Department of MedicineAnnual Review to Faculty

September 21, 2011

New Faculty and Promotions 2010-11

Appointments 2010-11Section Faculty Member Rank (anticipated)

GIM Peter Cahn, Ph.D. Associate Professor

Gastroenterology Audrey Calderwood, M.D. Assistant Professor

Gastroenterology Ansu Norhona, M.D. Assistant Professor

General Internal Medicine Theresa Cheng, M.D. Assistant Professor

General Internal Medicine Kate Lupton, M.D. Assistant Professor

Geriatrics Christine Liu, M.D. Assistant Professor

Hematology/Oncology George Murphy, Ph.D. Assistant Professor

ID Edward Jones-Lopez, M.D. Assistant Professor

Pulmonary Ting Hsu Chen, M.D. Assistant Professor

Renal Lauren Stern, M.D. Assistant Professor

Clinical Epidemiology Uyen Nguyen, D.Sc, MPH Research Assistant Professor

Clinical Epidemiology Yan Yan Zhu, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor

Cardiology Anqi Zhang Instructor

ID Basha Shaik-Dasthagrisaheb, PhD Instructor

Renal Sandeep Ghai, M.D. Instructor

Rheumatology Rong Han, Ph.D. Instructor

Promotions 2010-11 Section Faculty Member Rank

Endocrinology Caroline Apovian, M.D. Professor

Endocrinology Sayon Roy, PhD Professor

Hematology/Oncology Vaishali Sanchorawala, M.D. Professor

Pulmonary David Sparrow Professor

GIM Antonio Lazzari Associate Professor

Cardiology Jared Magnani, M.D. Assistant Professor

Cardiology Michael Mazzini Assistant Professor

Endocrinology Angela Leung, M.D. Assistant Professor

Endocrinology Sara Pietras, M.D. Assistant Professor

Gastroenterology Sharmeel Wasan, M.D. Assistant Professor

GIM Tara Dumont, M.D. Assistant Professor

GIM Renee McKinney, M.D. Assistant Professor

GIM Laura Wung, M.D. Assistant Professor

Geriatrics Won Lee, M.D. Assistant Professor

Vascular Biology Xiao Yong Tong, M.D. Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine Annual Review 2010-2011

Faculty Distribution by Rank

Rank Total Women (%)

URM’s (%)

Professor 95 23 (24) 4 (4.2)

Associate Professor 84 31 (37) 5 (6.0)

Assistant Professor 204 106 (52) 8 (3.9)

Instructor 56 35 (63) 1 (1.8)

Total for all Ranks 439 195 (44) 18 (4.1)

Bridge Funding 2010-11

Robin Ingalls, M.D., Infectious Diseases

Xuemei Zhong, Ph.D., Hematology-Oncology

Carolo Serra, Ph.D., Endocrinology

Pilot Awards 2010-11

Bench

Susan Perrine, M.D.

Hematology-Oncology

Robin Ingalls, M.D.

Infectious Diseases

Vishwajeet Puri, Ph.D.

Endocrinology

Paola Massari, Ph.D.

Infectious Diseases

Caryn Navarro, Ph.D.

Genetic Biomedicine

Clinical

Lisa Ganley-Leal, PhD

Infectious Diseases

Caroline Apovian, M.D.

Endocrinology

Alok Kapoor, M.D.

Hospitalist

Allan Walkey, M.D.

Pulmonary

Marie McDonnell, M.D.

Endocrinology

Sharmeel Wasan, M.D.

Gastroenterology

Evans Junior Faculty Merit Awards 2010-11

Tracy Battaglia, M.D., General Medicine Section

Andrea Coviello, M.D., Sections of Preventive Medicine and Endocrinology

Naomi Hamburg, M.D., Cardiology Section

Ross Summer, M.D., Section of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care

Evans Scholar Awards 2010-11

Vasan Ramachandran, M.D. - Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Section of Preventive Medicine and Senior Investigator at the Framingham Heart Study..

Joseph Vita, M.D. – Professor of Medicine and Associate Chief for Academic Affairs in the Section of Cardiovascular Medicine in the Department of Medicine.

Clinical Program2010-11

Clinical Productivity

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35.00

FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11

Millions

Collections (m)

Series1

Ambulatory Activity 2010-11Access and Visits

Goal - Improve Infrastructure in Ambulatory Clinics

Strategies:

Clinical Dashboard for faculty

Disseminate “best practice” information to Clinic Directors

IT Analyst associated with each clinic practice

Reconfigure practice operations to improve performance

Goal - Improve Infrastructure in Ambulatory Clinics

Strategies:

Standardize clinic schedules/expectations

Patient Centered Medical Home Implementation in Primary Care

More robust reminder system for reducing No Shows

Goal - Increase Marketing and Communication

Coordinate with Community Health Centers

Annual Survey of Consult Satisfaction

Piloted eReferral portal

Piloted direct access scheduling with Health Centers

Improve communication of referrals to requesting providers

Marketing Primary Care and Comm Ave practice

Goal – Reduce Inpatient Mortality

All mortalities on the inpatient service reviewed

Key areas identified:

1. Sepsis mortality reduction

2. CHF mortality reduction

3. Anticoagulation management

Initiatives:

1. Twice daily rounds by attending and resident

2. No barrier to ICU admissions

3. Triggers for attending notification

O:E ratio decreased from 1.4 to 0.9

Inpatient Redesign

Call schedule modified to accommodate new ACGME work hours

Teams more geographically based July 1, 2011

Focus on multidisciplinary rounds and care teams

Focus on bedside teaching

Goals for 2011-12Clinical

Enhance patient and provider satisfaction

Improve practice infrastructure and support

Implement Medical Home in Primary Care

Increase clinic access to 80% of new pts<15d

Improve marketing of clinical practice

Enhance efficiency

Enhance referral process

Improve financial performance of practice

Research Program2010-11

Research Accomplishments2010-2011

ESTABLISHED DOM Research Team that includes V. Chair for Research, Director of Research IT and Chief Administration, and Director of Research Administration

OUTLINED plan to review current space assignments and funding information by section/unit – ongoing

ESTABLISHED baseline data for all research metrics as identified in DOM Strategic Plan

WORK with BUSM Core Billing Office to achieve full revenue collections for DOM supported Cores.

RESEARCH FUNDINGDepartment of Medicine

(excludes VA, RWMC and NEIDL)

Source: Monthly reports provided by BMC and BU as follows: Proposal_Awards_Med (BMC), MEDAffiliated.xls (BU) and MED.xls (BU)

Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research

32 co-PI interdisciplinary publications

13 funded grants and one PPG

Participation by 27 graduate students and 19 post-doctoral fellows

Over 150 Faculty

Two new courses: Biological core technologies and Nanomedicine

New R25 award with Drs. Faller and Goldberg on Cancer Nanotechnology

Activities of Department Research Cores

Core usage increased in 2010-11 (relative to 2009-10)

76 to 100 P.I.’s

7,800 to 20,000 hours

24 grants submitted (14 in 2009-10) using cores

New core for Biostatistics

Continued support of Bioinformatics and Clinical Research Resources Office of the CTSI

Goals for 2011-12Research Program

Complete space survey

Begin space re-allocation based on programmatic needs and performance metrics

Evaluate/implement Metabolism core

Fully implement Research IT core

Expand bioinformatics core

Further develop interdisciplinary research

Evaluate status of functional genomics at BUMC

Education Program2010-11

Education Program 2010-2011

New Residency Training Program Director: Gopal Yadavalli, M.D and three new Associate Program Directors: Catherine Rich, M.D., Craig Noronha, M.D., and Sheilah Bernard, M.D.

Implemented 3+1 resident rotations and Journal Club for Medical Educators

Weekly Academic ½ days during residents’ ambulatory week

Medical Student evaluations of core clerkships including geriatrics now highest rated overall

Medical Residents’ In-Training Examination Results

(percentile of national benchmark)

Goals for 2011-12Education Program

Expand clinical reasoning initiative

Improve hand-offs

Achieve full compliance with ACGME regulations and have successful site visit

Enhance research and international experiences

Enhancing faculty teaching and evaluation skills to meet ACGME requirements

Refine Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine

Faculty Development and Diversity Program

2010-11

Faculty Development and Diversity Accomplishments 2010-2011

Launched interdisciplinary longitudinal mentoring program for early career faculty

Offered 23 lunchtime seminars for CME credit

Distributed $33,731 in grants to 27 faculty for career development training

Hosted networking dinners for women, minority, and LGBT faculty

Reviewed resumes and met individually with faculty to discuss promotion

Administrative Goals 2011-2012

Support conversion to BU Works and Lawson General Ledger

Generate accurate and timely Section financials and document variances >5%

Convert to a web-based budget system

Optimize clinical revenue

Increase DOM research core revenue

Improve clinical coding compliance

Improve staff engagement

Department of Medicine’s Expense Categories 2010-11

Category Expense

Section Support (recruitments, formula, deficits)

9.52 m

Incentives and Awards (clinical incentives, >90%, bridge, pilot, Evans Faculty Awards)

1.86

Education (GPMM, VA, VC Educ)

0.47

Research (includes cores, ECIBR)

2.67

Central Administration (includes billing & collection)

5.36

Departmental Operating Surplus (Deficit)

0.63 m

SummaryTrends over past five years

Research, Clinical care, Education, Administration

The year ahead

Keys to our success

Excellence

Team

Service

Communication

Inpatient Medical Service