Newswise — New York (February 29, 2016) – The New York Academy of Medicine, in collaboration with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), has awarded the inaugural Jeremiah A. Barondess Fellowship in the Clinical Transaction—the only one of its kind—to Brian Garibaldi, MD, Assistant Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
The Barondess Fellowship is unique in its goal to enhance the ability of young physicians to conduct the essential elements of the clinical transaction—capacities that are required for effective clinical care, but have significantly declined among graduate trainees in recent decades. The unique program invites junior faculty in internal medicine to develop innovative programs that enhance this fundamental element of clinical care through educational innovation.
“The Academy is pleased to partner with the ACGME on this important initiative to recognize the importance of the basic physician-patient relationship, a critical part of graduate medical education,” said Academy President Jo Ivey Boufford, MD. “The fellowship honors the visionary role of Academy President Emeritus, Jeremiah A. Barondess, MD, in clinical medical education, and it recognizes his teaching of clinical skills at the bedside to generations of medical students and residents.”
Dr. Garibaldi was presented the award on February 27, 2016 at the 2016 ACGME Annual Educational Conference by George Thibault, MD, chair of the Academy Board of Trustees and president of the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation. The two-year, $50,000 fellowship will support Dr. Garibaldi in implementing the program “Improving Cardiopulmonary Physical Examination Skills” (ICE), a 4-week curriculum designed to bring learners back to the bedside and to emphasize the power of the bedside encounter in the practice of medicine. ICE is delivered to interns and residents on the Clinical Skills Service (CS) at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.
“The ACGME is honored to partner with the Academy in presenting this fellowship award to Dr. Garibaldi in support of his educational innovations,” said Thomas J. Nasca, MD, chief executive officer, ACGME. “Dr. Garibaldi’s work on clinical interdisciplinary care at the bedside exemplifies the goals of the ACGME’s Next Accreditation System, ensuring that resident physicians meet the current and future needs of our patients.”
Dr. Garibaldi was selected from a highly competitive field of applicants by a Selection Committee chaired by Dr. Thomas Morris, MD, former chair of the Academy Board of Trustees, and including representatives from the Academy and the ACGME, among them Drs. Thibault and Nasca. The Committee’s review focused on the candidate, the proposed innovation, and the potential to impact the institutions’ educational and training programs related to the clinical transaction.
“I am incredibly excited to receive the inaugural Jeremiah A. Barondess Fellowship in the Clinical Transaction,” Dr. Garibaldi said. “At The Johns Hopkins Hospital, we are deeply committed to bringing medicine back to the bedside. The Barondess Fellowship provides us with a wonderful opportunity to further develop our bedside physical diagnosis and clinical reasoning curriculum.”
Brian Garibaldi, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he attends in the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) and the Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) clinic. He is also the Associate Medical Director of the Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit (BCU), a federally funded isolation unit that provides care for patients infected with high consequence pathogens such as Ebola virus disease. In addition to his clinical and research activities, Dr. Garibaldi is an accomplished clinical educator and has taken on numerous educational and leadership roles in the Department of Medicine as well as in the medical school. Dr. Garibaldi graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College and earned his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine.
Jeremiah Barondess, MD earned his MD from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, graduating with honors. He completed his clinical training at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, and then joined the faculty of the Cornell University Medical College. His service included appointment as Associate Chairman of the Department of Medicine and as the William T. Foley Distinguished Professor in Clinical Medicine. His particular clinical interests have been in diagnosis and the diagnostic process. He has written extensively on clinical matters in internal medicine, medical education, clinical ethics, the training of internists and major issues in the health of urban populations. From 1990 to 2006 he served as the first full-time president of the New York Academy of Medicine.
Each year the Academy awards more than $400,000 in research grants and fellowships to medical students, seasoned physicians, and investigators to support the advancement of health care studies, including major awards in the fields of cardiology, pediatrics, psychiatry, and urology.
About The New York Academy of MedicineThe New York Academy of Medicine advances solutions that promote the health and well-being of people in cities worldwide. Established in 1847, The New York Academy of Medicine continues to address the health challenges facing New York City and the world’s rapidly growing urban populations. We accomplish this through our Institute for Urban Health, home of interdisciplinary research, evaluation, policy and program initiatives; our world class historical medical library and its public programming in history, the humanities and the arts; and our Fellows program, a network of more than 2,000 experts elected by their peers from across the professions affecting health. Our current priorities are healthy aging, disease prevention, and eliminating health disparities.
About ACGME The ACGME is a private, non-profit, professional organization responsible for the accreditation of approximately 9,600 residency and fellowship programs and approximately 700 institutions that sponsor these programs in the United States. Residency and fellowship programs educate over 120,000 resident physicians in 130 specialties and subspecialties. The ACGME’s mission is to improve health care and population health by assessing and advancing the quality of resident physicians’ education through accreditation.
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