Faculty Meeting Department of Medicine October 19, 2011 Announcements Research, Clinical, Education Updates Primary care update

Announcements Plans underway for 100 th anniversary celebration of the Department of Medicine and the Evans Foundation Director, Quality of Clinical Services sought for the DOM (submit CV and letter of interest to DOM Annual Report available at: 09/DOMAnnual-Report pdf 09/DOMAnnual-Report pdf

Announcements (con’t) GI and Geriatrics Section Chief searches ongoing Searches underway for Director, Primary Care and Director, Hospitalist Medicine Unit Dr. Jane Liebschutz will serve as Interim Section Chief of GIM while Dr. Samet is on sabbatical leave from November through April, 2012

Medical Grand Rounds Oct 21 Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Therapy Beldon Idelson Visiting Professor Jerrold S. Levine, M.D. Associate Professor, Department of Medicine Adjunct Associate Professor Department of Microbiology and Immunology University of Illinois at Chicago Oct 28 Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine: A Primer for Clinicians Darrell N. Kotton, M.D. Co-Director BU Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) Associate Professor of Medicine & Pathology, BUSM Nov 4 World Population Growth and the Future of Male Contraception Ingelfinger Visiting Professor William Bremner, MD, PhD Chairman, Department of Medicine Robert G. Petersdorf Professor University of Washington

Evans Days November 3 and 4, 2012 Poster session: 9-12 noon, November 3, Hiebert Lounge Evans Days Annual Awards Dinner, 6-9 p.m., Thursday, November 3, at the Hotel Colonade. RSVP required-see DOM website

Evans Days (con’t) Wilkins Lecture: Thursday, November 3 at 3:30 pm in Keefer Auditorium, Richard Mulligan, PhD, Mallinckrodt Professor of Genetics, Director, Harvard Gene Therapy Initiative, Harvard Medical School "New Strategies and Technologies for Cell and Gene Therapy" Ingelfinger Lecture: Friday, November 4 at noon, Keefer Auditorium, William Bremner, M.D., Ph.D., Robert Petersdorf Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine, University of Washington “ World Population Growth and the Future of Male Contraception”

Evans Foundation Board Vote Current Members: Emelia Benjamin, M.D. Shalender Bhasin, M.D. (Term reached) Jerrold Ellner, M.D.Stephanie Lee, M.D. David Nunes, M.D. Maria Trojanowska, M.D. David Coleman, M.D. Proposed for Election: Jane Liebschutz, M.D. Officers David Coleman, M.D., President Diane Holmes, Treasurer Stephanie Lovell, Esq., Clerk

Faculty Development and Diversity Seminars – Tues., Oct. 25: Basics of Study Design – Tues., Nov. 1: Submitting to a Specialty Journal – 12:00-1:00 p.m. in Wilkins Board Room Workshop with NIH Ombuds – Building Successful Research Teams – Wed., Nov. 2 from 4:00-5:30 p.m. in K103 Grant writing workshop – Bring a draft of a grant for peer review – One Wednesday per month from January-May, 2012 – Register: medicine/seminars/grant-workshop-registration/ medicine/seminars/grant-workshop-registration/

Research Update Ongoing discussion regarding the criteria for use of the “research” prefix in academic titles Research space utilization survey being finalized Conducting feasibility analysis of Metabolomics Core DOM contribution to K and T awardee salaries has been initiated BMC and BUSM discussing merger of research operations and funding Capacity of BUMC’s Institutional Review Board recently enhanced

Education Update Intern interviews to begin Monday, November 14. Interviewers needed Transition to new house staff schedule going well- teams have higher ADC relative to ; duty hour concerns on GIM ENP, MP MICU, and cardiology at ENP In-Training Examinations this month Curriculum Committee interim report submitted Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine under review-will likely increase focus on translational research

Clinical Update Billing company (SSC) performing inconsistently- working on remediation Volume: visits up 5.3% YTD; wRVU’s up 3.9% BMC – Strategic plan to be unveiled soon – Financial performance improved – Inpatient volume down – Outpatient volume up – BMC HeathNet Plan had profitable year – Management Services Organization being revitalized – Faculty Practice Plan being reorganized into stronger central authority

FPF – Payment per wRVU Trend For one month ended July 31, 2011 Note  Payment = NPSR minus Bad Debt (including Free Care)

External Review of the DOM and Chair Conducted by Drs. Vic Schuster (Chair, AECOM) and Martin Blaser (Chair, NYU) Suggestions: – Further improve communications in the DOM – Improve practice infrastructure – Work with BMC to find “win-wins” for DOM/hospital – Articulate departmental vision in new healthcare environment