Dedication of The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont

University and College leaders honored Dr. and Mrs. Larner for a lifetime of dedication to Medicine, Education, and UVM on Friday, April 28, 2017. Tributes were made to the Larners' generosity, culminating in an unveiling of a commemorative portrait of the couple.

The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont is named to honor the spirit of giving embodied by Dr. Larner, a member of the College’s Class of 1942. Born in Burlington’s Old North End, Dr. Larner served his country in World War II, and then served his patients for over 50 years. Here at his alma mater, he and his wife Helen fostered a culture of giving back throughout the alumni community. The Larners’ personal generosity has ensured a medical education second to none for generations of future physicians.

Robert Larner, M.D., '42

Honoring Dr. Larner 

Read about Dr. Larner's life story from his youth in Burlington and his UVM roots to his early years as a physician in wartime and California in the 1940s.

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In Dedication

The Larner Dedication Plaque is located at the entrance to the Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont.

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Gramling to Discuss Improving Clinician-Patient-Family Communication at Community Medical School on 5/2

April 26, 2017 by Kate Skinas

Join the Larner College of Medicine community for the third lecture of the Community Medical School Spring 2017 series on May 2! This week, Robert Gramling, M.D., D.Sc., will discuss “Conversations in Serious Illness: Improving Clinician-Patient-Family Communication” starting at 6:00 pm in the Carpenter Auditorium in the Given Building.

Robert Gramling, M.D., D.Sc., Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Holly & Bob Miller Chair in Palliative Medicine (Photo: LCOM Creative Services)

Join the University of Vermont's Larner College of Medicine and UVM Medical Center on May 2 for the third lecture of the Spring 2017 Community Medical School series! Robert Gramling, M.D., D.Sc., will discuss “Conversations in Serious Illness: Improving Clinician-Patient-Family Communication” starting at 6:00 p.m. in the Carpenter Auditorium in the Given Building on the UVM campus.

Gramling is the Miller Chair of Palliative Medicine and an associate professor of family medicine at the Larner College of Medicine. He will discuss the Vermont Palliative Care Communication Initiative, which strives to evoke highly effective communication between clinicians and seriously ill patients and their loved ones. Find out the rationale, design, and implementation of this innovative and timely public health project from a national expert and UVM’s first endowed chair in palliative medicine.

No registration required. Learn more here.