MU Department of Medicine 2011-2013 Annual Report Feb. 2014 | Page 25

2011-2013

Department of Medicine

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General Internal Medicine

Letter From The Director

2013 has been a year of progress for General Internal Medicine in clinical productivity,
medical home transformation, and faculty development. T he division continues to care for
an increasing number of complex and chronically ill residents of mid-Missouri. The division’s
clinics located at Fairview Road and the Woodrail Centre have submitted applications for
medical home recognition from the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA). The
division’s outstanding faculty continue to distinguish themselves, gaining a variety of honors
and adding a new member who leads the medicine residency program.
Division faculty member David A. Fleming, MD, chair of the Department of Medicine, was
elected President of the American College of Physicians (ACP). His election is a testament
to his hard work over the years. It is also an honor for MU and the Department of Medicine,
as Dr. Fleming’s election marks the second member of the department in the last 12 years to
be elected as president of ACP. Besides his work for the ACP, Dr. Fleming continues to teach
residents and students and stays active in his specialty area of bioethics.
Linda Headrick, MD, division member and senior associate dean for education, continues
her internationally renowned work in quality improvement. She has played an integral role
in the advancement of the School of Medicine’s interprofessional quality improvement
education curriculum, lauded nationally and internationally as an innovative concept for the
development of patient-centered and team-based physicians required in the 21st century.
She also serves on the ACGME Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) Evaluation
Committee and chairs the AAMC Teaching for Quality (Te4Q) Initiative.

Robert W. Lancey, MD
Director, Division of General Internal
Medicine

In April 2013, the division welcomed Turi McNamee, MD, who serves as program director
for the medicine residency. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in patient
care and resident education to the division, and is sure to prove a valuable addition to the
faculty. James Koller, MD, continues to serve as associate program director for the medicine
residency and has additionally been appointed Fairview Clinic Director. Stephen Keithahn,

MD, remains as clinic director at the Woodrail Med-Peds Clinic and has been appointed chair of the department’s diversity committee. Abigail
Emerson, MD, continues as director of the Medicine-Pediatrics residency program and Nidhi Sood, MD, serves as medical director of the Travel
Connections service. Divya Gupta, MD, continues to work on the SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral for Treatment) project to
educate physicians to implement a brief patient survey and counseling intervention on tobacco, alcohol, and drug abuse. Robert Lancey, MD,
division director, earned a promotion to Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Child Health, has become a Clinical Content Expert for the
NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home program.
In summary, the Division of General Internal Medicine has seen tremendous growth and achievement in 2013. In a word – progress. But the
division continues to strive toward greater goals in the months and years ahead, including NCQA recognition of the division’s PCMH practice,
continued faculty growth, and even greater academic productivity.