Department of Medicine Faculty Meeting

Department of Medicine Faculty Meeting November 16, 2011 Announcements Education, Research Clinical Updates Research Computing Update Centennial Celebration Planning Update Announcements BMC Strategic Plan released Faculty Practice Plan negotiating with BMC regarding CARTS Model for Institutional Support Update regarding Section Chief searches in Geriatrics and GI Department’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 interested Finance 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 ($1.2 m) Faculty Development Seminar Team-Based Science Vasan Ramachandran, MD Tuesday, December 6, 2011 Wilkins Board Room 12:00-1:00 p.m lunch served Medical Grand Rounds Nov 18: Is Hyperinsulinemia the Cause of Diabetes? Barbara Corkey, PhD Nov 25 – No Grand Rounds Dec Co-Morbidities of COPD: Chance or Fate Bartolome Celli, M.D Lecturer in Medicine, Harvard Medical School Brigham & Women’s Hospital Dec AIDS: Panel Discussion Moderator: Jerrold Ellner, M.D Discussants: Jon Fuller, Meg Sullivan Dec 16 Clinical Problem Solving Case Moderator: Robert Lowe, M.D Kudos To be Appointed on November 29, 2011, 3:305:00 pm at 670 Albany Auditorium (RSVP by Nov 18 to sgille@bu.edu or 617-638-4570) – Barbara Corkey, Ph.D appointed Zoltan Kohn Professor of Medicine – Avi Spira, M.D will be appointed the Alexander Graham Bell Professor of Health Care Entrepeneurship More Kudos Richard Saitz, M.D will receive the R Brinkley Smithers Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Society of Addiction Medicine Eric Hardt, M.D received the Provider of the Year Award from the International Medical Interpreters Association Education Update Intern recruitment interviews started November 14, 2011 – Interviewers sought New Associate Program Director recruitedAshish Upadhyay, M.D (to start Jan 2012) Three house staff retreats successfully completed this fall New Residency Program Administrative Director recruited- Lauralee Dubois (to start Dec 2011) New Research Funding by Year Department of Medicine ($m) Number of New Research Grants Department of Medicine Faculty Survey DOM funded Research Activities Researchers % Time on Research Clinical 51 Bench 49 78 93 Major Findings: >80% find Evans Days, Evans Center/ARC’s, First Step Programs, cores to be useful Some differences in usefulness of cores between clinical and bench investigators Pilot Grants and Bridge Funding programs are very popular with >90% 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 Initiative DOM Inpatient Attg Documentation – 88% Review of IT System by BMC underway shortly Joe 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