UMass FMCH Tuesday Talk - May 12, 2026/EDUCATION

Table of Contents

Upcoming Events

Focus of the Week - Education

Announcements

Department Member Recognition

Presentations and Publications

Frankly Speaking Podcast

Resources

Upcoming Events

FMCH Grand Rounds

Tuesday, May 12th, 12:00 - 1:00pm, Melissa Anderson, PhD, MSCI and Alexander Wilkins, PhD, present "Advocating for Deaf Healthcare Access".

Meeting ID: 191 986 273 Passcode: FMCH

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/191986273?pwd=NEtlZmNkdWlSUGwyeTJQU3dCeUs1QT09

2026 Thomas Zand Refugee Health Celebration Event

Please join us for this year’s Thomas Zand Refugee Health Celebration with visiting guest and nationally recognized speaker, Dr. Anisa M. Ibrahim, on Monday, May 18th, 4:30pm at 18 Chestnut Street, Worcester (guests are advised to enter 1 Maple Place into GPS for convenient parking access). The event is free and open to the community, with optional donations to support the initiative. Please click here for more information and details of this event. 

FMCH Grand Rounds - Thomas Zand Refugee Health Lectureship

Tuesday, May 19th, 12:00 - 1:00pm, Dr. Anisa M. Ibrahim presents "Care Without Conditions: Delivering Evidence-Based, Compassionate Care to Immigrant Children". Paul J. DiMare Center theater room #N1-1500 and virtually via Zoom.  

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/191986273?pwd=NEtlZmNkdWlSUGwyeTJQU3dCeUs1QT09

Meeting ID: 191 986 273 Passcode: FMCH. Please click here to view flyer.

Focus of the Week - Education

Jeanne Cawse-Lucas, MD, Vice Chair of Education

Faculty Review information from Jeanne Cawse-Lucas, MD, 

Vice Chair for Education:

All faculty can start updating your annual review on Etrieve and supervisors should schedule review meetings with faculty.

• Annual reviews for dual-employed faculty should be submitted by supervisors for chair comments by July 17th.
• UMass-Chan-only employed faculty (and their supervisors) please complete reviews ASAP; chair comments are due to the school by May 31st. 

There are many resources for faculty available on the OFA website:  

https://www.umassmed.edu/ofa/academic/faculty-reviews/apr/apr-resources-for-faculty/ 

Faculty:

1. Please let reach out to facultyaprs@umassmed.edu asap if you have trouble opening or saving your progress
2. When you complete your annual review documentation, you can submit it and it will go to your supervisor. If changes are recommended during your review, your supervisor can return the document back to you for edits.
3. In the section on Efforts to Support Mission-Aligned Contributions as part of your reflection, our department is asking you to list to all community engagement and volunteer work including medical (e.g. asylum clinic, free clinic, school doctor) and non-medical (e.g. food bank, coaching, voter registration) experiences over the past year to help us capture all we do as a department. 
4. Some people will have a "second supervisor"; a meeting is only required between you and a primary supervisor, meetings with a second supervisor are at the discretion of you and your second supervisor.
5. People who practice peripartum care will receive a maternity care supplement; you can upload this as a document in your annual review; likewise for those who do clinical teaching with WFMR residents.

Supervisors:

1. Go ahead and start scheduling meetings! We are asking supervisors to complete their meetings with dually employed faculty and submit comments for chair review by July 17th. 
2. Heather Garron will be sending you the lists of your direct reports and if you are a "second supervisor" for any faculty members; these communications have additional guidance on how to "refer" the AFR material. This will apply either to forwarding material to a second supervisor OR forwarding to the correct person if the school assignments are inaccurate.  

Thanks again for your patience and good humor as we learn another new platform, and please feel free to reach out to Jeanne.Cawse-Lucas@umassmemorial.org and/or Garron, Heather heather.garron@umassmemorial.org with questions or concerns.

The DFMCH was well-represented at STFM’s Annual Conference in New Orleans this year. Faculty including Philip Day, Manju Mahajan, and Henry DelRosario and medical student (and AHEC Scholar) Maria DelPico presented their work. Philip Day, Manju Mahajan, and Erin Cathcart served as co-chairs of the ethics, HIV and viral Hepatitis, and POCUS collaboratives, respectively. 

Congratulations to Shannon McCleery who was recognized as a Faculty for Tomorrow Scholar.

AHEC Scholar,

Maria DelPico, MS3, presenting a poster that she prepared with Suzanne Mitchell.

Associate professor Philip Day presenting a poster.

Becca Gwaltney, Liz Dykhouse,

Maria DelPIco, Erin Cathcart, Jeanne Cawse-Lucas, Mary Lindholm, Henry Del Rosario, Philip Day, and Shannon McCleery enjoy a walk after dinner in New Orleans

Announcements

The 22nd Annual Gerald F. Berlin Prize for Creative Writing Award Ceremony is today, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, from 7:00pm-8:00pm via Zoom: https://umassmed.zoom.us/j/92290588488pwd=ZPK29ZMerx5KEJUSgIbp6CkOouylrJ.1. The Gerald F. Berlin Prize is awarded for creative writing, prose, or poetry, authored by medical students, nursing students, GSBS students, residents, and fellows. The award winners are here.

MassAFP’s next major event will be Advocacy Day at the State House in Boston, tomorrow, Wednesday, May 13th. As there is strength in numbers, all Massachusetts Family Physicians are encouraged to join MassAFP (and AAFP). Details available here:  https://www.massafp.org/membership

FMCH Research Forum

Friday, May 15th, 12:00-1:00pm, Suzanne Mitchell, MD, MS presents "The Chiron Project: Using Immersive Reality to Support Healthcare Workers Facing Burnout".

https://umassmed.zoom.us/j/97422458273?pwd=OFl1ZCtXbDFPNjZtcjlFdUJITk96QT09

The WDMS and Medical Humanities Lab at the Lamar Souter Library's 2026 Annual Meet the Author on May 20, 2026 will feature Carolyn Roy-Bornstein, MD speaking at the Lazare Auditorium. Her talk is: This Examined Life: An Evening of Poetry, Reflection and Narrative Medicine. Please register per this flyer. Her book, A Prescription for Burnout, Restorative Writing for Healthcare Professionals, is a gold level winner in Medical and Mental Health from the Nonfiction Authors Association and will be available for purchase.

The School of Medicine is recruiting 1 ECL small group faculty for the next academic year (AY26-27). The positions start on July 1st, 2026, and each is supported at 0.115 (11.5%) FTE. The Early Clinical Learning (ECL) Small Group Facilitators are key longitudinal faculty in Vista. These small group leaders will work in pairs and facilitate consistent small groups of students in 33 Wednesday sessions during the Vista discovery phase (1st and 2nd year students). Preferred commitment is at least 3-years. Any questions may be submitted to Patricia.Seymour3@umassmemorial.org.

Apply at: https://umassmed.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bkgmTFHwVIRmjEa

Last date to apply 5/22/2026 at 5pm.

Intro to Pocus Hands On Course (Introduction of Point of Care Ultrasound)

Friday, June 12th, 8:00am-5:00pm, iCELS Simulation Lab, Albert Sherman Center

Please see flyer for additional information. https://www.umassmed.edu/icels

Summer Scholarship Writing Circles

WHEN: Mondays in June & July 2026, 12:00-1:00pm

Summer Scholarship Writing Circles provide the space and time for you to make progress on that paper, presentation or curriculum you've been working on. The virtual sessions will consist mostly of quiet writing time, with an opportunity to get support from your faculty peers. REGISTER HERE.

Department Member Recognition

Congratulations to Katharine Barnard for receiving the Christine K. Cassel, MD, '76 Faculty Scholar Award awarded by the Women’s Faculty Committee. The ceremony will be hybrid on Thursday, May 21, 2026; 11:30am - 1:00pm; Albert Sherman Center Cube (3rd floor). The in-person gathering will begin at 11:30am in the Albert Sherman Center Cube (3rd floor), and the virtual program will begin at 12:00 pm (Zoom link provided at registration). Due to the generous support of the WFC Awards Sub-Committee, refreshments will be provided. Register here. 



Congratulations to Philip Bolduc who was been elected as a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (FIDSA). This honor reflects his professional excellence and dedication to advancing the field of infectious diseases.

Tracy Kedian and David Runyan were quoted in the Worcester T&G (5/6) about the opening of the Hart-Wood Medical Program at the First Unitarian Church, Main St., Worcester. The clinic outgrew the space after 35 years at Epworth United Methodist Church. Read article here.

Kate Pivovarova was mentioned in the 5/5 issue of UMass Chan Communications News for her PI role in the five-year, $7.6 million National Institute on Drug Abuse award 

examining whether a federal waiver can help incarcerated individuals being treated for opioid use disorder in four Massachusetts jails better transition into the community. This grant is in collaboration with UMass Amherst.

Presentations and Publications

Annamaria Muwonge, MD, PGY2, won Honorable Mention in the Clinical Vignette category for her poster entitled, “A Complex Case of Lymphadenopathy in a 60-Year-Old Female with a History of ß-Thalassemia Trait: Diagnostic Journey from Benign Findings to Mantle Cell Lymphoma.” Her poster was presented at the Massachusetts Medical Society's research poster symposium on March 21st, 2026.

Frankly Speaking Podcast

Please join us for a weekly Podcast series. Muscle growth, tissue repair, sexual function-compounded injectable peptides are marketed online for an expanding list of uses, and they're showing up in your patients' medicine cabinets. Join us as we explore this growing trend, evaluate the evidence behind the claims, and discuss how to counsel patients on potential safety risk. Guest: Robert A. Baldor, MD, FAAFP, presents, "Too Good to Be True? The Promises and Risks of Compounded Peptides". Frankly Speaking Episode #484. Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/frankly-speaking-about-family-medicine/id1194659367

Resources

Past editions of the Tuesday Talk are available at 

https://www.umassmed.edu/fmch/ under Resources.

The UMass Memorial Caring for Caregivers Program is available at 508-334-HELP,

EAP at 866-263-3525, and the UMass Chan EAP at 800-322-5327.

www.LiveandWorkWell.com 

Yoga Classes with Dr. Liz Erban. New members always welcome. 

Wednesday(s), 6:30-7:30am, for a gentle awakening yoga session led by Liz Erban.

https://umassmed.zoom.us/j/91343267992?pwd=ZHF3NHVrVlR1MVdMV09HSE5lTzdsQT09

FMCH Department Calendar a centralized resource designed to highlight departmental dates, deadlines, and events. If you experience any issues, please reach out to (natalia.tobon@umassmed.edu) or (sandra.girouardtodd@umassmed.edu).