Yes It Happened

As with much of the world, UVM/FAHC celebrated the inauguration of our 44th President and Vice-President: Barack H. Obama and Joe R. Biden. The mood at the hospital and our residency was excitement. Political affiliations, Red Sox, Yankees...all were put aside...


The hospital televised the inauguration in Davis (The "big" Auditorium near the med school). Not only did staff clamor to Davis, our residents went to enormous efforts to transport patients to experience the celebratory vibe as well. Needless to say, all televisions were on at 1205. The theme of the inauguration was, "A New Birth of Freedom," commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. Placing his hand on the Bible once used by Lincoln, Barack Obama took the Oath of Office at 12:05 p.m. on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.

As most readers know, 75% of eligible Vermonters showed up to vote with 66% of them voting for Obama/Biden. Needless to say the enthusiasm for our new president is high, especially with our very own Gastroenterologist Peter L. Moses MD, Professor of Medicine UVM COM and Associate Vice President for Network Development FAHC. Ever since the election, Dr. Moses literally has been hanging out with now President Obama (see below).
"Barack, has always got my back...." states Dr. Moses, "mostly because I put him in the corner next to my chair". We briefly discussed politics with Dr. Moses:

IMVermont: What political party do you affiliate yourself with?

MosesMD: I respect all people, no matter what side of the ligament of Treitz they stand on...

IMVermont: Ok....what did you think of....


MosesMD: (click here for background music)

Oh, say can you see by the scope’s zenon light?
What so proudly I sail at my amazing cancer screening;
Whose broad polyps and AVMs, through the perilous scope,
O’er the monitors we watched were so briskly bleeding?
And the mucosa’s red glare, polyps excised with no care,
Gives proof to the scope light, that intact colon wall was still there:
O….Say does that pedunculated polyp yet wave (not)
O’er the land of the cancer free and the home of the saved?

God bless Barack Obama and God bless the
United States of America.

IMVermont: Dr. Moses…that was amazing…Barack is still smiling....

Please note that Dr. Moses probably did not use the words above to express his happiness and patriotism...But trust that he was one of many that celebrated in the peaceful transition of power and a new birth of freedom....