Perspectives - Boston Children`s Hospital

Perspectives
Volume 14 - Number 2
Director: S. Jean Emans, MD Administrative Director: Maxine Milstein, MBA Editor: Jill Dobriner, PhD
BCH Academy Members Garner Education Awards and Recognition
The Academy at BCH is a unique hospital-based teaching collaborative
with 100 members representing 15 different departments. Current
initiatives include twice yearly retreats, monthly projects in progress
conferences, and pilot grant and teaching awards. As The Academy
begins its 7th year, members are increasingly being recognized for their
significant contributions to Medical Education. Alan Leichtner, MD,
MSHPEd, Director of the BCH Academy, was honored with the 2014
HMS Charles J. Hatem Award for Faculty Development in Medical
Education and Daniel Kamin, MD, received 3 awards including the 2014
BCH Robert P. Masland, Jr, Teaching Award. In addition, Craig Lillehei,
MD, a BCH Academy Board member, has recently been named the
Chair for Surgical Education at BCH. For a full list of BCH Medical
Education awardees, see page 2
Recognizing the importance of Medical Education, HMS has instituted a
new policy that all faculty are expected to teach Harvard students,
residents, fellows, and faculty at least 50 hours per year.
Drs. Leichtner and Kamin, teaching award
recipients, at the 2014 HMS Medical
Education Ceremony
For more information on the Academy, including an overview of its
mission, the application process, Board members, and seminars,
resources, and projects go to: www.childrenshospital.org/research/ofd
and click on The Academy link.
2014 HMS Mentoring and HMS/BCH Teaching Awards – see
articles on p. 2
Dr. Alexander McAdam
- Donald O’Hara PhD,
Faculty Prize for
Excellence in Teaching
Dr. Holly Gooding –
Curtis Prout Academy
Fellow in Medical
Education
Dr. Craig Lillehei – Chair for
Surgical Education at BCH
Director’s Perspectives, by S. Jean Emans, MD
Dr. Kimberly Stegmaier - HMS
A. Clifford Barger Excellence
in Mentoring Award
Dr. Peter Nigrovic - HMS
Young Mentor Award
As Boston Children’s Hospital is known for setting high
standards at every level in pediatric medicine and
surgery, our faculty are also known as high achievers
who develop initiatives and models of care that others
can adapt and use. In this issue, we focus on our high
achievers in education and mentorship. Congratulations
to Alan Leichtner, MD, MSHPEd, the Faculty Director and
Founder of the BCH Academy, who was awarded the
Charles J. Hatem Award for Faculty Development in
Medical Education. Dr. Leichtner created the BCH
Academy in 2008 to focus the hospital’s educational
mission and the Academy has since enriched the BCH
community. Congratulations to Dr. Craig Lillehei who is
honored with the Chair for Surgical Education at BCH.
We also thank our 2014 mentorship awardees, Drs. Peter
Nigrovic and Kimberly Stegmaier, whose commitment
to their trainees is inspiring to all of us.
Perspectives
Children’s Faculty Earn 2014 Mentoring Awards
As Boston Children’s Hospital continues to foster and grow its mentorship programs, our faculty earn accolades for their
deep commitments in supporting their trainees and colleagues. This past year two BCH faculty members received HMS
mentorship awards: Kimberly Stegmaier, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Hematology-Oncology,
received the HMS A. Clifford Barger Excellence in Mentoring Award, and Peter Nigrovic, MD, Assistant Professor of
Medicine in the Division of Immunology, was awarded the HMS Young Mentor Award.
In discussing their approaches to mentoring with Perspectives, Drs. Stegmaier and Nigrovic shared these suggestions on
how to develop strong mentoring relationships. To Dr. Nigrovic, “The mentor has to possess some skill, experience or
knowledge that the mentee lacks. But the mentor also has to genuinely care about the mentee and his or her career. This
care should be evident in willingness to invest time to mentor properly - time for conversations, prompt replies to emails,
time to help shepherd opportunities toward the mentee, and so on.” And don’t forget how the relationship is rewarding on
both ends of the spectrum, as Dr. Stegmaier, a ballet dancer, emphasized. “Whether as a researcher in the laboratory, an
attending physician on a clinical care team, or a dancer on the stage, I find much happiness in the partnering with others.
Mentoring is another avenue to that shared happiness. How exciting it is to share with a mentee the experience of an
accepted manuscript or a first successful grant application!”
And how can a trainee find a good mentor? Partly by meeting with other trainees, according to Dr.Stegmaier. “One of the
best approaches to finding a good mentor is to seek the input of multiple former or active mentees. These mentees can
provide the best perspective on the mentored relationship. How much does the mentor prioritize mentoring? Are they
there when you really need them? Are they a good listener? Can they empathize and adjust their advice based on the
mentee’s individual needs?” Dr. Nigrovic recommends a combination of energy and networking. “Everyone is very busy, so
the mentee has to drive the relationship to be sure that he or she gets the needed help. Further, no one mentor will fill
every mentoring needs. Mentees need to cultivate a network of mentors with distinct skills and resources.”
Marc Ackerman, DMD, Elected to
National Academies of Practice
Congratulations to Marc Ackerman,
DMD, Assistant Professor of
Developmental Biology, Department of
Dentistry, who was elected to the
National Academies of Practice (NAP) as
Distinguished Fellow and Practitioner.
The NAP advises on policy related to
health care and its members are selected
by their commitment to excellence and
willingness to engage in interdisciplinary
discussion.
2014 Medical Education Awardees
HMS Awards
The Charles J. Hatem Award for Faculty Development in Medical Education
Alan Leichtner, MD, MSHPEd, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, GI-Nutrition
Academy Fellows in Medical Education
Holly Gooding, MD, MSc, Instructor in Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine, Curtis Prout Fellow of
the Academy
Daniel S. Kamin, MD, Instructor in Pediatrics, GI-Nutrition, Morgan-Zinsser Fellow of the
Academy
Academy Center for Teaching and Learning: Award for Excellence in Tutoring
Daniel S. Kamin, MD, Instructor in Pediatrics, GI-Nutrition/ Human Systems – Gastrointestinal
Gregory S. Sawicki, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Pulmonary/ Integrated Human
Physiology
Robert S. Truog, MD, Professor of Anaesthesia (Pediatrics)/ Medical Ethics and Professionalism
Donald O’Hara PhD, Faculty Prize for Excellence in Teaching
Dr. Ackerman at
the NAP
Ceremony
Alexander J. McAdam, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology (Laboratory Medicine)
Robert P. Masland, Jr, Teaching Award
Daniel S. Kamin, MD, Instructor in Pediatrics, GI-Nutrition
BCH Academy Awards
Stephen Brown, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiology
“Program to Enhance Relational and Communication Skills for Radiologists”
Traci Wolbrink, MD, MPH, Instructor in Anaesthesia
“OPENPediatrics”
Christopher Landrigan, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of General
Pediatrics
"Mentorship in Medical Education"
Chair for Surgical Education at BCH
Craig Lillehei, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery
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Milestones and Assessments of Residents and Fellows
“Milestones” Leadership:
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
has implemented a new framework, Milestones, to assess the progress
of residents and clinical fellows. Tery Noseworthy, BCH GME Office
Manager, describes Milestones as “skills, knowledge and performance
that can be demonstrated by the residents and fellows throughout the
course of their training.” According to Alan Woolf, MD, MPH, BCH GME
Designated Institutional Official and Co-Chair, GME Committee, "The
evaluation of the clinical performance of trainees using the new
ACGME Milestones will enable faculty and staff to give residents and
fellows more precise, constructive, and helpful guidance as they make
progress in attaining skills necessary for their future professional
behaviors and practices.”
Ted Sectish, MD, Program Director, Boston Combined Residency
Program (BCRP) and Executive Director, Federation of Pediatric
Organizations (FOPO), and Diane Stafford, MD, Endocrine Fellowship
Director, provide the following perspective on Milestones. “For the last
several years, our focus has been on the ACGME core competencies
and competency-based assessment. With the 2014 academic year, all
pediatric programs will utilize “Milestones” (specific sub-competencies
of the 6 competency domains) designed to focus on the progression
of an individual trainee from novice to expert with respect to these
competencies. This process will be guided by a Clinical Competency
Committee organized by the program to assess the achievement level
of each trainee across a spectrum of Milestones, thus allowing
programs to better determine areas of strength and weakness for each
individual trainee.”
Debra Boyer, MD, Co-Chair, GME Committee, and Pulmonary
Fellowship Director, feels the biggest challenge of implementing
Milestones at Children’s “will be for faculty to understand the
Milestones and learn how best to use them for evaluation and for
giving feedback to the trainees. Ultimately, I do think that the
Milestones have the ability to improve aspects of graduate medical
education. We just have to learn to do it right!!”
Take-home Points on Faculty Engagement and Retention
What steps can academic medical centers take to better engage
their faculty? Two recent publications have focused on the
satisfaction and retention of academic faculty. AAMC’s “Promising
practices for promoting faculty engagement and retention at U.S.
medical schools”1 highlights efforts at several academic medical
centers including formalized training programs for department
chairs on promotion policies and guidelines, conducting faculty
performance reviews and providing constructive feedback. Social
networking opportunities were also implemented to increase
collegiality and collaboration; enhanced two-way communication,
including transparency on financial issues, was instituted. The
second “A review of trends in attrition rates for surgical faculty”2
surveyed 3 cohorts of surgical faculty at Ohio State University
Medical Center at 5 year intervals between 1996 and 2011. Results
showed greater attrition in the most recent cohort (2006)
particularly for women, minorities and Associate and Full Professors.
The top 4 reasons for turnover were: “unstable organization, limited
professional growth opportunities, unhealthy work culture and
difficulty with balancing work and life with case load.” The authors
recommend that comprehensive retention efforts begin as soon as
a physician is recruited, such as establishing an optimal practice
environment including: two-way communication, part-time
positions and flexible hours, and on-site child-care. A well planned
on-boarding program and mentoring support, with written
guidelines and training, should be implemented. Career
Alan Woolf, MD, MPH,
BCH GME Designated
Institutional Official
and Co-Chair, GME
Committee
Ted Sectish, MD,
Program Director,
Boston Combined
Residency Program
(BCRP)
Diane Stafford, MD,
Endocrine Fellowship
Director
Debra Boyer, MD, CoChair, GME
Committee, and
Pulmonary Fellowship
Director
conferences, including short and long term
expectations for advancement and promotion, and
performance evaluations should be held annually.
Competitive packages, leadership training and exit
interviews should be offered.
HMS and the faculty development offices at the
hospitals, including Children’s Office of Faculty
Development (OFD), are actively addressing many of
these areas. The BCH OFD offers orientations for new
faculty, skill building, career advancement, leadership
and work/life seminars, and a Faculty Career and
Family Network hosting events such as the annual
apple picking expedition. The OFD also provides
individual appointments to review CVs and readiness
for promotion, mentoring guidelines and support, and
diversity and medical education initiatives. The OFD
([email protected]) welcomes your
suggestions.
Perspectives
Bryn Austin, ScD, 2014 Prism Award
recipient, with Allison Scobie-Carroll of
the LGBT & Friends Committee
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LMA Family Childcare Network: A program serving families looking for high quality, licensed family childcare
Leslie Benson, MD; Instructor in Neurology; Longitudinal Study of Optical Coherence Tomography in Pediatric
providers who provide care in their home; see flyer below
Multiple Sclerosis
To find out more:
Sangita Choudhury, PhD; Instructor in Pediatrics, Cardiovascular Research; Lamin-B2: A New Regulator of Heart Muscle
Website: http://www.masco.org/working/lma-family-childcare
Cell Proliferation for Developing Regenerative Therapies for Pediatric Heart Failure
Phone: 617-603-4676; Email: [email protected]
Gulcin Demirci, MD, PhD; Instructor in Surgery, General Surgery; Role of NRP1 for NK Cells in Organ Transplant
Nina Dickerman, Program Director, LMA Family Childcare Network
Ali Gholipour, PhD; Assistant Professor of Radiology; Quantitative MRI Evaluation of Early White Matter Development
and Injury
Mehdi Hedjazi Moghari, MD; Instructor in Pediatrics, Cardiology; Creation of 3D Virtual and Physical Heart Models to
Guide Cardiac Surgery for Children with Double Outlet Right Ventricle
Erin Janssen, MD, PhD; Instructor in Pediatrics, Immunology; The Role of DOCK8 Deficient Lymphocytes in the
Development of Autoimmunity
Akiko Mammoto, MD, PhD; Instructor in Surgery, Vascular Biology; LRP5-Tie2 Signalling in Lung Vascular Regeneration
Ganeshwaran Mochida, MD, MMSc; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Genetics/Genomics; Genetic Basis and Cellular
Models of Abnormal Human Cerebellar Development
Meena Nathan, MD; Instructor in Surgery, Cardiac Surgery; Technical Performance Score - A Quality Assessment Tool in
Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Christos Papadelis, PhD; Instructor in Pediatrics, Newborn Medicine; Interictal High Frequency Osillations as Biomarker
of Epilepsy in Children
Tracy Richmond, MD, MPH; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine; The Influence of School
Environments on Youth Alcohol Initiation and Alcohol Use into Young Adulthood
Mary Beth Son, MD; Instructor in Pediatrics, Immunology; Outcomes of Recently Transitioned Patients with Systemic
Lupus Erythematosus
Joanna Yi, MD; Instructor in Pediatrics, Hematology-Oncology; Drug Combinations for Neuroblastoma: Leveraging BET
Inhibition for Synergistic Effects
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Anesthesiology, Perioperative,
Department of Medicine –
Department of Medicine – cont.
and Pain Medicine
Divisions
Hematology-Oncology
Douglas B. Atkinson, MD
Adolescent Medicine
Prassana Ananth, MD
Patricia R. Bachiller, MD
Sabra Katz-Wise, PhD
Natasha Archer, MD
Morgan L. Brown, MD, PhD
Developmental Medicine
Stacy Croteau, MD
Chinyere Egbuta, MD
Susan Faja, PhD
Andrew Hong, MD
Nishanthi Kandiah, MD
Emergency Medicine
Junne Kamihara, MD, PhD
Daniel P. Kelly, MD
Kate Dorney, MD
Immunology
Anjali Koka, MD
Megan Hannon, MD
Elena Hawryluk, MD
Enid E. Martinez, MD
Joel Hudgins, MD
Infectious Diseases
Viviane G. Nasr, MD
Mollie Lebowitz, MD
Dingding An, PhD
Jamey J. Snell, MD
Endocrinology
Kelly Flett, MD
Jue T. Wang, MD
Kyle Copps, PhD
Jorge Velarde, MD, PhD
Laura C. Westfall, MD
Elizabeth Hart, MD
Fan Zhang, MD
Cardiology
Amy Levenson, MD
Informatics
Peta Alexander, MD
Lin Lin, MD
Paul Avillach, MD, PhD
Keri Shafer, MD
Dong-Ju Shin, PhD
Alal Eran, PhD
Dentistry
Carmen Soto, MD
Tim Miller, PhD
Rosalyn Sulyanto, DMD
Jennifer Todd, MD
Medicine Critical Care Program
General Surgery
Gastroenterology/Nutrition
Grace Chan, MD
Hariharan Thangarajah, MD
Amlan Biswas, PhD
Nephrology
Neurology
Daniel Chinnapen, PhD
Rannar Airik, PhD
Emily Gertsch, MD
JinAh Cho, PhD
Heon Yung Gee, MD, PhD
Partha Ghosh, MD, MBBS
Bridget Hron, MD
Newborn Medicine
Jennifer Hanowell, DO
Lorri Marek-Kagan, DPhil
Francheyska Mazara, MD
April Levin, MD
Jodie Ouahed, MD
Yoshio Okada, PhD
Jeffrey Neil, MD, PhD
Jay Thiagarajah, MD, PhD
Christos Papadelis, PhD
Phillip Pearl, MD
Andrew Weflen, PhD
Pulmonary
Caitlin Rollins, MD
General Pediatrics
Ruby Wang, MD
Neurosurgery
Lisa Butler, PhD
Scellig Stone, MD, PhD
Jessica Creedon, MD
Ophthalmology
Valerie Earnshaw, MD
Michael Wan, MD
Hiu-fai Fong, MD
Mary Whitman, MD, PhD
Maya Ilowite, MD
The Department of Anesthesiology,
Orthopedic Surgery
Elizabeth Pingree, MD
Perioperative and Pain Medicine and the
Collin J. May, MD
Katherine Schlosser, MD
Office of Faculty Development also welcome
Otolaryngology
Natalie Stavas, MD
back Juan Ibla, MD
Victor Duarte, MD
Eric Zwemer, MD
Steven Hamilton, MD
Heather Herrington, MD
Julie Strychowsky, MD
Plastic Surgery
Cory M. Resnick, DMD, MD
Psychiatry
Paul Hammerness, MD
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Perspectives
Volume 14 no. 2
Alan Leichtner, MD, MSHPEd, and others: BCH Academy Members Garner Education Awards/Recognition
Kimberly Stegmaier, MD, and Peter Nigrovic, MD: 2014 HMS Mentoring Awards
HMS/BCH Teaching Awards
Marc Ackerman, DMD, Elected to NAP
Milestones and Assessments of Residents and Fellows
Take-home Points on Faculty Engagement and Retention
Upcoming November and December OFD Events
2014 LGBT & Friends Celebration
Congratulations to the 2014 OFD/RRRC/CTREC Faculty Career Development Fellowship Recipients
Welcome New Faculty
Leisurely Learning – New Life Hiking Spa
For Your Fall Reading List – Strategic Relationships at Work
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