As the only tertiary care medical center in Vermont, the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine’s Division of Neurosurgery provides comprehensive surgical management of disorders of the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nervous system. Since the division's establishment in 1948, we have been committed to translating leading-edge research into improved patient care.

Residents

Medical students and neurosurgery residents participate in a variety of research activities and provide care and an array of treatment options for patients who have brain and spinal disease. By facilitating critical thinking, we advance the knowledge needed to treat neurologic disorders and enhance the quality of clinical care.


 

Academic and Clinical Excellence

Surgery

As physicians and scientists, the Division of Neurosurgery faculty brings intellectual curiosity, scientific rigor, and fundamental concern to our patients, our trainees, our colleagues, and the communities we serve in northern New England. 

We advance knowledge and innovation, and enhance efficiency through clinical, translational, and biomedical research studies designed to improve the care of patients with neurologic disease. We are dedicated to patient-and family-centric treatment of individuals with neurologic disease, and to developing the next generation of neurosurgical physicians. The UVM Neurosurgery Residency Program if fully accredited by ACGME and committed to training future leaders in the field to be outstanding clinicians, active investigators and experienced educators.


Surgery News

Moore Named Director of Active Learning

November 22, 2017 by Jennifer Nachbur

Jesse Moore, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery and Director of Active Learning, left, with a trainee. (Photo: LCoM Creative Services)

Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education William Jeffries, Ph.D., has announced that Jesse Moore, M.D., associate professor of surgery, has been named the director of active learning at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, effective December 4, 2017. Moore, a colon and rectal surgeon at the UVM Medical Center, will continue to work as an active clinician concurrently with his new leadership role.

In this new position, which was created to oversee the College’s efforts towards achieving 100 percent active learning by 2019, Moore will report to Jeffries and be part of the Office of Medical Student Education. His responsibilities will include recruiting faculty to learn, contribute to, and implement active learning across the entire curriculum and will also involve oversight of the pedagogy and logistical plan for active learning. In addition, Moore will serve as chair the Active Learning Advisory Committee, and, in collaboration with the Teaching Academy, help design and implement faculty development for active learning.

Moore, who joined UVM in 2011, has served as director of the surgery clerkship since 2012. He was appointed director of surgery student education in 2016, overseeing the surgical education of first- and second-year students, the surgery rotation during the clerkship year, and the activities of fourth-year students pursuing a career in surgery. He also teaches and mentors general surgery residents at the UVM Medical Center, and was awarded Teacher of the Year honors by the residents in 2015.

Nationally, Moore has published and presented in both his clinical specialty and medical education. He has been a member of the Association for Surgical Education since 2012, is currently vice-chair of the Clerkship Director’s Committee, and was named a Fellow of their Academy of Clerkship Directors in 2016. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. At UVM, he serves on the Faculty Senate, and is a member of the Larner College of Medicine Teaching Academy and the Medical Curriculum Committee. He also chairs the Curriculum Competency Committee for the Department of Surgery at the UVM Medical Center.

After earning his medical degree from SUNY Downstate Medical School in Brooklyn, N.Y., Moore completed a surgery residency and a fellowship in medical outcomes at the UVM Medical Center. He also completed a fellowship in colon and rectal surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., prior to joining the faculty at UVM.