1. Department of Medicine
December 15, 2017

2. Welcome New Faculty

3. Cardiology: Teimuraz Aprindonidze, CPP Rony Lahoud, Assistant Professor Dermatology: Keith Morley, Assistant Professor David Chen, Assistant Professor Endocrinology: Rodriguez Perdomo, Assistant Professor Jennifer Kelly, Associate Professor General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics: Karen Abernathy, Assistant Professor Lynn Wilkinson, Clinical Practice Physician Sara Roberts, Assistant Professor Alexandra Messerli, Assistant Professor Timothy Plante, Assistant Professor

4. Hematology Oncology: Hibba Rehman, Assistant Professor Jose Acostamadiedo, Clinical Practice Physician Hospital Medicine: Markus Digirmenci, Assistant Professor Infectious Disease: Jean Dejace, Assistant Professor Andrew Hale, Assistant Professor Nephrology: Paul El Azoury , Clinical Practice Physician Alison Fitzgerald, Assistant Professor Rheumatology: Alana Nevares, Assistant Professor

5. Faculty Coming This Year
Cardiology: Nathaniel Thompson, Assistant Professor General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics: Adam Atherly, Professor Nephrology: Macaulay Onuigbo, Associate Professor Pulmonary and Critical Care: Katelin Morrissette, Assistant Professor Jessica Badlam, Assistant Professor Rheumatology: Sanjeev Patil, Assistant Professor

6. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
2018 Fellows of the American College of Physicians: Jennifer Gilwee, MD Beth Kirkpatrick, MD Renee Stapleton, MD PhD Amy Teleron MD

7. UVMMG Research Awards:
Junior Researcher of the Year: Kim Dittus MD
Senior Researcher of the Year: Beth Kirkpatrick MD
Larner College of Medicine Awards:
Mid-Career Investigator:  Christopher Huston, M.D., associate professor of medicine
Trainee Award for Outstanding Research Publication/Medical Student: Katharine Runte, M.D. (mentor: Markus Meyer, M.D., Medicine)
Trainee Award for Outstanding Research Publication/Residents: Kara Landry, M.D.'15, Clinical Instructor in Medicine (mentor: Mary Cushman, M.D., M.Sc., Medicine)

8. Anne Dixon MBSS: Elected to Pulmonary Board, ABIM
New Positions:
Ryan Clouser DO: Network Medical Officer for Network Regional Transportation System
Anne Dixon MBSS: Elected to Pulmonary Board, ABIM
Michael LaMantia MD: Director, Center on Aging, UVM
New Initiatives:
Scholarly Quality Improvement Interest Groups:
Allen Repp MD & Amanda Kennedy
Chair’s Eternal Gratitude:

9. Joe Pierson MD, Ben Suratt MD and the Faculty Engagement Committee for the Fall 2017 ………….

10. December 15, 2017 John R. Brumsted, MD President and CEO
UVM Health Network
December 15, 2017
John R. Brumsted, MD
President and CEO

11. The Integrated Delivery System
Two strategies initially
Hospital affiliations and regionalization of care (The University of Vermont Health Network)
Development of highly coordinated clinical care systems (OneCare Vermont, Adirondacks ACO)
Strategies are supportive and complementary
Reduce costs in the system
Clinical, operational and administrative integration
Population health management
Providers and payers working together to provide health care
Supportive value-based payment model

12. UVM Health Network’s Focus on Population Health
Triple Aim:
Improve the health of a defined population
Enhance the patient care experience
Reduce the cost of care
Definition – Integrated Delivery System:
Managing the entire spectrum of patients you serve to keep them as healthy as possible and manage their care needs in the lowest intensity setting possible, and taking financial accountability for total population health care costs and measured outcomes.
Path: The UVM Health Network strategic plan

13. The University of Vermont Health Network
VNA of Chittenden/Grand Isle Counties Joining 1/1/18:
$35 Million Entity
600+ FTEs
200+ Days Cash on Hand
No Debt
110 Year History
JRB
UVM Health Network hospitals included in green and in the call box stats (note AHMC and ECH not included in this CON)
University of Vermont Medical Center
Central Vermont Medical Center
Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital
Elizabethtown Community Hospital
Alice Hyde Medical Center
Porter Medical Center
Although ECH and AHMC aren’t included in this CON, given their size, it may be possible to implement Epic there without any additional capital costs but that will be determined in the future, and we will keep you fully informed.

14. UVM Health Network ACOs
OneCare Vermont
Founded 2012
Corporate members UVM Medical Center and Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Statewide network
Driver of Vermont reform
2018 is big step under an All Payer Model
Risk programs for Medicare, Vermont Medicaid, BCBSVT
Upside-only Self-Funded Pilot for UVM Medical Center Employees Plan
Adirondacks ACO
Founded in 2013
Corporate members CVPH and HHHN
Large regional network
2018 status
Year 5 of upside-only Medicare
Becoming contracting entity for medical home/population-based risk hybrid (8 Contracts)
ACO of the North Country
Founded in 2012
Provider network of community physicians and St. Lawrence Health System
2018 is Year 6 of upside-only Medicare – needs strategic decision on future
UVM Medical Center and St. Lawrence Health System provide financial support

15. Internal Medicine Residency Interviewers
Shaden Eldakar-Hein Mark Ramundo Varun Agrawal Jason Bartsch Ryan Clouser Alison Fitzgerald Florian Foerg Eric Ganguly Matt Gilbert Steve Grant Emily Greenberger Mia Hockett Naomi Hodde William Hopkins David Kaminsky
Michael LaMantia
Laurie Leclair
Caroline Lyon
Rachel McEntee
Cindy Noyes
Kristen Pierce
Richard Pinckney
David Rand
Allen Repp
Lindsay Smith
Halle Sobel
Krystine Spiess
Renee Stapleton
Johannes Steiner
Amy Lynn Teleron
Joseph Winget

16. DOM New Faculty Orientation
4 quarterly, 90 minute meetings starting 1-2 months after arrival
To orient and introduce new faculty members to DOM Vice Chairs
Academic Affairs: (Ben Suratt)
Promotion and Tenure: Process, timeline, supports, and CV
Annual Review: How and when to prepare; DOM “Metrics”
Mentoring in the DOM: DOM Mentoring Plan
Physician Wellness: Burnout, supports, DOM efforts
Education: (Katie Huggett)
Faculty development resources for teaching & educational research
Overview of the Teaching Academy
Opportunities for teaching in the medical student curriculum
Transition from lectures to Active Learning 

17. DOM New Faculty Orientation
Quality & Patient Safety: (Allen Repp)
Goals of program
UVMMG quality initiatives, divisional  QI initiatives
DOM QA&I Committee representation and activities
Event reporting, safe reports, serious reportable events
Resources for Faculty
Scholarly QI in reappointment and promotion
Research: (Charlie Irvin)
Who to talk to for what (e.g. grants, SPA, budgets)
Local funding opportunities (lots)
Research career development opportunities (e.g. Research Tapas, grantsmanship)