Return of the Peros

Jim Peros, UVM IM resident alum - class of 2007, surprised us with an impromtu visit. It was nice to see a familiar face and someone who helped shape this middle manager's residency education.

He is currently working as a hospitalist at the:

Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Medical Center. Click to see his Jim's KP homepage and a description of his hospital.

Jim describes a large part of his community to be an immigrant Filipino population.

His fav procedure is the thoracentesis.

His schedule consists of 10 to 12 weeks blocks, in which he works an average of 40 hours per week / 10-12 weeks. This includes:

• 6 weeks of inpatient rounding/discharging


• 2 weeks of solely admitting inpatients


• 4 weekends are worked during the 10-12 week block


• 1 week of working nights - where he triages in the ER (ICU vs general wards), crosscovers inpatients


• 2 weeks off

When asked how he felt about the "real world" after residency, he reported feeling:

"Well prepared and comfortable to deal with any crazy situation...I've encountered a lot of crazy situations"

Hope you're well Jim.

Lock n Load

Note: the following stories, and quotes may or may not be true....

Recently residents, medical staff, and significant others came together with a common goal. What cause was so important to bring such a group together? World peace perhaps? Maybe strategies to reduce our carbon footprint? Close... It was for the ability to harness compressed air and simulate warfare with the Colchester Paint Ball group. Like anything in VT, it proved to be a very organic experience...



Above, Group Shot-
Top, left to right: Armin, Pierre, Dave, Phill, JC, Suraiya, Sahir, Perki, Lynda
Bottom kneeling Left to right: Jen, Maruf, Axel, Shalini



The day began early...Phill "Warrior" Anderson III, cardiology fellow by day...and night, who provided inspiration for the outing, walked into the compound silently and confidently. Upon entrance, he kneeled to the ground, ran scoops of clay soil through his hands and muttered, "I love the smell of vegetable oil based polymer in the mornings..." He then got up with purpose and carefully wrote down all our names in a small paint soaked black book, labelled 'Martyrs'. After coldly staring into each participant's eyes of his victims lives. He then assumed the yogi position and awaited to become one with the paint...

Upper Level Medicine Resident Lynda "10 Cane" Tilluckdharry also came prepared for battle. When asked what her game plan was, she politely yet sternly stated:

"I wore fluorescent pink today because I'm that good....It's also in honor of the 'Where's Waldo Book Series' and the Trinidadian Army"


The group was divided into two. With the lines drawn, everyone geared up at base camp, with 3000 psi of compressed air, trigger fingers and dreams of bruising. Multiple battles, proctored by the wonderful folks at Colchester Paintball, ensued as the morning went on.

Interventional cardiologist, Perki "Call of Duty" Gogo, had one the higher kill counts. He commented on the fact that paintball reminded him of being in a video game. "My love for video games is the reason why I went into interventional cardiology" He said, "I like fake shooting fake people almost as much as I like shooting the cors ..."

One of the highlights was a simulated all out Spartan inspired run-through attack on one of the pine ridden battlefields. FP attending, Sahir "tofu tornado" Patel led the attack and nearly raised the winning flag. Unfortunately, the attack was more Lemming like than Spartanesque and the opposing team eventually regrouped and painted liberally...There was also unfortunate friendly fire: Sorry Perki....

Representing the surgical specialties, Armin "10 blade" Kiankhooy and Dave "Faceoff"Gawlik worked well together to get a high paint/kill count. It was almost as though they choreographed their maneuvers. When asked how they came to be so in sync with each other, Armin replied:

"Our success comes from working extremely long hours mimicking prime time TV sensation 'Dancing with the Stars'. We practice at home or in the OR....occasionally with tan unitards".

Promptly after Armin's statement, Dave blurted, "You've said too much!" and shot Armin closer than the allowed 20 foot minimum distance.

Anesthesiology resident, Jen "Dream Killer" Hay was calm and collected as usual. Though it was her first time in the trenches, she was usually one of the few remaining at the end of battle. When asked about her experience Jen replied, "I'm not sure if I like all this kneeling and crouching...I prefer aerosolized warfare...its much more efficient."

Pierre "Je me souviens" Znojkiewicz, Cardiology Fellow and Montreal Canadiens fanatic, looked for inspiration. Despite having techno and red bull coursing through his veins, he could not decide to do it for his country or his team. Helped by his trusty Québécois sympathizer - JC - they decided to put the Quebec flag on their victims faces. They then forgot to do it midway through the battles, techno still blazing....

Axel "stor våpen"Bendiksby was one of the first to inflict bruises secondary to his incredibly efficient infiltration tactics. The viking commented on his success by saying, "I trained in the Norwegian army...those UN missions really prepared me for this...."

Medicine Intern, Shalini "Red Ninjal" Jha, was just happy to be somewhere other than Baird 4 (our fav Medicine Ward) . It should be noted that she deserves the "Coolest Intern to come to Paintball" award as she was the only intern present. I guess most of the interns don't want to simulate warfare or cause any pain to their residents. It supports the idea that Vermont residents are nice (except Shalini's resident)

At the end of the day, the entire group now one with the earth and paint walked off into the horizon. They celebrated with beer, chicken wings and nachos at a local establishment. I believe world peace and carbon footprints was discussed for at least a few minutes

You down with ACP?

Oct 24th was our local Vermont Chapter American College of Physicians meeting (ACP) in Stowe, VT at the Von Trapp Family Lodge (yes they're real - click the link to determine if Maria looks like Julie Andrews). The hills were alive with the sound of poster and oral presentations. There were a total of 8 accepted Resident Poster Clinical Vignettes, 2 Resident Oral Presentations, and 3 Medical Student Posters. Our hard working residents were given time off their respective services to flex their academic prowess. Congratulations to our two winners (pictured below) :

Resident Poster winner: Nathaniel Price (Can I get a 3-peat?)

Resident Oral Presentation winner: Mia Hockett

Resident Participants: Chad Mitchell, Phil Skidd, Nate Thompson, Nick Lim, Alison Jaquith, Emily Anderson, Ellie Mueller, Natalie Sinclair

Nathaniel and Mia will be representing UVM at the National ACP meeting in Philadelphia at the end of the year. However, one could argue, that everyone was a winner: they all witnessed Attending /Assistant Program Director Mark Pasanen sporting a tie and sports coat for the first time in their known residency career ( he is also pictured above introspecting on the "Rock of Maria"in the background of foliage).

(Mia giving a thumbs up and Nathaniel giving the "why are you taking my picture again" pose)

Hope you're well Lena

Dear Lena,

Now that you've been around for almost a month, we were wondering how your parents were doing? Your mom takes her time, meticulously analyzing patient history and data to synthesize a perfect patient care plan. It is only appropriate that you took your time (22+ hours) to descend into our world. Let us assure you that you made the right decision. When all 6lbs 10oz of you saw your beaming parents on Friday October 10th @ 2131 we can only imagine your happiness.

We trust that you are having a blast and still sleeping during the days and bringing in the "Noyes" at night. It is very considerate of you to recognize and try to simulate your mom and dad's "love" for overnight call and night float. At 3am you should say "hi" to your parents for us and tell them that we miss them.

Goo goo, ga ga and all that jazz.

UVM IM congratulate Mike and Cindy Noyes on their beautiful baby girl: Elena Noyes.

It probably should not be called maternity leave, but q24hr call.

Tour De Zech....

Resi-cyclist Zech Gardner rocked out in the Green Mountain Stage Race Citizens stage. It entailed 75 miles from the Sugarbush Resort to Brandon and back up to finish at the summit of the App Gap (Appalachian Gap) . When asked about the hardest part of the race, most racers mentioned the 4.4 miles of steep downhill. Zech mentioned that at mile marker 74.6 there is a "Caution - Moose Crossing Area".
"That was really hard because I really like moose...they really are the monarchs of the North woods. Since I'm one with my new awesome bike I'm so fast, I would not want to hit one" (Click here to find out why moose is plural for moose) (Zech may not have said the above quote - though I can assure you that he likes moose)
Zech employs the fast cadence approach to mountains versus the power approach. Lance would be proud. Zech also is an official editorializer, specializing on "Sharing the road with cyclists" with the Burlington Free Press. Click on link: Zech, Resident, Cyclist, Editorialist

Gina had the glasses before Palin

One of our wonderful Clerkship / Residency Coordinator Gina Sears recently sported the "Sara Palin look". When asked why she was celebrating Halloween early, she responded with "I can't see Russia from my office, but I can see students and residents rushin' to get to meetings". As she helps us stay coordinated, she states

"I had this look before Palin even thought about being Mayor..I think it should
be called Gina Sears look..."

Gina is one of the people, along with Paula Borah and Dottie Shelc that keep our residency running and residents happy. She always ends her emails with a happy face. Next time you rush past her office, slow down and say hello. Whatever you do, dont call it the Sara Palin look. (Note that all quotes were not actually made by Gina, though she approves). Also, FYI, Gina is holding a grass roots campaign. Click Here

Add one more to our family

We are happy to announce the birth of Bhuvan Bhadra, son of Krishnendu & Christiani Bhadra.

Krish is a former fav UVM medicine resident, now UVM Pulmonary/Critical Care fellow. Both mom and the baby are at home doing well. Bhuvan is a Sanskrit based name meaning "of the earth" and was born September 14th, 2008 while Krish was on call (is convenient the word I'm looking for?).

Bhuvan weighs in at 6 lbs 10 ounces. Christiani was quite the strong mother, and delivered Bhuvan in clear German efficiency with no problems.

When asked how he felt about his new title of "father" Krish replied,

"Its great being a dad, I do not think I appreciated it till now. I'm going
to put a bronchoscope in his hands so that he can be one with
the scope..."

No pressure Bhuvan...Nice to meet you.

Phil Anderson shows his pinkey

Cardiology fellow, Phil Anderson takes part in a pre grand rounds dinner. "these dinners are hard" says Phil, "I stay on top with oj..."
Of note, Phil's. Fav sex and the city character is Samantha. Charlotte is way too obvious.

Salmonella Sleuth

Former resident (2007 graduate) Elizabeth Russo is working at the CDC. She was featured in a USA Today article about the CDC's work in the recent salmonella outbreak. Various varieties of hot peppers were implicated in the national outbreak.

The queens squash

Nate Thompson and Nic Lim dual it out queen style on the old school squash courts of UVM. Lim, the Glasweigan, was heard screamin in rage or happiness - no one was quite sure in the midst of hitting the little bounceless ball. Thompson, who sounds like he should be English but is actually old / new school American generated enough sweat to supply a british colony. The match ended with maruf, aka ball boy, being warm up games for both of em. The two westerners dominated the south asian over tea and scones. God bless the Queen & Gandhi......
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Procedure Mavens

[Scene]: F473, 0745 - Morning Report
Nate Thompson and Nick Kuhn stroll in s/p Night ICU and Cards Call. They appear frantic, calm and giddy at the same time

Nate Thompson: "I'm Robin"

Nick Kuhn: "No...I'm Robin, you clearly are not the Boy wonder and could not pull off the tights, ergo... I'm Robin"

Cindy Dion: [talking out loud to herself] "Shouldn't one of them want to be Batman?"

Nate Thompson: "Robin is really operator dependant....Vanc/Zosyn"

The MICU and CCU are undergoing the onslaught of the Kuhn and Thompson show - two peas in a pod who are happy to resuscitate you, starting with any sort of line. Note them casually throwing the international sign for "A-line" in the picture above not caring about the consequences. They drive-by through the unit, heads cocked to the right, with their jam -"What is Love" by Haddaway - knockin. (Click on the link if you want background music)

Their ears tingle over their stuttering laughter when they sense someones grandma is hypotensive. They stop writing orders and pounce on that MAP of 40.

"Their Line-dar is quite amazing..really" says MICU nurse Mario.

"I'm bout to pop a Sub-Cla' in that young jeezy" says the Dartmouth Grad while he applies chlorhexidine with appropriate sterile technique. The bro from Colorado belows out a "Yayo!" when he sees the flash.

Post CXR check, Kuhn pretends to be interviewed by a reporter from a respectable periodical, and sputters, "I know the charge nurse sweats my ACLS skills, but I don't want to be a role model". Meanwhile Nate has forgotten that he was supposed to be playing Connie Chung (from the 80's - not present day). He quickly returns to reality and says "Maury Po Po has got nothin on you"

It's nice seeing such enthusiasm in the unit. Please note that when the lights came on at 0630 in M4, both respectable residents are seen writing "4 amps of Calcium gluconate", apologizing to Merrill about looking into his eyes when addressing his Intensive Nursing requests...They then check on their sick patients and do the "walk of shame" to F473 for free coffee, planning for the next drive by..."Baby don't hurt me...".

Brad McAdams had a farm....E.I, E.I, O?

Brad Adams- Full-time third year resident & life-time home-on-the ranger complies with the 80 hour work week rule at the hospital while satisfying the hospital's voracious appetite for free range stuff. Brad can supply anyone who's fiending for fresh farm eggs and fresh poultry. His customers state that the yolks are easier to cook with and brighter (meaning more nutrients according to Rachel Ray). Brad also has supplied fellow residents and FAHC employees with fantastic thanksgiving turkey. Some of Brad's eggs are green shelled, which are from his Araucana chickens ( also known as a South American Rumpless Chicken) which is the same kind of bird that Martha Stewart raises. With the combo of his Green Eggs and Martha Stewart's love of ham, some would call Brad the perfect combination of Dr. Seuss and Martha. Other "one with the Earth" stuff Brad does is Bee keep. If you have any questions on parallels between Residents and Drone bees, Brad is your man. If he wasn't busy enough, our resident farmer is soon to become a Heme/Onc fellow and the unofficial FAHC PETA representative. He is also working on fighting Salmonella with chemo. When you ask Brad anything, his answer usually is "Cant Chemo cure that?" If you want good eggs, ask Brad...unless you're vegan....then don't call Brad...

Morning Report Sign in List

As a middle manager monkey, I mean extraordinaire...I have the important job of recording who attends our educational conference into an excel spreadsheet. Recently, to my delight, everyone signed in with their "wrestling name" (i.e.: what they would be called when they become a professional wrestler). Below, verbatim, are the "wrestling names" from the Morning Report sign in sheet. In reality, one witty resident created these great nicknames, probably during a really interesting debate of "Should we check a D-Dimer?".

Curt "The Dream" Weaver, Cindy "Lou who" Dion, Alison "Jakey" Jaquith, Zech-attack Gardner, Plank the Tank, Nathaniel "Giggles" Price, Capt'n Mitchell, Sarah "the Panther" Panzer, Tristan "the fire" Blackburn, Matt Coates AKA "El Diablo", Nat - Cat - Sinclair, Mean Dean Chapman, Kuhn Dawg, Nate "Scrub" Thompson, Lady Sadie Mills, Princess Ellie.

David Babbott Internal Medicine Resident Library AKA "ResiLounge" Gets a face lift

David Babbott, Professor of Medicine, served as Director of the Office of Education of the Department of Medicine (1975-1992). Our Resident Library/Lounge was named in honor of his career, accomplishment, and dedication to medical eduation in 1993. Since that time, the lounge has experienced many changes - some good and some bad - but has always been the epicenter for the I. M. Resident community. Recently, the lounge experience a much needed overhall after years of good use and good spills. New paint, fridge, shelving (holding many books written by UVM attendings), and donated couches (Sahir Patel MD and Mike Kelley MD). Special thanks to Aaron Fay, facilities manager who helped coordinate the endeavor.

R2's Retreat...

Earlier this week the new second years got the day off hospital work and had a forced opportunity to bond at their annual retreat at the Inn at Essex. They lamented about their R1 year and were forced to eat pastries, lunch and more baked goods (surprisingly not prepared by Suzanne). Note the picture of Matt, Dean and Tristan completely engaged in their pamphlets detailing their "How do we synergize and survive this arctic crash D&D style?" Unfortunately this picture was not posed - its actually real. Other topics bridged were Dr. Ramundo's workshop on feedback/evaluation. After explaining to Mooney of County Limerick that "feedback" was not a farming term, the group left no comments and rated the talk "average" which really means "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" because the group is so awesome at baseline. Keep on truckin R2 year. Hope the day was at least mildly entertaining.

Hops are the spice of....

This past weekend, many enjoyed Burlington's Brewfest. This was an opportunity to experience fun in the sun by the lake while learning about many of the local micro brewers in the regional area. Pictured above include some but certainly not all of the residents from UVM that went to it. Note that residencies do mix as I.M., Radiology, Family Practice and Anesthesiology are represented. Special shout out to Katherine Tzou (ex I.M. Prelim, now RadOnc resident) who traveled back for the "brew-ha-ha". After several educational experiences on the diversity of brewfest, including Peak organic's espresso porter, she was eager to start a brewfest discourse on how to solve the world energy problem and the cost-benefit analysis of the Kyoto Protocol. Towards the end, the I.M. Residents just had more questions and needed to find out more. Radiology residents acknowledged that there was a problem but could not rule out other causes of energy, Kyoto or protocols....while Anesthesia pounded their beer and left the scene to pound again. In the end, brewfest ended in a series of "I love you mans" -- How fitting.

(Pics taken by Talissa Adkison aka "T-Bili" but not really)

Shasta

Back in June, Kuhn and the chief (now ex-chief) Kelley climbed Mt Shasta at the end of a riveting Wilderness Medicine Conference. Niether suffered from acute mountain sickness or HAPE.

Chattery in the battery...sex in the city Burlington style? Cosmos or magic hat? You decide. Please Facebook them, they're interns
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FAHC lunch BBQ

Zech Gardner piles on barbequed meat onto his plate post Cards overnight call. He anticipates an extra ordinary post prandial slumber where he will dream about running codes and waltzing with the ICU nurses.
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Resident library gets refurbished, kinda

So the facilities folks are working away on the lounge. Planned jobs are re-painting, re carpeting, adding shelving...If you see the folks working on it, pass along a "hey....how you doing?" in the least creepy way possible (that means you Thompson)...Planned refurb done by end of week.

Was the 4th everything you had hoped?

Burlington's 4th of July Fireworks actually happen on July 3rd at the Waterfront.

For those of you who can't get enough of fireworks...

Montreal has an international fireworks competition during the Summer. Different countries compete each week.

R2 D2

Shep 4 aka "3rd world ICU"

R2 Tristan Blackburn is having "great fun" on Day 2 on Heme Onc. As she nervously laughs and fidgets with her HISPROD discharge summary she stated that she could not understand why anyone would'nt want to be a new R2.

"Why be an intern when you can have your patient load and responsibility double?"

Tristan already loves being here longer and feeling like she has to make all the decisions on patients that she may or may not have seen.

"I feel more loved, you know?" as she casually took a fake drag from her MRSA filled Non-DrugRep BIC pen..."I mean look behind me...in the 30 seconds of talking to you, there are 4 nurses waiting to see me. They look nervous...It must be because they think I'm famous and want my autograph...I'm just so blessed to be here and so happy I gave up my American Idol try out for this."

Tristan is quite the generous resident and plans on sharing her joy and educational experiences with Sukit "So Sweet" Ringwala - new R1.

"Soon he'll [Sukit] be as happy as I am...I'm just so glad we can experience this together".

(This article is now approved by Tristan)

Pierre moves to M5

P Zizzy, our frenchy resident grad now new Cards fellow forgot his old lab coat in the lounge. Note his trusty stethescope, "Gizelle", also left behind...I guess cardiologists don't need them anymore. Here at Fletcher Allen, we can cath you.
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Last Wards Day: 3rd years say holla....

Above, Nadia Bambace, Jaina Clough and Maruf Haider left the wards in all their glory for the last time as residents. They leave in their wake memories of C.diff, alternating temperatures, and phone calls asking about patients on non teaching services.... Nadia gives the thumbs up, but secretly wanted to give another gesture...(note: message not approved by Nadia Bambace). Congratulations to the 3rd year class, now officially graduated: Nadia Bambace, Jaina Clough, Paul Crainich, Shine Gentler, David Gruenberg, Maruf Haider, Nate Madsen, Jenny Martino, Suzanne Schermerhorn and last but not least Pierre Znojkiewicz....

Twins?

Attending Mark Pasanen and Resident Nathaniel Price exchange fashion advice. They look happy, but when they separated each remarked, "can you believe he wore that tonight?"Don't they look excited to be working all night?

This picture was brought to you by Nick "you cant away my freedom" Lim

Moving on

Paul "smooth as silk" Slavik rides himself into the sunset. We'll miss his ties and lamentations on d dimers. His ability to tell it how it is (some have compared him to Dr.Dre or Gordon Lightfoot) and manage effectively will be left behind as he enters the lavish lazy pimp'd out lifestyle as an internal med attending/Hospitalist here at FAHC. He looks fwd to talking to the other side of the lake and accepting multiple class 4 transfers as he telephones his orders in while accepting ortho admissions... Good luck. Oye oye:the chief has left the building. This mesage was sponsored by novartis.... Just kidding.....the interweb is free folks... Ride or die Paul...
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Vermont Lake Monster Baseball

Evey and I (pictured) put on our baseball hats and took Marni to a free Lake Monsters game. The Fletcher Allen Spirit Team handed out free tickets to all FAHC employees and their families. They are organizing two more free games later this summer on July 16th and August 23rd. Evey also received a free mini-bat that she enjoyed swinging wildly.

The final intern leaves the building - Hooray Curt!

Curt "the hitman" Weaver (because he is silent but deadly when it comes to battling disease) emerged from the depths of overnight call and claimed the title of "last intern out". He signed out to the new interns with the authority and malaise of an upper level resident.

Nurses and secretaries howled in agony as they heard Curt step out into the linoleum and proclaim his departure because they could deny no further the futility and sorrow they will have in correcting the new interns badly written orders. Curt walked out with a sausage egg McClure in one hand while the other hand was used as a fake hand pistol. Curt made shooting noises as he pointed his finger fashioned pistol at everyone he passed till he exited into the sunrise (a little girl cried asking for her mommy as Curt fake shot her)

Congrats to the old R1s transitioning to the R2 year. Good bye to the Prelims - we'll miss you. Stay tuned when Curt experiences his first 161 rage...It will be amazing.

Interns going out pre D day

Nick, Chantal, Stephan, and David prepare themselves for intern year at RiRa's. Good luck.

Hello and Goodbye (the annual picnic)

Attendings, residents, interns, and new "baby-terns" all convened Thursday at Oakledge Park for food, fun, and adult beverages. The picnic is the annual welcoming and send off.

The New Interns Have Landed (welcome)

CATEGORICAL

Antkowiak, Ellen Cleary - University of Vermont
Bryan, Locke - University of Mississippi
Cobell, William - University of Utah
Jasielec, Jagoda - Jagiellonski University, Poland
Jha, Shalini - Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland

Johnson, Scott - Albany Medical College
Lim, Nicholas - University College Cork, Ireland
Lischke, Stefan - Universitat Rostock, Germany
O’Briant, David - Eastern Virginia Medical School
Ringwala, Sukit - University of Wisconsin
Rydz, Frederick - Jagiellonski University, Poland

PRELIMINARY
Anderson, Emily - University of Vermont
Hewitson, Chantal - St. George’s University
Jones, Andria - University of Iowa
Loomis, Scott - Tufts University
Skidd, Philip - American University of Caribbean
Stilwill, Sarah - University of Vermont
Watson, Elizabeth - University of Vermont

Levine approves mug!

Levine mandates all 3rd years eat cake

"Mugshot" Mugs for the Graduates

Nate Madsen having a tasty beverage in his new Levine "mugshot" mug. The mugs were given to the graduating class as a going away gift from the chiefs and program administrator (Dottie).

Mark Levine (circa 1979) is featured on the mug. The photo is cropped from his intern year class picture at UVM.

Lame Duck....

Kelley's last day.... Hail to the chief..... Good luck @ Vandy.....

Fellowship Match Day

Congratulations to all the residents matching into fellowships for 2009. Everyone is staying at University of Vermont and Fletcher Allen Health Care... because it's so awesome here!

Brad Adams: Hematology and Oncology

Cindy Dion: Infectious Disease (pictured above)
Enkhtuyaa Mueller: Cardiology

Nate Thompson: Cardiology

Lynda Tilluckdharry: Rheumatology

Pierre Znojkiewicz: Cardiology

Look at the Prelim Intern of the year. Majestically rolling around in the jungle of OSH notes... Almost as amazing as seeing the woodcock.

End of the Year Banquet (aka the Prom)

Saturday night was the end of the year banquet at the Burlington Country Club. This time every year we gather together as a department and a residency to say goodbye to both the preliminary interns and the graduating residents. We also take the opportunity to honor residents for their outstanding achievements and attendings for their educational commitment to the residency program. We drank, we mingled, we ate, we honored, and some of us danced. Below is a list of the awards given at the event.

The Chief Awards (complete with gift certificate for VBP)

Best Intern Conference Attendance - Michael Szmodis

Best Resident Conference Attendance - Jenny Martino

Outstanding Preliminary Intern - Kurt Kelley

Primary Care Champion - Jaina Clough

Outstanding Residency Citizenship - Cindy Dion

The Frank L Babbott MD Memorial Award
(aka the Resident of the Year) for idealism and integrity, dedication to patient care, and commitment to the educational mission of the Department of Medicine went to Nadia Bambace.

The Harriet P Dustin MD Award

in recognition of acquisition of new knowledge through research performed during residency also went to Nadia Bambace.

Faculty Teaching Awards
Full-time - Chris Grace MD
Part-time - Allen Repp MD