Mentor Awards Graduate Students & Post Doctoral Fellows Residents & Clinical Fellows