The Chart newsletter brings you news and highlights from the Department of Medicine during the past winter and spring. Read stories and learn about pioneering procedures, research collaborations, scholarly and clinical works, and highlights from the divisions, faculty, staff, fellows, residents, and students, along with their activities beyond medicine.
Anne Dixon, M.A., B.M., B.Ch., professor and chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Larner College of Medicine provides this introductory message.
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Here is the full transcript of Dr. Dixon’s message:
I have now been the permanent chair of the Department of Medicine for about six months, and what a six months it’s been. I am so proud of this Department. I encourage you all to read the stories about our incredible clinicians, educators and researchers, and all the contributions members of our Department make, not just at the medical center and the University of Vermont, but to our local communities and on a national and international stage.
Despite all the daily challenges, the stories here remind me why I went into medicine in the first place. My colleagues, the people I work with, make me so proud.
Personally, I was thrilled to be appointed the E.L. Amidon Chair of Medicine. Dr. Amidon was a former chair of medicine and a graduate of the College of Medicine. He joined the faculty in 1936, served as Chair from 1942-1964, and retired from the faculty in 1975. He expanded the faculty from 12 to 100. He was a renowned educator, known for his warmth, care for other people, intellectual curiosity, and honesty. I am so honored to walk in his path, and hold the chair established in his name.
We are also in a phase of tremendous expansion, no longer a department limited to UVM Medical Center. Members of our Department now span six hospitals, five nursing homes, and numerous primary care sites across Vermont and upstate New York. With this expansion, the size of the Department of Medicine has doubled.
Health care has changed significantly since Dr. Amidon was chair, but I think he would be thrilled to work in this growing system, designing and implementing outstanding care for patients across our entire region and training the next generation of providers to work in this system and across the United States.
