April 27, 2009
Department of Medicine
Executive Committee Meeting
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Kenneth Kaushansky, M.D., M.A.C.P., Chair, Presiding |
Present:
Edward Ball, M.D.
Roland Blantz, M.D.
Daniel Bouland, M.D.
John Carethers, M.D.
Wolfgang Dillmann, M.D.
Patricia Finn, M.D.
Gary Firestein, M.D.
Francis Gabbai, M.D.
Michael Hogan, Ph.D., for
Peter Wagner, M.D.
Kirk Knowlton, M.D.
Greg Maynard, M.D.
Ravindra Mehta, M.D.
Sanford Shattil, M.D.
Roger Spragg, M.D.
Jason Yuan, M.D., Ph.D.
Maureen O’Connor, DBO
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Absent:
Marie Dell’Aquila, Ph.D.
Laura Dugan, M.D.
Richard Gallo, M.D., Ph.D.
Elaine Muchmore, M.D.
Joe Ramsdell, M.D.
Robert Schooley, M.D.
Steffanie A. Strathdee, Ph.D.
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Agenda:
- Global Medicine Program Progress – Dr. Kaushansky
The new Global Medicine Program begins July 1 and all initial slots are filled. The program will send two internal medicine residents at a time to Maputo, Moçambique, in 4-week blocks. A residence in Maputo has been established and the Rosetta Stone® software has been purchased for Portuguese language instruction. Residents wishing to do research on this rotation will team with mentors at UCSD and in Maputo. Philanthropic support has been secured for the initial year of the Global Medicine Program and is being requested from the same source for next year. Any faculty members who wish to visit Maputo are encouraged to do so. The China segment of the Global Medicine Program is developing at a pace that is about one year behind the Maputo segment.
- Emeriti Program – Dr. Spragg
In the next 10 years, 25-33% of the DOM active faculty members are eligible to retire. Dr. Spragg is tasked with cultivating the involvement of DOM alumni to enrich the department’s teaching mission and to meet the challenge of taking over the teaching, clinical care, and research efforts of the retiring faculty. To begin, he surveyed active and retired faculty members to assess their interest in continued involvement with DOM teaching, patient care, and research activities. Of 129 individuals contacted, 53 responded; of those, 50 expressed interest in continuing their involvement at a level of 5 to 20 hours per week. The next step is to determine how to coordinate their involvement.
- Plans for the State Budget Cut – Maureen O’Connor
Maureen presented details of the effect of the state budget cut in fiscal year 2009 and the current plans to deal with the expected impact in fiscal year 2010.
- Update on FTE Recruitments – Dr. Kaushansky
Dr. Kaushansky described the recent and ongoing recruitments in Global Public Health, Biomedical Informatics, Genetics, and Gastroenterology. The committee discussed the possibilities for future laboratory and office space in new buildings either planned or under construction on campus and at Thornton Hospital.
- Vice Chair, Clinical Operations: “Settling In” - Dr. Bouland
Dr. Bouland has met with approximately half of the division chiefs to get an overview of the clinical enterprise and to identify the divisions’ concerns. Next, he will assemble a team to develop a roadmap for the clinical enterprise. He asked the division chiefs to use patient satisfaction data as drivers for improvement in clinical activity wherever possible, and to advise him of any flaws in the measurements.
- Update on Clinical Data Access Taskforce (CDAT) – Dr. Mehta
For lack of time, this item was deferred to the next meeting.
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