2. Department of Medicine December 18, 2015

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

10. 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

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

12. 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

13. 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.

14. 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

15. 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

16. Research

17. 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

18. 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%

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

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