UMass FMCH Tuesday Talk - March 19, 2024/COMMUNITY | |
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Table of Contents
Message From the Chair
Upcoming Events
Focus of the Week – Community
Announcements
Department Member Recognition
Frankly Speaking Podcast
Clinical Services Spotlight
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Message From the Chair
Diane McKee, MD, MS
Congratulations to all our students and faculty on a VERY successful match last week. Our Worcester and Fitchburg residencies both matched with stellar students – more detail is below on the impressive classes of incoming interns.
For our UMass Chan student graduates, 23 are going into Family Medicine (14% of 167 graduates). Many are staying local: Hahnemann (2), Baystate/Greenfield (1), Greater Lawrence FHC (2), Boston Univ/BMC (2), Cambridge (1). Others are traveling across the nation: CA(4), OR(3), RI(2), and NY, PA, NC, TX, VA, WA.
Nationally, family medicine residencies offered 5,231 positions, 124 more than last year and 4,595 matched for a fill rate of 88%. Congratulations on our 100%! Thanks to all of our faculty, residents, and fellows, who engage with and inspire our students from their first days on campus through graduation. Family Medicine Proud!
Congratulations to the Worcester Family Medicine Residency on their match! More information on the incoming residents is here.
Family Health Center of Worcester
- Maria Danusantoso, MD, Ross University
- Max Messinger, MD, Wake Forest
- Maeve O'Beirne, DO, Marian U. COM
- Mahima Poreddy, MD, UVM
Barre Family Health Center
- Cailee Dean, DO, Campbell U./J. Wallace COM
- Arley Donovan, MD UVM
- Tony Hu, DO, Burrell COM, NM State
- Noah Welker, MD, Wayne State
Hahnemann Family Health Center
- Cassandra Daisy, MD, Pritzker SOM, U. Chicago
- Alicia Ding, DO, Philadelphia COM
- Lauren McKenna, MD, UMass Chan
- Jenna Mulhearn, MD, UMass Chan
- Niloufar Akhavan Tabib, DO (PGY-2), AT Still SOM
Congratulations to the incoming Fitchburg Residents! More details are here.
- Annaerolande Charles, MD, Ross University
- Arianna Gray, DO, Philadelphia COM
- Angie Ossa, MD, Ross University
- Peggie Mendoza Robles, MD, U.de San Martin de Porres Facultad de Medicina Humana (Peru)
- Annamaria Rukundo, MD, Makerere University School of Medicine (Uganda)
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Focus of the Week - Community
Hugh Silk, MD, MPH, Vice Chair of Community Health
Heather-Lyn Haley, PhD, Program Director
March is National Nutrition Month. UMass Amherst Extension runs a statewide Nutrition Education Program with terrific workshop offerings and print resources for your patients. Learn more at
www.ag.umass.edu/nutrition.
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Call for proposals: Mick Huppert Community Health Awards, intended to support first year medical students who have demonstrated a commitment to community engaged service and scholarship as well as a career as a family medicine physician, with mentoring from a Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (FMCH) physician faculty member. Learn more on the department website. Applications are due April 15th.
Register now for the Coalition for a Healthy Greater Worcester Annual Meeting, Thursday, March 21st, 4:00-6:00pm, in person at Worcester Community Action Council, 18 Chestnut Street, Worcester, or via zoom.
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APRIL 2nd: Dr. Kiame Mahaniah, Massachusetts Undersecretary for Health, will give Grand Rounds as part of the first Warren Ferguson Community Health Visiting Professorship day. His topic is Inspiring Clinicians to Engage with their Community. The Grand Rounds will be hybrid; you can sign up to participate in person on the University Campus and stay for discussion over lunch by emailing Pam Tero at pamela.tero@umassmemorial.org. If you wish to make a donation to the Warren Ferguson Community Health Visiting Professorship you can do so here.
22nd Annual Primary Care Days will be held Tuesday, April 9th and Wednesday, April 10th, 8:30am - 2:00pm, Beechwood Hotel, 363 Plantation Street, Worcester. Please see flyer for additional information and schedule.
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Addressing Commercial Sexual Exploitation in Healthcare From The Perspectives of Survivors Symposium
Monday, April 29th, 9:00am-2:30pm, A symposium dedicated to understanding the scope of commercial sexual exploitation, its impact in healthcare, and ways in which we can positively impact these patients. Please contact Stevie Yang, Stevie.Yang@umassmed.edu, Evelyn Semenov, Evelyn.Semenov@umassmed.edu or Ivy Mwangi, Ivy.Mwangi@umassmed.edu for more information.
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MAY 16th: The Department’s Annual Retreat with our theme Family Medicine Proud!, from 12:30 - 6:30pm at the UMass South Street campus in Shrewsbury. Please save this date on your calendar. Make sure you sign up for the retreat when registration is available!
UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center is hosting a Teddy Bear Clinic on
May 18th, 2024. This year’s Teddy Bear Clinic is sure to be an exciting adventure that kids will love. Not only will they get to learn more about the doctor's office but also meet some educational professionals who will help teach them about proper hygiene and healthy habits. If you are interested in hosting a booth, please fill out the form here: https://forms.office.com/r/QhusB1NXCw. Please note, all booth volunteers who are not already UMass Memorial employees will need to be onboarded by our volunteer services group and will need to be pre-registered with UMass Chan to be on site. If you have any questions or would like to talk more about the Teddy Bear Clinic, please feel free to reach out to Alison.LeBlanc@umassmemorial.org.
Recruiting volunteers for the Worcester Free Care Collaborative
Jim Ledwith would like to encourage colleagues to step into a special experience in volunteer medicine. Jim has enjoyed working with the student-run free care programs since 2006, and there are now six programs at varied sites across the community that operate weekly on Monday through Thursday evenings. The program provides a low-pressure environment in which we can engage with students and patients without concern about coding and RVUs, and the gratefulness of uninsured individuals who need our assistance is incredibly rewarding. Some of the programs are facing a staffing crisis, especially for the next two months. Please consider offering an evening, and if you like it, return every month or two. Just add your name and contact information to this Google Form = https://forms.gle/SSg2zviZsG3KhzT27 and the student coordinators will connect you with a team that fits your availability.
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Department Member Recognition
Hugh Silk was approved to be on the Health Resource and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) Federal Advisory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry. ACTPCMD consists of up to 14 members appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) representing primary care and dentistry. The ACTPCMD provides advice and recommendations on policy and program development and other matters of significance to the Secretary concerning medicine and dentistry activities.
The Worcester T&G highlighted medical students at a health fair at the Worcester Public Library. The fair was organized by Susan Hogan.
Congratulations to Pablo Hernandez, CMO at Edward M. Kennedy CHC, for being selected to serve on MassHealth’s Delivery System Technical Advisory Committee to provide input on delivery system reform efforts.
Thanks to the faculty who shared their suturing skills and knowledge with MassAHEC Rural, Urban and PURCH Scholars: Nick Hajj, Jeremy Golding, Brett Lehner, Angela Ruffo, and Bob Baldor. The students loved the event and even better, learning from Family Medicine physicians.
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Frankly Speaking Podcast
A weekly Podcast series covering newsworthy topics in primary care medicine.
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/frankly-speaking-about-family-medicine/id1194659367.
Please join us for an overview: Listen in as we unwrap Consumer Reports' findings on heavy metals found in commonly consumed chocolate products. Our discussion looks into concerns about high levels of metals like lead and cadmium in these treats and offers advise on how to counsel your patients for worry-free chocolate enjoyment. Guest: Robert A. Baldor, MD, FAAFP, presents: "Chocolate-Get the Lead Out!" - Frankly Speaking Ep 372.
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Clinical Services Spotlight:
Josephine Fowler, MD, MBA, Vice Chair of Clinical Services
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Doctor's Day is Coming! March 30th, 2024
- The first observed Doctor's Day was March 30th, 1933, in Windsor, GA.
- The date was the anniversary of the first use of general anesthetic in surgery.
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Each year health systems and organizations honor their physicians on Doctor's Day.
- Watch your email and the Hub to see what UMass plans for Doctor's Day.
MAVRIC - New Electronic Death Registration System April 2024
The Massachusetts Vital Records Information Collaborative (MAVRIC) is the new system for recording vital statistics starting in April 2024. Other applications for birth and fetal death registration will roll out in 2025.
The planned start date is April 2024.
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Wellness Resources
The Caring for the Caregiver Program provides resources such as the Caregiver Support Line (508-334-HELP) and The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) which offers a variety of services and supports (including virtual peer support and wellness tips. EAP can be accessed at 866-263-3525, or www.LiveandWorkWell.com,
[company code: UmassMemorial]. More information is available on the Caring for the Caregiver page.
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