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(FEBRUARY 7, 2025) Vermont Health Commissioner Mark Levine, M.D., professor of medicine and associate dean for graduate medical education, is retiring from his role leading the Vermont Department of Health, effective at the end of March, Vermont Public reports.

(FEBRUARY 5, 2025) Daniel Wolfson, M.D., M.S., associate professor of emergency medicine, and Ajai Malhotra, M.D., professor of surgery, spoke with the Burlington Free Press about their DoD-funded research into fentanyl vs. ketamine.

(FEBRUARY 3, 2025) Tracy Madsen, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of emergency medicine and vice chair of research at the Larner College of Medicine, was quoted in a HealthDay story about new research indicating that a common drug used to prevent migraines might have the additional benefit of protecting women against stroke.

(JANUARY 31, 2025) Raj Jain, M.D., a family medicine resident at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, was quoted in a Yahoo story on an uptick in illness following the holiday season.

(JANUARY 28, 2025) The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus has announced Langdon Lawrence, M.D., M.P.H., education assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Public Health, as a recipient of the 2024 Prelock Online Teaching Award.

(JANUARY 28, 2025) Three Larner College of Medicine faculty members—Dragos Banu, M.D., Sarah Harm, M.D., M.S., and Heidi Melbostad, Ph.D., M.A., M.S.—have joined the UVM Health Network Board of Trustees, the Burlington Free Press reports.

(JANUARY 27, 2025) Rebecca Bell, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, spoke with WCAX-TV about a new report on sudden unexpected infant death risks in Vermont.

(JANUARY 25, 2025) Larner Associate Professor of Pediatrics Deirdre O’Reilly, M.D., M.P.H., was quoted in a Guardian story about health insurance denials.

(JANUARY 21, 2025) Marjorie Meyer, M.D., professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences and division chief of maternal fetal medicine, commented to WCAX-TV on Vermont being the only U.S. state to receive an “A” grade on the annual March of Dimes Report Card for maternal and infant health care.

(JANUARY 20, 2025) In a recent opinion piece in VTDigger, David Schneider, M.D., Larner professor of medicine and UVMHN director of cardiovascular services, takes issue with a Green Mountain Care Board recommendation that “we should reduce time spent on activities not directly related to patient care.”

(JANUARY 17, 2025) Bronwyn Kenny, M.D., assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences, spoke to Vermont Public about the possibility of Medicaid coverage for doula services in Vermont.

(JANUARY 17, 2025) Neonatologist and Larner Associate Professor of Pediatrics Deirdre O’Reilly, M.D., M.P.H., was quoted in a Burlington Free Press article about Vermont’s “A” grade for maternal and infant health on the 2024 March of Dimes Report Card.

(JANUARY 16, 2025) Amelia Gennari, M.D., Larner associate professor of geriatric medicine and associate chief for clinical affairs for the Division of Geriatrics at the University of Vermont Medical Center, spoke with Vermont Public about the importance of having an Advance Health Care Directive.

(JANUARY 15, 2025) Melissa Houser, M.D.’12, a neurodivergent family physician specializing in providing primary care to neurodivergent children and entire families, spoke with Seven Days about their medical practice, All Brains Belong VT.

(JANUARY 13, 2025) The Sector reported that new work led by Larner Professor of Psychiatry William Copeland, Ph.D., challenges the narrative that children are inherently resilient beings—that they can recover from tragedy or difficulties with ease and without consequence.

(JANUARY 13, 2025) In a recent commentary in VTDigger, Steven Lidofsky, M.D., Ph.D., Larner professor of medicine and pharmacology and director of hepatology at the UVM Medical Center, says “the value of work performed by clinicians cannot be quantified as goods and services.”

(JANUARY 13, 2025) Hematologist Mary Cushman, M.D., M.Sc., University Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at the Larner College of Medicine and medical director of the Thrombosis and Hemostasis Program at the University of Vermont Medical Center, spoke with Woman’s World about deep vein thrombosis (DVT).

(JANUARY 8, 2025) Roz King, M.S.N., RN, CNL, division chief of emergency medicine research at the University of Vermont, spoke with WCAX-TV about research into setting up telehealth services in rural libraries.

(JANUARY 8, 2025) Clinical breast oncologist and cancer geneticist Kara Landry, M.D., assistant professor of medicine at the Larner College of Medicine and a medical oncologist at UVMMC, spoke with NBC5 for a story about a breast cancer survivor’s visit to Vermont.

(JANUARY 7, 2025) Vermont Health Commissioner Mark Levine, M.D., and Rup Tandan, M.D., professor of neurological sciences, commented for a Vermont Public story about the number of Vermonters with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS.