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  • Leffler Explains Value of Academic Medicine in VT Digger Commentary
    September 8, 2022 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (SEPTEMBER 8, 2022) Stephen Leffler, M.D.’90, M.H.C.D.S., FACEP, professor of emergency medicine and president and chief operating officer of the University of Vermont Medical Center, wrote a commentary in VT Digger about the value of academic medicine.
    Read full story at VT Digger
  • Eappen Named UVMHN’s Next President and CEO, NBC5 Reports
    September 8, 2022 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (SEPTEMBER 8, 2022) Following an extensive nationwide search, the University of Vermont Health Network has named Sunil “Sunny” Eappen, M.D., M.B.A., as its next president and CEO effective November 28, 2022, according to NBC Channel 5. He will also serve as a clinical professor of anesthesiology at the Larner College of Medicine.
    Read full story at NBC5
  • UVM Health Network Names Sunil Eappen, M.D., M.B.A, as Next President and CEO
    September 8, 2022 by Jennifer Nachbur
    The University of Vermont Health Network has named Sunil “Sunny” Eappen, M.D., M.B.A., as the health system’s next president and chief executive officer, following an extensive national search.
  • VCBH Working on Low Nicotine Studies
    September 8, 2022 by Nicole Twohig
    VCBH Director Stephen Higgins was interviewed by CBS affiliate WCAX about the center's current research examining "how lowering nicotine levels in cigarettes and e-cigarettes affect people’s need to smoke."
  • Higgins Comments on Rewards to Help Addiction Recovery in Associated Press Article
    September 7, 2022 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (SEPTEMBER 7, 2022) Stephen Higgins, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry, explained in an Associated Press story that the same dopamine reward system that’s the basis for addictions can be used to promote healthy behavior change.

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