1. Art DeCross MD AGAF
12 years as Program Director -University of Rochester Med Center
Upstate New York, ~ 1 million catchment, only University in region, a 1 hospital
program, 800 beds, Liver Tx program, on and off site office visits/endo suites.
2001-05 SMALL program 2007-2013 MEDIUM program
5-6 fellows, 4-5 faculty 9 fellows, now 11 faculty
• Issues: • Issues:
– Faculty: stretched too thin – Very few!
• Teaching – Encouraging scholarship among
• Mentoring clinical faculty
• Scholarship – Faculty participation in
– Faculty: “’tag” you’re the assessment process
hepatologist
– Fellows:
• Major Threat: justify
• cross coverage disruptive to
research, electives, etc. existence (funding cuts to 9
• Major Threat: Lose faculty. fellows; program mission)