IMPH Holiday Toy and Food Donation Drive 2022
November 21, 2022
Join us in supporting the Jingle Toy Drive and Second Harvest Food Bank this year!
November 20 - December 20
Drop Box Locations:
12th, 6th and 4th Floor Lobbies
2525 West End Avenue
To Make a Virtual Gift Donation:
American College of Critical Care Medicine honors Ely
May 12, 2022
Wes Ely, MD, MPH was honored by the
Medicare beneficiaries without low-income subsidies were less likely to fill important prescriptions, new study finds
April 4, 2022
https://news.vumc.org/2022/04/04/medicare-beneficiaries-without-low-income-subsidies-were-less-likely-to-fill-important-prescriptions-new-study-finds/
Many Medicare beneficiaries do not fill high-price specialty drug prescriptions, particularly those that do not receive a low-income subsidy. Stacie Dusetzina, PhD, Russell Rothman, MD, MPP, and colleagues found that beneficiaries receiving subsidies were twice as likely to obtain the prescribed drug than those not receiving subsidies, demonstrating the need to increase the accessibility of high-price medications by reducing out-of-pocket expenses under Medicare Part D.
Barkin departing to become chair of pediatrics at Virginia Commonwealth University
March 31, 2022
https://news.vumc.org/2022/03/31/barkin-departing-to-become-chair-of-pediatrics-at-virginia-commonwealth-university/
Shari Barkin, MD, MSHS will depart VUMC to become chair of the Department of Pediatrics and physician-in-chief at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University. Thank you, Dr. Barkin, for your many years of service and leadership at VUMC.
VUMC’s DeBaun elected president-elect of the American Pediatric Society
March 24, 2022
https://news.vumc.org/2022/03/24/vumcs-debaun-elected-president-elect-of-the-american-pediatric-society/
Michael DeBaun, MD, MS, MPH has been elected president-elect of the American Pediatric Society (APS). The mission of the APS is to shape the future of academic pediatrics through the engagement of distinguished child health leaders to represent the full diversity within the field.