Conferences and Events - Department of Medicine | College of Medicine

Conferences & Events

The divisions hold and attend a number of conferences, grand rounds, journal clubs, and clinical meetings. Our department holds faculty, unit director/associate chair, and clinical unit directors meetings throughout the year.

Department of Medicine

Contact the Medicine Education Office (847-3944) to confirm speakers, times, and locations.

Faculty Meetings

Meetings of Department of Medicine Faculty are typically held twice per year in June and December, on a Friday from 8:00-9:00 a.m. in Davis Auditorium (in place of regularly scheduled Grand Rounds). Refreshments are served in the Davis Concourse area from 7:30-8:00 a.m. This is a great time to meet with colleagues prior to the meeting.

Clinical Unit Directors Meetings

Meetings of the Clinical Unit Directors are typically held the fourth Monday of each month from 5:00-6:00 p.m. in Fletcher 473 conference room.

Administrative and Financial Support Staff Meetings

Meetings of the Medicine Administrative and Financial Support Staff are held quarterly in Rowell 107 Conference Room from 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Medicine Grand Rounds

Medicine Grand Rounds are held every Friday during the academic year from 8:00-9:00 a.m. in the Davis Auditorium. See current Grand Rounds schedule below.

Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Friday 8:00 A.M. on ZOOM

The Zoom meeting can be accessed directly through the recurring Medicine Grand Rounds Zoom link:

https://uvmcom.zoom.us/j/95047409181

Meeting ID: 950 4740 9181

Password: 347294

The University of Vermont College of Medicine (UVM) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. UVM designates this internet live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Medicine Grand Rounds
Date	Title	Speaker
January 7th, 2022	The Inflammasome: You May Not See It, but It Is Seeing You	Brendan L. Thoms, MBBS, PhD Rheumatology Fellow Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont Martin M. LeWinter, MD, FACC, FAHA Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont
January 14th, 2022	Morbidity & Mortality	This will be a case presentation from the medical service with discussion. This conference is limited to medical staff, resident physicians, and medical students at the University of Vermont Medical Center / Larner College of Medicine, and invitees of the conference leaders. As this conference is closed to only those included above and invited guests, a unique Zoom meeting invitation and link will be sent out with the weekly Grand Rounds email. The recurring GR Zoom meeting link will not work for M&M
January 21st, 2022	The Role of Race in Lung Function Interpretation – A Modern View	David A. Kaminsky, MD Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Disease & Critical Care Medicine, Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont
January 28th, 2022	Tisdale lecture Management of Hyperglycemia and Diabetes in the Hospital Setting	Guillermo E. Umpierrez, MD, CDCES, FACE, MACP Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Emory University Director of the Diabetes and Endocrinology Section, Grady Memorial Hospital President-Elect, American Diabetes Association