Chair's Corner: Spring 2012
Spring brings excitement with the results of the internship match. From the graduating classof 75 Stanford medical students, 23 (31%) matched in internal medicine programs. Thanks to all of the faculty and residents in the Department who worked so tirelessly to show our medical students the incredible benefits of a career in internal medicine and the medical specialties.In June, the Department will welcome an amazingly accomplished group of interns and we are very pleased that nine Stanford students matched with our program.
Linda Boxer, MD, PhD
We will mark the end of the successful first year of the Translational Research and Applied Medicine (TRAM) Program with a retreat on May 16. The TRAM leadership group has put together an outstanding program with several keynote speakers, scientific talks by some of the TRAM seed funding recipients, and posters by investigators. We anticipate another competition for seed funding in the near future.
There are a number of upcoming transitions in leadership in the DOM. Bob Harrington will start as Chair on July 1. He and I are working on a plan for a smooth transition in leadership. Bob will also have a lead role in the Population Health Sciences Initiative. The search for a new Chief of the Division of Oncology is nearing completion. Searches for a new Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and a Chief of the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology are both underway. More information will be forthcoming on all of these in the near future.
Linda Boxer, MD, PhD