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The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont has a remarkable community that provides ample opportunities to connect with fellow graduate students, postdocs, staff, and faculty. Offerings include workshops, conferences, events and seminars to bring together the perspectives of our diverse specialties. It is important to share your voice and feel heard as well as get involved with our Larner Community. 

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  • Cushman Discusses What Your Blood Type Says about Your Health in Labor Tribune Interview
    March 20, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (MARCH 20, 2023) There are many possible reasons for why knowing your blood type could give clues to your risk of stroke and heart attack, hematologist Mary Cushman, M.D., M.Sc., professor of medicine and pathology and laboratory medicine, told the St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune.
    Read full story at St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune
  • Rabinowitz Comments in USA Today Article on Mental Health Telemedicine for Rural Nursing Homes
    March 18, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (MARCH 18, 2023) Psychiatrist Terry Rabinowitz, M.D., D.D.S., professor of psychiatry and family medicine, who has been providing mental health care by video to a rural nursing home in upstate New York since 2002, was quoted in a USA Today article on mental health telemedicine.
    Read full story at USA Today
  • Their Futures Revealed: Medical Class of ‘23 Celebrates Match Day
    March 17, 2023 by Jennifer Nachbur
    The University of Vermont’s graduating medical students were among a record-breaking nearly 43,000 future physicians participating in the National Resident Matching Program’s 2023 Main Residency Match® on Match Day on March 17.
  • WCAX-TV Features UVM Med Students Learning Their Residency Program Matches
    March 17, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (MARCH 17, 2023) Fourth-year medical students at UVM’s Larner College of Medicine learned about their immediate futures at this year’s Match Day on March 17, WCAX-TV reported. The ceremony — held in person for the first time since 2019 — is how many students find out where they’ll continue their medical education as resident physicians and marks a huge milestone as they begin their professional medical careers.
    Read full story at WCAX-TV
  • Vermont Public Reports on Bell’s Support for Gun Legislation
    March 17, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (MARCH 17, 2023) Rebecca Bell, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, supports legislation that would establish a waiting period for all gun purchases and a so-called safe storage provision that would require gun owners to keep their weapons securely locked if someone else who shouldn’t have a gun would otherwise be able to gain access, according to Vermont Public.
    Read full story at Vermont Public
  • Jackson Interviewed for Car Crash Story on NBC5
    March 16, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (MARCH 16, 2023) Peter Jackson, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry, was interviewed by NBC5 for a story on Vermont’s 10-year high in the number of fatal car crashes in 2022 — about 60 percent of which involved impaired drivers, state records show.
    Read full story at NBC5
  • Infeld Explains Heart Rate Acceleration in ‘Stiff Heart’ to WCAX
    March 15, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (MARCH 15, 2023) Margaret Infeld, M.D., M.S., clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellow and clinical instructor in the Department of Medicine, explained the results of her recent MyPace study on so-called stiff hearts in an interview with WCAX-TV.
    Read full story at WCAX-TV
  • Rawson Praises ‘Unorthodox’ Contingency Management Substance Use Treatment Program in Seven Days Article
    March 15, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (MARCH 15, 2023) Richard Rawson, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry, consulted with the coordinators of a new — and somewhat unorthodox — substance use treatment program run by Burlington-based nonprofit Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform, according to an article in Seven Days.
    Read full story at Seven Days
  • Osler Interviewed by Medscape about Physicians Seeking Better Work-Life Balance
    March 14, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (MARCH 14, 2023) Turner Osler, M.D., professor of surgery emeritus, was interviewed by Medscape along with three other doctors for an article on physicians who have made changes in their medical careers to improve their work-life balance and happiness.
    Read full story at Medscape
  • UVMHN President & CEO Eappen Interviewed by NBC5
    March 6, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (MARCH 6, 2023) Sunil Eappen, M.D., M.B.A., clinical professor of anesthesiology and president and CEO of UVM Health Network, sat down with NBC5’s Stewart Ledbetter for his first in-person interview since taking over as president last year.
    Read full story at NBC5
  • Wood Comments to Seven Days on Value of Doulas for New Parents’ Mental Health
    March 1, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (MARCH 1, 2023) Sandra Wood, NP, CNM, PMHNP, certified nurse-midwife and psychiatric nurse practitioner in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, told Seven Days she sees a strong connection between doula care and positive mental health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women.
    Read full story at Seven Days
  • Solomon Comments to Medscape on Differential MS Diagnosis for Minorities
    March 1, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (MARCH 1, 2023) Commenting to Medscape for an article on differential multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis for minorities, Andrew Solomon, M.D., professor of neurological sciences and chief of the Division of Multiple Sclerosis, said that for years, the “prevailing thought” was that MS was less common in underrepresented populations.
    Read full story at Medscape
  • Gender Equity Event Features Talk on Dismantling Dominant Culture, Celebrates Awardees
    March 1, 2023 by Jennifer Nachbur
    The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont hosted the fourth annual Celebration of Gender Equity in Medicine and Science on March 2, 2023.
  • Taylor Interview on Vermont Public Focuses on Alzheimer’s and Dementia
    February 28, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (FEBRUARY 28, 2023) Neurologist John Steele Taylor, M.D., assistant professor of neurological sciences and medical co-director of the Memory Program at UVM Medical Center, joined Meg Polyte, policy and advocacy director for the Vermont chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, in a conversation with Connor Cyrus on Vermont Public’s Vermont Edition program.
    Read full story at Vermont Public
  • Gerson Interviewed by Press-Republican about New CAR T-Cell Therapy to Treat Blood Cancers
    February 28, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (FEBRUARY 28, 2023) James Gerson, M.D., assistant professor of medicine and director of the CAR T-Cell Program, spoke to the Press-Republican about the promising cancer treatment called CAR T-cell therapy that is now available at the UVM Cancer Center.
    Read full story at Press-Republican (Plattsburgh, N.Y.)
  • Shook Speaks to News Finale about Forgiveness When Dying
    February 25, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (FEBRUARY 25, 2023) Angela Shook, an end-of-life doula who graduated from and now teaches in UVM’s End-of-Life Doula Professional Certificate Program, was interviewed by News Finale for an article on forgiveness at the end of life.
    Read full story at News Finale
  • Leffler, Eappen Comment to The Other Paper on New Surgery Facility
    February 23, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (FEBRUARY 23, 2023) Stephen Leffler, M.D., M.H.C.D.S., professor of emergency medicine and president and CEO of the UVM Medical Center, and Sunil Eappen, M.D., M.B.A., president and CEO of the UVM Health Network, spoke to The Other Paper about UVMMC’s request for state approval to build a new surgery facility at its current Tilley Drive complex in South Burlington.
    Read full story at The Other Paper
  • “Clinician Office Hours” Gives Rural Providers Access to Substance Use Disorder Experts
    February 22, 2023 by Jennifer Nachbur
    The University of Vermont’s Center on Rural Addiction has launched a new free program called Clinician Office Hours to help providers access specialists in prevention and treatment of substance abuse disorders. The program is available virtually to any health care provider in the U.S. located in an area designated as rural by the Health Resources & Services Administration.
  • Looking at the Future of Cardiovascular Health through the Lens of Early-Career Investigators
    February 22, 2023 by Jennifer Nachbur
    The University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine features some of the world’s foremost cardiovascular researchers, experts in cardiovascular disease risk factors, thrombosis, atherosclerosis, stroke, and heart failure. the science shared by early-career investigators at the Cardiovascular Research Institute of Vermont’s fourth annual Viridis Montis Challenge, it was apparent that the institution’s reputation and legacy in the field of cardiovascular research will continue to have a global impact.
  • UVM Cancer Center Offers Innovative New Cancer Treatment
    February 22, 2023 by Katherine Strotmeyer
    The University of Vermont Cancer Center now offers a novel, highly effective form of cancer treatment called CAR T-cell therapy, and recently began treating patients. The Cancer Center is the only health care institution in Vermont and northern New York to provide the treatment.