1. 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

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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, 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

5. 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

6. 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)

7. 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
medicine/grants/

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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?

12. 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

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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

16. Expand Use of Teleconferencing