Department of Medicine Faculty Meeting December 20, 2016 Announcements Residency Program Fellowship Match Results Compensation Plan Update BU Benefits Proposed FPP Name Change FPP Meeting Standards

Announcements Update re Section Chief Searches Hematology-Oncology Infectious Disease A/E funding restoration at AY 17 salary level New whiteboards to be purchased for Evans Seminar Room and Wilkins Board Room 2017 Leadership Development Program Participants: H. Day; S. Kimball; C. Pierre; T. Neogi, E. Johnson; J Worcester Evans Junior Faculty Research Merit Award Recipients: Markus Bachschmid, Ph.D., Nina Lin, M.D.

January Grand Rounds January 6, 2017 Activity Title: Evolution of Cancer Genomes Speaker: Dr. Rameen Beroukhim January 13, 2017 Activity Title: TBD Speaker: Dr. Ashish Jha January 20, 2017 Speakers: TBD January 27, 2017-CLINICAL / RESEARCH Speakers: Dr. Apovian and Dr. Istfan

February Grand Rounds February 3, 2017 Activity Title: Philip Kramer Lecture Speaker: Dr. Vijay Shah February 10, 2017 Activity Title: TBD Speaker: TBD February 17, 2017- CLINICAL / RESEARCH Speakers: Dr. Frederick Ruberg and Dr. Lawreen Connors February 24, 2017 Activity Title: Joint Grand Rounds for Internal Medicine and Hematology-Oncology Speakers: Two speakers, TBD

Faculty Development Seminars How to Network at Your National Meeting Tuhina Neogi & Sharon Levine January 18th from 12-1pm in Evans 118 Making Effective Use of BU Profiles for Graceful Self-Promotion Christopher Shanahan January 25th from 12-1pm in computer lab L1110

Faculty Development Seminars Giving Effective Presentations Rob Lowe February 2nd from 12-1pm in Evans 118 How to Navigate BU/BUMC Resources for Finding Funding Rick Ruberg February 6th from 12-1pm in Evans 118 Effective Communication for Leading High Performing Teams David Coleman & Mark Braun February 6th from 5-6pm in Evans Seminar Room (112A)

Faculty Grants Faculty Development & Diversity Grants Open to ALL DOM FACULTY at all levels seeking to further their professional development Next deadline is January 15th http://www.bumc.bu.edu/facdev- medicine/grants/

DOM Networking Dinners Educators’ Dinner January 25th from 6:30 to 8:30 Enjoy good food and meaningful discussion with your DOM colleagues. Emelia Benjamin’s home in Brookline RSVP to Robina Bhasin at rbhasin@bu.edu

Update on DOM Compensation Plan Review Committee led by Dr. Alice Jacobs and comprised of representatives from all clinical sections Charge Review and propose modifications in current compensation plan Seek input from local experts and literature Distribute available resources in a manner that is fair, affordable, achievable, transparent, and aligned with departmental values and missions Recognize performance in areas that have the greatest positive impact on the department’s quality of care, financial performance, and academic missions; Incorporates performance that adversely effects quality of care and financial performance in determining compensation; Creates a shared benefit in the success of the section; Maximizes faculty compensation relative to benchmarks; Recognize the determinants of faculty productivity and the diversity of clinical and academic activities of the faculty. Report with recommendations expected late in January 2017

BU Benefits Update BU Fringe Rate in process of being negotiated to: Reflect true costs of Benefits paid to FPP membership Retain current benefits structure Allow for simplification of the current Tier structure Retroactive to July 1, 2016

Change in Name of the Faculty Practice Plan FPF Governance Task Force reviewed possible names Memo sent to all FPF members for input Recommendation: Boston University Medical Group Name change has been on hold due to benefits discussions with BU Should we change the name from FPF to BUMG?

Implementation of Change in Name of FPP Discuss with BMC CEO and BUSM Dean Confirm with Boston University Public comment period January FPF Board  discuss and vote Update legal documents (bylaws, articles of organization, bank accounts, public filings, employee agreements) Communication plan

Meeting Standards Approved at 7/12/16 FPF President’s Committee: Wherever possible, regular business meetings should be scheduled between 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Wherever possible, meetings held outside these hours should be scheduled by member consensus. Remote attendance should be supported for all business meetings as standard operating procedure.

Meeting Standards - Revised To become an industry leader in work/life integration: Meetings should be scheduled by member consensus of at least two- thirds (2/3) of required attendees Remote attendance should be supported as standard operating procedure for all meetings using all available technology and following appropriate etiquette Meetings should start on time and conclude in time to allow ten minutes for transit, with all key business to be concluded by official end time Regular business meetings should be scheduled between 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Exceptions to Meeting Standards These standards should be applied to all business meetings except in the event of a compelling reason otherwise A ‘compelling’ reason is an extenuating circumstance that takes precedence over compliance with the standards, such as Clinical utilization Urgency of meeting topic Member consensus Whenever an exception is made, the specific ‘compelling’ reason(s) should be disclosed to meeting participants

Expand Use of Teleconferencing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYu_bGbZiiQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTgYHHKs0Zw