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into their 60s or 70s, sometimes even 80s,”
said Sue Barnes, director of the UC Davis
Retiree Center.
The last session in the workshop series
is devoted to the emotions that people
experience in the retirement transition.
“Retirement is as big a lifestyle change
as landing a first career position, getting
married or having children,” said Barnes,
who is past president of the Association
of Retirement Organizations in Higher
Education, a nationwide alliance of
retirement program administrators. “People
who are not well prepared for the transition
can be caught off guard. The initial threemonth ‘honeymoon period’ is great, and
then some retirees experience what they
“After a career of taking care of other
people as a full-time profession, it’s very
important to start taking care of self and
recognizing some personal needs, such
as doing your caregiving closer to home
with your parents, your children or
grandchildren. And it’s time to begin taking
greater care of yourself by slowing the pace
in order to be able to devote time to other
activities you enjoy doing. Some of that
activity may be writing or scholarship that
continues to beckon. It’s really a wonderful
opportunity,” Callahan said.
Gradual reduction in time is a means of
easing the transition to retirement.
“Employees can talk with their chair or
their supervisor about cutting back their
time slowly. That’s not always feasible,
depending upon the staffing and
scheduling in individual departments,
but supervisors and chairs may be
able to make some accommodations
to ease the transition,” Callahan said.
“For example, surgeons who made
the decision to step away from the
operating room sometimes continue
teaching for a while as they make the
transition into retirement.”
The primary mission of the UC
Davis Retiree Center is to keep retirees
connected to the university.
“The good news is that the
University of California works very
Sue Barnes answers questions at an information tent.
hard to keep emeriti active and
involved on the campus. There are
describe as falling off a cliff. They feel that
many opportunities for them to stay
they no longer have a purpose, they’re
involved, either by working, volunteering
bored, they miss the routine, and mostly
for committees, or coming back on recall.
they miss the camaraderie of their coThey can pick and choose the things they
workers, as a UC survey of retirees a few
really like to do and stay involved to the
years ago revealed.
level that they want,” Barnes said.
“People who take the time to plan for
“We also conduct programs for retirees:
the changes that retirement brings are more
social
events, educational programs, tours
likely to see this next chapter as an exciting
of
campus
facilities and day trips,” Barnes
opportunity to pursue their passions and
added.
“We
try in many ways to weave
fulfill dreams that were perhaps set aside
retirees
into
the daily life of UC Davis.
because of the rigors of their careers,”
And,
if
they
prefer
to be involved with
Barnes said.
other
organizations,
we can help them to
Edward Callahan, associate vice
make
those
connections
as well. We see
chancellor for academic personnel,
retirees
‘reinventing’
themselves
every day
understands why academic physicians
as
they
find
meaningful
ways
to
contribute
grapple with retirement, but encourages
to
society
with
their
newfound
freedom.”
them to view it favorably.
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Faculty Development Program
Retirement workshop
dates and descriptions
Morning sessions will be conducted for
staff members, and separate audiencespecific afternoon sessions will be
conducted for faculty members (with
funding from the School of Medicine’s
Office of the Dean). The four faculty
sessions are:
n
Introduction and Understanding
UC Retirement Plan Income
Options (Friday, Feb. 19):
Topics will include estimating your
retirement income and determining
options for survivor benefits.
n
Retiree Health Care Benefits and
Social Security (Friday, March 11):
Learn about eligibility for retiree
health care benefits, their cost, and
ways that relocation may influence
health benefits; and coordination of
the UC retiree health care plans with
Medicare. The workshop also covers
Social Security benefits and programs,
including retirement, survivors, and
disability.
n
Financial Planning for Retirement
(Wednesday, March 23):
Failure to prepare a retirement income
plan increases vulnerability to five
major risks. Learn how to make
certain that personal assets will be
sufficient throughout retirement years.
n
Work and Lifestyle Transitions
(Wednesday, April 20):
Discover strategies for successfully
navigating the transition to retirement
and thriving emotionally, socially
and intellectually. In this session a
panel of retired faculty physicians
and scholars will present an overview
of opportunities for continued
involvement with the university, and
information on emeriti rights and
privileges.
Visit http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.
edu/facultydev/ to learn more about
the retirement workshops and to enroll
online.
Visit http://retireecenter.ucdavis.edu
to learn about UC Davis Retiree Center
programs and services.
Sherman Building, Suite 3900
UC Davis Health System
2315 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95817
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WINTER 2015–2016
Workshops and other activities
You are invited! We encourage you to
enroll in one of the various workshops
and events sponsored by the Faculty
Development Program. For more event
details and to register, visit www.ucdmc.
ucdavis.edu/facultydev/ and click Enroll
Online. (Event co-sponsors are indicated
within parentheses.) Volunteer Clinical
Faculty members are also welcome and
encouraged to attend faculty development events.
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26 Getting Better at Getting Feedback, Part 1 (ECLP/MCLP)
March
4 Getting Better at Getting Feedback, Part 2 (ECLP/MCLP)
January
10 The Mentees Rule: The Mentee Rules (MA)
8 The Visualization of Data: Telling a
Story with Numbers, Part 1 (ECLP/
MCLP)
10 Workshop: Enhanced Training for Faculty Search Committee Members
11 Transitioning to Retirement: Retiree Health Care Benefits and Social Security
(UCDRC)
11 Understanding Faculty Series and
Titles; Promotion Portfolio (MA)
16 Education Components: Residency and Fellowship Programs (MCLP)
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Published quarterly by Faculty
Development, which administers and
coordinates programs that respond to the
professional and career development needs of
UC Davis Health System faculty members.
2315 Stockton Blvd.
Sherman Building, Suite 3900
Sacramento, CA 95817
(916) 703-9230
www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/facultydev
Edward Callahan, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel
Brent Seifert, J.D.
Assistant Dean for Academic Personnel
Cheryl Busman
Program Manager, Faculty Development
cdbusman@ucdavis.edu
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15 The Visualization of Data: Telling a
Story with Numbers, Part 2 (ECLP/
MCLP)
18 Negotiation Skills (ECLP)
23 Transitioning to Retirement: Financial Planning for Retirement (UCDRC)
19 Workshop: Enhanced Training for
Faculty Search Committee Members
April
22 Resilience and the Happiness
Hypothesis, Part 1 (ECLP/MCLP)
5 Workshop: Enhanced Training for Faculty Search Committee Members
6 Workshop: New Faculty Workshop – Tools for Success
29 Resilience and the Happiness
Hypothesis, Part 2 (ECLP/MCLP)
8 Getting Better at Delegation, Part 1 (ECLP/MCLP)
February
11 Workshop: Faculty Merits, Promotions and Tenure
8 Workshop: Enhanced Training for
Faculty Search Committee Members
SAVE THE DATE: May 6, 2016 – UC-Wide Health Sciences Leadership Development
Conference (WIMHS)
10 How to Recognize and Avoid
Burnout (ECLP/MCLP)
Event co-sponsors
16 Scientific Writing for Publication
(ECLP)
ECLP: Early Career Leadership Program
MCLP: Mid-Career Leadership Program
19 Transitioning to Retirement:
Introduction and Understanding UC
Retirement Plan Income Options
(UCDRC)
MA: Mentoring Academy
UCDRC: UC Davis Retiree Center
WIMHS: Women in Medicine and Health Science
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PLANNING FOR RETIREMENT
Workshop series to begin at Sacramento campus in February
Until now, retirement planning for
UC Davis Health System employees
typically entailed traveling to Davis
to attend workshop sessions. That
will change in February, when the UC
Davis Retiree Center, in collaboration
with the Health System’s Faculty
Development Program, inaugurates a
series of retirement planning workshops
at the Cancer Center Auditorium in
Sacramento. The four-part series will
cover preparation for retirement, as
well as ways in which to remain active
following retirement. Thanks to funding
from the School of Medicine’s Office of
the Dean, enrollment is free of charge.
Retirement is on the rise throughout
UC Davis, largely attributable to the
swelling “baby boom” population that
has reached retirement age. In 2005,
about 400 employees retired during
the academic year, and by 2014, the
number of retirees soared to 795. The
final figures for 2015 have not been
tallied yet, but it’s almost certain to
eclipse the previous year’s total.
The prospect of retirement can
be either appealing or appalling,
depending upon how deeply
intertwined professional and personal
lives have become over the duration
of a lengthy career. Faculty scholars
who regard their research as ongoing
but incomplete, and who are engaged
in new paths of discovery, may be
disinclined to step aside and pass the
torch to others to continue their work.
“Most UC Davis staff members retire
at age 60, because that’s the highest
age multiplier for the pension. Faculty
scholars and physicians tend to wait
much longer, typically working well
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officeVISIT
ANESTHESIOLOGIST KENT GARMAN APPLIES
AVIATION PROTOCOL IN TEACHING RESIDENTS
The anesthesiology resident was devoting
all of her concentration to insertion of an
intravenous line into a surgical patient.
Veteran cardiac anesthesiologist J. Kent
Garman, who was supervising her,
discreetly placed his hand over the screen
of the vital signs monitor. Then he asked
her, “What is the patient’s blood pressure?”
Glancing toward the readout and finding
it obscured, the perplexed resident said,
“I – I don’t know.” Garman calmly replied,
“You don’t know because you haven’t
looked at the monitor anytime during the
past minute.” He reinforces that point by
telling residents about Eastern Airlines
flight 401.
The L1011 aircraft bound from
New York to Miami was approaching its
destination on Dec. 29, 1972, when the
pilot flipped a switch to lower the landing
gear, but the indicator light did not turn
on. The pilot, copilot and navigator
became preoccupied with the instrument
panel, trying to figure out why the light
remained dark. With no one actually
flying the airplane, the aircraft descended
too steeply and crashed in the Everglades,
killing 101 of the 176 passengers and
crew members aboard.
That disaster illustrates the danger of
fixation on a task while ignoring other
important functions. “Fixation can kill a
patient,” Garman says. “I teach residents
an aviation technique: scan, scan, scan.” A
pilot must continually scan the horizon for
other aircraft, while recurrently checking
instruments for air speed, altitude,
function of hydraulic and electrical
systems, level flight – and then do it again.
“Anesthesiologists also must check a lot of
physiologic readouts, look at the patient,
observe what the surgeons are doing – all
that is going on around them. Situational
awareness is very important.”
Garman, who joined the UC Davis
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain
viewPOINT
A WELCOME TO NEW
FACULTY COLLEAGUES
BY JULIE A. FREISCHLAG, VICE CHANCELLOR AND DEAN
Hariharan
PARTICIPATE IN GUIDING THE
HEALTH SYSTEM AND UC DAVIS
Hoffman
Each edition of the Faculty Newsletter introduces several faculty colleagues who recently joined the UC Davis
Health System community. Watch for more new clinical and research staff members in the next issue.
had attained the rank of captain when he
was honorably discharged in 1992. After
departing for a 14-year stint in private
practice in a medical group in Redwood
City, he returned in 1998 to Stanford,
where he was manager of anesthesia in
the surgical suites until his retirement in
2006.
He and his wife, Judith, subsequently
relocated to El Dorado Hills to be closer
to family members. One day in 2013
while Kent was attending to a patient
in surgery, his wife of 49 years suffered
a fatal heart attack. “I’ve been working
through that emotionally, and I find
attending to patients and teaching
residents therapeutic for me. UC Davis
Kent Garman (courtesy photo)
is staffed with very nice people, and
Medicine faculty part time in 2010 after
working there is a joy. I am the oldest
retiring as a Stanford University professor person working in the operating room
emeritus, draws upon the aircraft
now,” said the energetic, physically fit
metaphor from first-hand experience.
Garman, who turned 76 in November.
He is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who
Throughout his career he has devoted
participated in combat as a flight surgeon
countless hours to professional medical
during the Vietnam War. With plans to
organizations and community groups,
become a surgeon, the Pennsylvania native and served on numerous voluntary
completed flight training and shipped
disaster relief missions. Amrik Singh, UC
out in 1967 for 13 months in Chu Lai,
Davis anesthesiology professor, residency
Vietnam, where he was assigned to a
program director and associate chief of
bomber squadron.
perioperative medicine, speaks glowingly
“We would fly about 300 feet off the
about Garman.
deck at 350 knots with 28 bombs, 500
“Our residents value Dr. Garman as
pounds each, over the Ho Chi Minh Trail
a great role model. He is knowledgeable,
and look for targets.” His experiences in
patient and polite in dealings with
Vietnam prompted him to become an
patients, families and trainees. He has
anesthesiologist rather than a surgeon.
compiled a list of ‘Garman Rules’ that
After completing his residency at the
he is fond of sharing with our residents.
University of Pennsylvania, he joined the
As an example, he introduces himself to
faculty of Stanford University in 1973
the new staff in the OR first thing in the
as an attending physician and chief of
morning to create a sense of teamwork.
cardiovascular anesthesia, and rose up
‘Building coalitions’ is what he sought to
the tenure track to become an associate
do as the president of Stanford’s medical
professor within six years. There he
staff a decade earlier,” Singh said. “The
participated in pioneering cardiac and
fact that he is still working in his mid-70s
heart-lung transplantations. All the while
is a testament to his lifelong commitment
he remained in the Naval Reserve and
to our profession.”
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facultyROUNDS
Nirmala Hariharan studies
factors in cardiac aging
enabling parents to view their babies from
outside the NICU by means of remote
video access.
Nirmala Hariharan, Ph.D., M.Sc., an
adjunct assistant professor of pharmacol- Other new colleagues
ogy who specializes in research relevant n
Pediatric cardiologist Stuart Berger,
to molecular cardiology, concentrates
M.D., a professor and vice chair of
on signaling pathways regulating carpediatrics, and chief of pediatric
diac pathophysiology and aging. She is
cardiology, is medical director of the
investigating the mechanisms by which
Pediatric Heart Center. He also is
cardiac stem and progenitor cells alter
medical director of the local Children’s
with age.
Miracle Network program. Berger,
She and her colleagues have isolated
certified in pediatrics and pediatric
cardiac stem/progenitor cells from mice
cardiology, has expertise in treatment of
that exhibit accelerated cardiac aging, and
congenital heart disease, and conducts
they are working to identify fundamental
research focusing on sudden cardiac
molecular and cellular differences between
young and old stem cells. She hopes that
death and sudden cardiac arrest.
their findings will lead to identification of n
Neonatologist Donald M. Null,
strategies to antagonize myocardial aging
Jr., M.D., medical director of the
and enhance rejuvenation.
neonatal intensive care unit at UC
Neonatologist Kristin Hoffman
Davis Children’s Hospital, specializes
in treatment of infants with respiratory
using simulation as teaching tool
problems, bronchopulmonary dysplasia,
Neonatologist Kristin Robbins
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation,
Hoffman, M.D., an assistant professor
and lung injury. A professor of pediatrics
of clinical pediatrics, has expertise in
with board certifications in pediatrics
neuroprotection and treats newborns
and neonatology, he is investigating less
for prematurity, congenital anomalies,
invasive forms of respiratory support,
infection and respiratory distress and
other serious conditions in the UC Davis
and is conducting a controlled trial
Children’s Hospital neonatal intensive care
using high-frequency nasal ventilation
unit.
to prevent development of chronic lung
Board-certified in pediatrics and boarddisease in newborns with respiratory
eligible in neonatology, she is conducting
distress.
research on the use of simulation to
n Neil P. Ray, M.D., an assistant professor
augment hands-on experiences for
of anesthesiology and pain medicine,
residents and fellows and to enhance
conducts a family-centered practice in
multidisciplinary team performance
which he specializes in pediatric cardiac
in complex, high-pressure emergency
anesthesiology as well as care of adults
(or “code”) situations. Hoffman also is
who have congenital heart disease.
interested in telemedicine and technology
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Julie A. Freischlag
Board-certified in anesthesiology and
pediatric anesthesiology, he is an oral
board examiner for the American Board
of Anesthesiology. He is collaborating
with Dennis Matthews at the UC Davis
Center for Biophotonics Science and
Technology, and Soheil Ghiasi in the
UC Davis Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, to develop a
non-invasive fetal oximeter.
n
Dana M. Sheely, M.D., an assistant
professor in the Department of Internal
Medicine’s Division of Endocrinology,
Metabolism and Diabetes, maintains
a practice in general endocrinology,
neuroendocrinology and medical
management of pituitary disorders,
diabetes and thyroid disease. She is
board-certified in internal medicine
and in endocrinology, diabetes and
metabolism. She has published on
strategies to lower LDL cholesterol in
patients who have metabolic syndrome.
n
Aubyn C. Stahmer, Ph.D., an
associate professor of psychiatry
and behavioral science, is a clinical
psychologist who performs diagnostic
and developmental evaluation of young
children with developmental concerns,
including autism spectrum disorders.
Stahmer, who is director of communitybased treatment research for the
UC Davis MIND Institute, conducts
early developmental and behavioral
intervention for young children with
ASD, and training for parents. She
researches how to move evidencebased interventions into community
programs.
As we begin a new year, all UC Davis
Health System faculty and staff members
have an opportunity to help shape the
future of our health care enterprise, and
UC Davis as a whole. We are, as you know,
in the midst of a participatory process
leading to development and adoption of
a new strategic plan to guide UC Davis
Health System. We have begun surveying
the Sacramento campus to learn what our
employees believe we should consider as
we formulate guidelines for the new plan.
Concurrently, Chancellor Linda Katehi
and Provost Ralph Hexter have issued a
call for submission of “Big Ideas” for the
evolution of UC Davis, as a foundation on
which to build the next comprehensive
fundraising campaign. The first UC
Davis comprehensive campaign, which
concluded in May 2014, was a tremendous
success, raising more than $1.1 billion in
philanthropic gifts. The central Office of
Development and Alumni Relations plans
to begin the “quiet” phase of the second
comprehensive campaign next summer.
The chancellor and provost are seeking
“Big Ideas” that have a scope and visionary
purpose sufficient to impel large-scale
philanthropic support.
“An integral component of this
next campaign is the generation of Big
Ideas that will shape the future of UC
Davis academically and culturally,” the
chancellor wrote in a message to all
members of the UC Davis community.
She added that “We want ideas that are
transformative, far-reaching, ambitious,
and well-reasoned – ideas that, if given the
proper resources, can change society.”
These two appeals – for “Big Ideas”
and for your insights about the health
system’s strategic plan – are entirely
complementary. The premises that define
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the “Big Ideas” solicitation also are
driving our review of UC Davis Health
System’s strategic plan. We want to
determine if the core values that guided
us under the existing strategic plan
remain relevant as we look to the future,
and we want to make certain that the
new plan is the exemplar of inclusion
excellence. For those reasons, we are
seeking the observations and suggestions
of literally every member of the UC
Davis Health System community.
In October we completed an email
survey asking all UC Davis Health
System employees to assess our
achievements under the prior strategic
plan, which was built upon six guiding
principles: excellence, compassion,
leadership, diversity, social responsibility,
and teamwork/collaboration.
Many employees have responded
to the survey, which is gratifying. But
we must ensure that everyone has an
opportunity to engage in the planning
process on their own terms. Realizing
that some people prefer to express their
thoughts verbally rather than in writing,
we also plan to connect with employees
...we are seeking
the observations and
suggestions of literally
every member of the
UC Davis Health System
community.
—Julie Freischlag
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the old-fashioned way: face-to-face. I
plan to personally meet as many of you
as possible to learn what you imagine for
our future from your perspective. I want
to learn what opportunities you envision,
to better inform the strategic planning
process. I will announce the dates and
places for any such gatherings through
various means, including my Three Things
video series.
The health system’s executive
leadership team places high value on
the views of all the people who compose
this enterprise – staff members, research
scientists, laboratory and medical
technicians, clinicians, teaching faculty,
service employees, residents, fellows,
interns, medical students – everyone who
is part of this exceptional teaching and
research medical campus. Your input
will help us prepare six to eight visioning
themes for discussion at the departmental
level, so you and every other employee can
help assess the wisdom and practicality of
these concepts. To be useful and effective,
the new strategic plan must be inclusive
and participatory rather than prescriptive.
We can best carve our path into the future
by guiding each other.
I encourage you to think “big,” as the
chancellor and provost have. In the context
of their initiative, “Big Ideas” are concepts
that support advancement at a leading
edge, and that have interdisciplinary
components. A formal process has been
established for proposals of “Big Ideas,” the
deadline for which is March 1. You may
visit the website bigideas.ucdavis.edu to
learn more.
And I look forward to hearing your
ideas that will anchor the strategic plan
for the next great era of UC Davis Health
System.
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officeVISIT
ANESTHESIOLOGIST KENT GARMAN APPLIES
AVIATION PROTOCOL IN TEACHING RESIDENTS
The anesthesiology resident was devoting
all of her concentration to insertion of an
intravenous line into a surgical patient.
Veteran cardiac anesthesiologist J. Kent
Garman, who was supervising her,
discreetly placed his hand over the screen
of the vital signs monitor. Then he asked
her, “What is the patient’s blood pressure?”
Glancing toward the readout and finding
it obscured, the perplexed resident said,
“I – I don’t know.” Garman calmly replied,
“You don’t know because you haven’t
looked at the monitor anytime during the
past minute.” He reinforces that point by
telling residents about Eastern Airlines
flight 401.
The L1011 aircraft bound from
New York to Miami was approaching its
destination on Dec. 29, 1972, when the
pilot flipped a switch to lower the landing
gear, but the indicator light did not turn
on. The pilot, copilot and navigator
became preoccupied with the instrument
panel, trying to figure out why the light
remained dark. With no one actually
flying the airplane, the aircraft descended
too steeply and crashed in the Everglades,
killing 101 of the 176 passengers and
crew members aboard.
That disaster illustrates the danger of
fixation on a task while ignoring other
important functions. “Fixation can kill a
patient,” Garman says. “I teach residents
an aviation technique: scan, scan, scan.” A
pilot must continually scan the horizon for
other aircraft, while recurrently checking
instruments for air speed, altitude,
function of hydraulic and electrical
systems, level flight – and then do it again.
“Anesthesiologists also must check a lot of
physiologic readouts, look at the patient,
observe what the surgeons are doing – all
that is going on around them. Situational
awareness is very important.”
Garman, who joined the UC Davis
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain
viewPOINT
A WELCOME TO NEW
FACULTY COLLEAGUES
BY JULIE A. FREISCHLAG, VICE CHANCELLOR AND DEAN
Hariharan
PARTICIPATE IN GUIDING THE
HEALTH SYSTEM AND UC DAVIS
Hoffman
Each edition of the Faculty Newsletter introduces several faculty colleagues who recently joined the UC Davis
Health System community. Watch for more new clinical and research staff members in the next issue.
had attained the rank of captain when he
was honorably discharged in 1992. After
departing for a 14-year stint in private
practice in a medical group in Redwood
City, he returned in 1998 to Stanford,
where he was manager of anesthesia in
the surgical suites until his retirement in
2006.
He and his wife, Judith, subsequently
relocated to El Dorado Hills to be closer
to family members. One day in 2013
while Kent was attending to a patient
in surgery, his wife of 49 years suffered
a fatal heart attack. “I’ve been working
through that emotionally, and I find
attending to patients and teaching
residents therapeutic for me. UC Davis
Kent Garman (courtesy photo)
is staffed with very nice people, and
Medicine faculty part time in 2010 after
working there is a joy. I am the oldest
retiring as a Stanford University professor person working in the operating room
emeritus, draws upon the aircraft
now,” said the energetic, physically fit
metaphor from first-hand experience.
Garman, who turned 76 in November.
He is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who
Throughout his career he has devoted
participated in combat as a flight surgeon
countless hours to professional medical
during the Vietnam War. With plans to
organizations and community groups,
become a surgeon, the Pennsylvania native and served on numerous voluntary
completed flight training and shipped
disaster relief missions. Amrik Singh, UC
out in 1967 for 13 months in Chu Lai,
Davis anesthesiology professor, residency
Vietnam, where he was assigned to a
program director and associate chief of
bomber squadron.
perioperative medicine, speaks glowingly
“We would fly about 300 feet off the
about Garman.
deck at 350 knots with 28 bombs, 500
“Our residents value Dr. Garman as
pounds each, over the Ho Chi Minh Trail
a great role model. He is knowledgeable,
and look for targets.” His experiences in
patient and polite in dealings with
Vietnam prompted him to become an
patients, families and trainees. He has
anesthesiologist rather than a surgeon.
compiled a list of ‘Garman Rules’ that
After completing his residency at the
he is fond of sharing with our residents.
University of Pennsylvania, he joined the
As an example, he introduces himself to
faculty of Stanford University in 1973
the new staff in the OR first thing in the
as an attending physician and chief of
morning to create a sense of teamwork.
cardiovascular anesthesia, and rose up
‘Building coalitions’ is what he sought to
the tenure track to become an associate
do as the president of Stanford’s medical
professor within six years. There he
staff a decade earlier,” Singh said. “The
participated in pioneering cardiac and
fact that he is still working in his mid-70s
heart-lung transplantations. All the while
is a testament to his lifelong commitment
he remained in the Naval Reserve and
to our profession.”
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facultyROUNDS
Nirmala Hariharan studies
factors in cardiac aging
enabling parents to view their babies from
outside the NICU by means of remote
video access.
Nirmala Hariharan, Ph.D., M.Sc., an
adjunct assistant professor of pharmacol- Other new colleagues
ogy who specializes in research relevant n
Pediatric cardiologist Stuart Berger,
to molecular cardiology, concentrates
M.D., a professor and vice chair of
on signaling pathways regulating carpediatrics, and chief of pediatric
diac pathophysiology and aging. She is
cardiology, is medical director of the
investigating the mechanisms by which
Pediatric Heart Center. He also is
cardiac stem and progenitor cells alter
medical director of the local Children’s
with age.
Miracle Network program. Berger,
She and her colleagues have isolated
certified in pediatrics and pediatric
cardiac stem/progenitor cells from mice
cardiology, has expertise in treatment of
that exhibit accelerated cardiac aging, and
congenital heart disease, and conducts
they are working to identify fundamental
research focusing on sudden cardiac
molecular and cellular differences between
young and old stem cells. She hopes that
death and sudden cardiac arrest.
their findings will lead to identification of n
Neonatologist Donald M. Null,
strategies to antagonize myocardial aging
Jr., M.D., medical director of the
and enhance rejuvenation.
neonatal intensive care unit at UC
Neonatologist Kristin Hoffman
Davis Children’s Hospital, specializes
in treatment of infants with respiratory
using simulation as teaching tool
problems, bronchopulmonary dysplasia,
Neonatologist Kristin Robbins
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation,
Hoffman, M.D., an assistant professor
and lung injury. A professor of pediatrics
of clinical pediatrics, has expertise in
with board certifications in pediatrics
neuroprotection and treats newborns
and neonatology, he is investigating less
for prematurity, congenital anomalies,
invasive forms of respiratory support,
infection and respiratory distress and
other serious conditions in the UC Davis
and is conducting a controlled trial
Children’s Hospital neonatal intensive care
using high-frequency nasal ventilation
unit.
to prevent development of chronic lung
Board-certified in pediatrics and boarddisease in newborns with respiratory
eligible in neonatology, she is conducting
distress.
research on the use of simulation to
n Neil P. Ray, M.D., an assistant professor
augment hands-on experiences for
of anesthesiology and pain medicine,
residents and fellows and to enhance
conducts a family-centered practice in
multidisciplinary team performance
which he specializes in pediatric cardiac
in complex, high-pressure emergency
anesthesiology as well as care of adults
(or “code”) situations. Hoffman also is
who have congenital heart disease.
interested in telemedicine and technology
2
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Julie A. Freischlag
Board-certified in anesthesiology and
pediatric anesthesiology, he is an oral
board examiner for the American Board
of Anesthesiology. He is collaborating
with Dennis Matthews at the UC Davis
Center for Biophotonics Science and
Technology, and Soheil Ghiasi in the
UC Davis Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, to develop a
non-invasive fetal oximeter.
n
Dana M. Sheely, M.D., an assistant
professor in the Department of Internal
Medicine’s Division of Endocrinology,
Metabolism and Diabetes, maintains
a practice in general endocrinology,
neuroendocrinology and medical
management of pituitary disorders,
diabetes and thyroid disease. She is
board-certified in internal medicine
and in endocrinology, diabetes and
metabolism. She has published on
strategies to lower LDL cholesterol in
patients who have metabolic syndrome.
n
Aubyn C. Stahmer, Ph.D., an
associate professor of psychiatry
and behavioral science, is a clinical
psychologist who performs diagnostic
and developmental evaluation of young
children with developmental concerns,
including autism spectrum disorders.
Stahmer, who is director of communitybased treatment research for the
UC Davis MIND Institute, conducts
early developmental and behavioral
intervention for young children with
ASD, and training for parents. She
researches how to move evidencebased interventions into community
programs.
As we begin a new year, all UC Davis
Health System faculty and staff members
have an opportunity to help shape the
future of our health care enterprise, and
UC Davis as a whole. We are, as you know,
in the midst of a participatory process
leading to development and adoption of
a new strategic plan to guide UC Davis
Health System. We have begun surveying
the Sacramento campus to learn what our
employees believe we should consider as
we formulate guidelines for the new plan.
Concurrently, Chancellor Linda Katehi
and Provost Ralph Hexter have issued a
call for submission of “Big Ideas” for the
evolution of UC Davis, as a foundation on
which to build the next comprehensive
fundraising campaign. The first UC
Davis comprehensive campaign, which
concluded in May 2014, was a tremendous
success, raising more than $1.1 billion in
philanthropic gifts. The central Office of
Development and Alumni Relations plans
to begin the “quiet” phase of the second
comprehensive campaign next summer.
The chancellor and provost are seeking
“Big Ideas” that have a scope and visionary
purpose sufficient to impel large-scale
philanthropic support.
“An integral component of this
next campaign is the generation of Big
Ideas that will shape the future of UC
Davis academically and culturally,” the
chancellor wrote in a message to all
members of the UC Davis community.
She added that “We want ideas that are
transformative, far-reaching, ambitious,
and well-reasoned – ideas that, if given the
proper resources, can change society.”
These two appeals – for “Big Ideas”
and for your insights about the health
system’s strategic plan – are entirely
complementary. The premises that define
3
the “Big Ideas” solicitation also are
driving our review of UC Davis Health
System’s strategic plan. We want to
determine if the core values that guided
us under the existing strategic plan
remain relevant as we look to the future,
and we want to make certain that the
new plan is the exemplar of inclusion
excellence. For those reasons, we are
seeking the observations and suggestions
of literally every member of the UC
Davis Health System community.
In October we completed an email
survey asking all UC Davis Health
System employees to assess our
achievements under the prior strategic
plan, which was built upon six guiding
principles: excellence, compassion,
leadership, diversity, social responsibility,
and teamwork/collaboration.
Many employees have responded
to the survey, which is gratifying. But
we must ensure that everyone has an
opportunity to engage in the planning
process on their own terms. Realizing
that some people prefer to express their
thoughts verbally rather than in writing,
we also plan to connect with employees
...we are seeking
the observations and
suggestions of literally
every member of the
UC Davis Health System
community.
—Julie Freischlag
facultyNEWSLETTER | Winter 2015–2016 | www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/facultydev
the old-fashioned way: face-to-face. I
plan to personally meet as many of you
as possible to learn what you imagine for
our future from your perspective. I want
to learn what opportunities you envision,
to better inform the strategic planning
process. I will announce the dates and
places for any such gatherings through
various means, including my Three Things
video series.
The health system’s executive
leadership team places high value on
the views of all the people who compose
this enterprise – staff members, research
scientists, laboratory and medical
technicians, clinicians, teaching faculty,
service employees, residents, fellows,
interns, medical students – everyone who
is part of this exceptional teaching and
research medical campus. Your input
will help us prepare six to eight visioning
themes for discussion at the departmental
level, so you and every other employee can
help assess the wisdom and practicality of
these concepts. To be useful and effective,
the new strategic plan must be inclusive
and participatory rather than prescriptive.
We can best carve our path into the future
by guiding each other.
I encourage you to think “big,” as the
chancellor and provost have. In the context
of their initiative, “Big Ideas” are concepts
that support advancement at a leading
edge, and that have interdisciplinary
components. A formal process has been
established for proposals of “Big Ideas,” the
deadline for which is March 1. You may
visit the website bigideas.ucdavis.edu to
learn more.
And I look forward to hearing your
ideas that will anchor the strategic plan
for the next great era of UC Davis Health
System.
4
officeVISIT
ANESTHESIOLOGIST KENT GARMAN APPLIES
AVIATION PROTOCOL IN TEACHING RESIDENTS
The anesthesiology resident was devoting
all of her concentration to insertion of an
intravenous line into a surgical patient.
Veteran cardiac anesthesiologist J. Kent
Garman, who was supervising her,
discreetly placed his hand over the screen
of the vital signs monitor. Then he asked
her, “What is the patient’s blood pressure?”
Glancing toward the readout and finding
it obscured, the perplexed resident said,
“I – I don’t know.” Garman calmly replied,
“You don’t know because you haven’t
looked at the monitor anytime during the
past minute.” He reinforces that point by
telling residents about Eastern Airlines
flight 401.
The L1011 aircraft bound from
New York to Miami was approaching its
destination on Dec. 29, 1972, when the
pilot flipped a switch to lower the landing
gear, but the indicator light did not turn
on. The pilot, copilot and navigator
became preoccupied with the instrument
panel, trying to figure out why the light
remained dark. With no one actually
flying the airplane, the aircraft descended
too steeply and crashed in the Everglades,
killing 101 of the 176 passengers and
crew members aboard.
That disaster illustrates the danger of
fixation on a task while ignoring other
important functions. “Fixation can kill a
patient,” Garman says. “I teach residents
an aviation technique: scan, scan, scan.” A
pilot must continually scan the horizon for
other aircraft, while recurrently checking
instruments for air speed, altitude,
function of hydraulic and electrical
systems, level flight – and then do it again.
“Anesthesiologists also must check a lot of
physiologic readouts, look at the patient,
observe what the surgeons are doing – all
that is going on around them. Situational
awareness is very important.”
Garman, who joined the UC Davis
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain
viewPOINT
A WELCOME TO NEW
FACULTY COLLEAGUES
BY JULIE A. FREISCHLAG, VICE CHANCELLOR AND DEAN
Hariharan
PARTICIPATE IN GUIDING THE
HEALTH SYSTEM AND UC DAVIS
Hoffman
Each edition of the Faculty Newsletter introduces several faculty colleagues who recently joined the UC Davis
Health System community. Watch for more new clinical and research staff members in the next issue.
had attained the rank of captain when he
was honorably discharged in 1992. After
departing for a 14-year stint in private
practice in a medical group in Redwood
City, he returned in 1998 to Stanford,
where he was manager of anesthesia in
the surgical suites until his retirement in
2006.
He and his wife, Judith, subsequently
relocated to El Dorado Hills to be closer
to family members. One day in 2013
while Kent was attending to a patient
in surgery, his wife of 49 years suffered
a fatal heart attack. “I’ve been working
through that emotionally, and I find
attending to patients and teaching
residents therapeutic for me. UC Davis
Kent Garman (courtesy photo)
is staffed with very nice people, and
Medicine faculty part time in 2010 after
working there is a joy. I am the oldest
retiring as a Stanford University professor person working in the operating room
emeritus, draws upon the aircraft
now,” said the energetic, physically fit
metaphor from first-hand experience.
Garman, who turned 76 in November.
He is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who
Throughout his career he has devoted
participated in combat as a flight surgeon
countless hours to professional medical
during the Vietnam War. With plans to
organizations and community groups,
become a surgeon, the Pennsylvania native and served on numerous voluntary
completed flight training and shipped
disaster relief missions. Amrik Singh, UC
out in 1967 for 13 months in Chu Lai,
Davis anesthesiology professor, residency
Vietnam, where he was assigned to a
program director and associate chief of
bomber squadron.
perioperative medicine, speaks glowingly
“We would fly about 300 feet off the
about Garman.
deck at 350 knots with 28 bombs, 500
“Our residents value Dr. Garman as
pounds each, over the Ho Chi Minh Trail
a great role model. He is knowledgeable,
and look for targets.” His experiences in
patient and polite in dealings with
Vietnam prompted him to become an
patients, families and trainees. He has
anesthesiologist rather than a surgeon.
compiled a list of ‘Garman Rules’ that
After completing his residency at the
he is fond of sharing with our residents.
University of Pennsylvania, he joined the
As an example, he introduces himself to
faculty of Stanford University in 1973
the new staff in the OR first thing in the
as an attending physician and chief of
morning to create a sense of teamwork.
cardiovascular anesthesia, and rose up
‘Building coalitions’ is what he sought to
the tenure track to become an associate
do as the president of Stanford’s medical
professor within six years. There he
staff a decade earlier,” Singh said. “The
participated in pioneering cardiac and
fact that he is still working in his mid-70s
heart-lung transplantations. All the while
is a testament to his lifelong commitment
he remained in the Naval Reserve and
to our profession.”
facultyNEWSLETTER | Winter 2015–2016 | www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/facultydev
facultyROUNDS
Nirmala Hariharan studies
factors in cardiac aging
enabling parents to view their babies from
outside the NICU by means of remote
video access.
Nirmala Hariharan, Ph.D., M.Sc., an
adjunct assistant professor of pharmacol- Other new colleagues
ogy who specializes in research relevant n
Pediatric cardiologist Stuart Berger,
to molecular cardiology, concentrates
M.D., a professor and vice chair of
on signaling pathways regulating carpediatrics, and chief of pediatric
diac pathophysiology and aging. She is
cardiology, is medical director of the
investigating the mechanisms by which
Pediatric Heart Center. He also is
cardiac stem and progenitor cells alter
medical director of the local Children’s
with age.
Miracle Network program. Berger,
She and her colleagues have isolated
certified in pediatrics and pediatric
cardiac stem/progenitor cells from mice
cardiology, has expertise in treatment of
that exhibit accelerated cardiac aging, and
congenital heart disease, and conducts
they are working to identify fundamental
research focusing on sudden cardiac
molecular and cellular differences between
young and old stem cells. She hopes that
death and sudden cardiac arrest.
their findings will lead to identification of n
Neonatologist Donald M. Null,
strategies to antagonize myocardial aging
Jr., M.D., medical director of the
and enhance rejuvenation.
neonatal intensive care unit at UC
Neonatologist Kristin Hoffman
Davis Children’s Hospital, specializes
in treatment of infants with respiratory
using simulation as teaching tool
problems, bronchopulmonary dysplasia,
Neonatologist Kristin Robbins
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation,
Hoffman, M.D., an assistant professor
and lung injury. A professor of pediatrics
of clinical pediatrics, has expertise in
with board certifications in pediatrics
neuroprotection and treats newborns
and neonatology, he is investigating less
for prematurity, congenital anomalies,
invasive forms of respiratory support,
infection and respiratory distress and
other serious conditions in the UC Davis
and is conducting a controlled trial
Children’s Hospital neonatal intensive care
using high-frequency nasal ventilation
unit.
to prevent development of chronic lung
Board-certified in pediatrics and boarddisease in newborns with respiratory
eligible in neonatology, she is conducting
distress.
research on the use of simulation to
n Neil P. Ray, M.D., an assistant professor
augment hands-on experiences for
of anesthesiology and pain medicine,
residents and fellows and to enhance
conducts a family-centered practice in
multidisciplinary team performance
which he specializes in pediatric cardiac
in complex, high-pressure emergency
anesthesiology as well as care of adults
(or “code”) situations. Hoffman also is
who have congenital heart disease.
interested in telemedicine and technology
2
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Julie A. Freischlag
Board-certified in anesthesiology and
pediatric anesthesiology, he is an oral
board examiner for the American Board
of Anesthesiology. He is collaborating
with Dennis Matthews at the UC Davis
Center for Biophotonics Science and
Technology, and Soheil Ghiasi in the
UC Davis Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, to develop a
non-invasive fetal oximeter.
n
Dana M. Sheely, M.D., an assistant
professor in the Department of Internal
Medicine’s Division of Endocrinology,
Metabolism and Diabetes, maintains
a practice in general endocrinology,
neuroendocrinology and medical
management of pituitary disorders,
diabetes and thyroid disease. She is
board-certified in internal medicine
and in endocrinology, diabetes and
metabolism. She has published on
strategies to lower LDL cholesterol in
patients who have metabolic syndrome.
n
Aubyn C. Stahmer, Ph.D., an
associate professor of psychiatry
and behavioral science, is a clinical
psychologist who performs diagnostic
and developmental evaluation of young
children with developmental concerns,
including autism spectrum disorders.
Stahmer, who is director of communitybased treatment research for the
UC Davis MIND Institute, conducts
early developmental and behavioral
intervention for young children with
ASD, and training for parents. She
researches how to move evidencebased interventions into community
programs.
As we begin a new year, all UC Davis
Health System faculty and staff members
have an opportunity to help shape the
future of our health care enterprise, and
UC Davis as a whole. We are, as you know,
in the midst of a participatory process
leading to development and adoption of
a new strategic plan to guide UC Davis
Health System. We have begun surveying
the Sacramento campus to learn what our
employees believe we should consider as
we formulate guidelines for the new plan.
Concurrently, Chancellor Linda Katehi
and Provost Ralph Hexter have issued a
call for submission of “Big Ideas” for the
evolution of UC Davis, as a foundation on
which to build the next comprehensive
fundraising campaign. The first UC
Davis comprehensive campaign, which
concluded in May 2014, was a tremendous
success, raising more than $1.1 billion in
philanthropic gifts. The central Office of
Development and Alumni Relations plans
to begin the “quiet” phase of the second
comprehensive campaign next summer.
The chancellor and provost are seeking
“Big Ideas” that have a scope and visionary
purpose sufficient to impel large-scale
philanthropic support.
“An integral component of this
next campaign is the generation of Big
Ideas that will shape the future of UC
Davis academically and culturally,” the
chancellor wrote in a message to all
members of the UC Davis community.
She added that “We want ideas that are
transformative, far-reaching, ambitious,
and well-reasoned – ideas that, if given the
proper resources, can change society.”
These two appeals – for “Big Ideas”
and for your insights about the health
system’s strategic plan – are entirely
complementary. The premises that define
3
the “Big Ideas” solicitation also are
driving our review of UC Davis Health
System’s strategic plan. We want to
determine if the core values that guided
us under the existing strategic plan
remain relevant as we look to the future,
and we want to make certain that the
new plan is the exemplar of inclusion
excellence. For those reasons, we are
seeking the observations and suggestions
of literally every member of the UC
Davis Health System community.
In October we completed an email
survey asking all UC Davis Health
System employees to assess our
achievements under the prior strategic
plan, which was built upon six guiding
principles: excellence, compassion,
leadership, diversity, social responsibility,
and teamwork/collaboration.
Many employees have responded
to the survey, which is gratifying. But
we must ensure that everyone has an
opportunity to engage in the planning
process on their own terms. Realizing
that some people prefer to express their
thoughts verbally rather than in writing,
we also plan to connect with employees
...we are seeking
the observations and
suggestions of literally
every member of the
UC Davis Health System
community.
—Julie Freischlag
facultyNEWSLETTER | Winter 2015–2016 | www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/facultydev
the old-fashioned way: face-to-face. I
plan to personally meet as many of you
as possible to learn what you imagine for
our future from your perspective. I want
to learn what opportunities you envision,
to better inform the strategic planning
process. I will announce the dates and
places for any such gatherings through
various means, including my Three Things
video series.
The health system’s executive
leadership team places high value on
the views of all the people who compose
this enterprise – staff members, research
scientists, laboratory and medical
technicians, clinicians, teaching faculty,
service employees, residents, fellows,
interns, medical students – everyone who
is part of this exceptional teaching and
research medical campus. Your input
will help us prepare six to eight visioning
themes for discussion at the departmental
level, so you and every other employee can
help assess the wisdom and practicality of
these concepts. To be useful and effective,
the new strategic plan must be inclusive
and participatory rather than prescriptive.
We can best carve our path into the future
by guiding each other.
I encourage you to think “big,” as the
chancellor and provost have. In the context
of their initiative, “Big Ideas” are concepts
that support advancement at a leading
edge, and that have interdisciplinary
components. A formal process has been
established for proposals of “Big Ideas,” the
deadline for which is March 1. You may
visit the website bigideas.ucdavis.edu to
learn more.
And I look forward to hearing your
ideas that will anchor the strategic plan
for the next great era of UC Davis Health
System.
4
Retirement CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
into their 60s or 70s, sometimes even 80s,”
said Sue Barnes, director of the UC Davis
Retiree Center.
The last session in the workshop series
is devoted to the emotions that people
experience in the retirement transition.
“Retirement is as big a lifestyle change
as landing a first career position, getting
married or having children,” said Barnes,
who is past president of the Association
of Retirement Organizations in Higher
Education, a nationwide alliance of
retirement program administrators. “People
who are not well prepared for the transition
can be caught off guard. The initial threemonth ‘honeymoon period’ is great, and
then some retirees experience what they
“After a career of taking care of other
people as a full-time profession, it’s very
important to start taking care of self and
recognizing some personal needs, such
as doing your caregiving closer to home
with your parents, your children or
grandchildren. And it’s time to begin taking
greater care of yourself by slowing the pace
in order to be able to devote time to other
activities you enjoy doing. Some of that
activity may be writing or scholarship that
continues to beckon. It’s really a wonderful
opportunity,” Callahan said.
Gradual reduction in time is a means of
easing the transition to retirement.
“Employees can talk with their chair or
their supervisor about cutting back their
time slowly. That’s not always feasible,
depending upon the staffing and
scheduling in individual departments,
but supervisors and chairs may be
able to make some accommodations
to ease the transition,” Callahan said.
“For example, surgeons who made
the decision to step away from the
operating room sometimes continue
teaching for a while as they make the
transition into retirement.”
The primary mission of the UC
Davis Retiree Center is to keep retirees
connected to the university.
“The good news is that the
University of California works very
Sue Barnes answers questions at an information tent.
hard to keep emeriti active and
involved on the campus. There are
describe as falling off a cliff. They feel that
many opportunities for them to stay
they no longer have a purpose, they’re
involved, either by working, volunteering
bored, they miss the routine, and mostly
for committees, or coming back on recall.
they miss the camaraderie of their coThey can pick and choose the things they
workers, as a UC survey of retirees a few
really like to do and stay involved to the
years ago revealed.
level that they want,” Barnes said.
“People who take the time to plan for
“We also conduct programs for retirees:
the changes that retirement brings are more
social
events, educational programs, tours
likely to see this next chapter as an exciting
of
campus
facilities and day trips,” Barnes
opportunity to pursue their passions and
added.
“We
try in many ways to weave
fulfill dreams that were perhaps set aside
retirees
into
the daily life of UC Davis.
because of the rigors of their careers,”
And,
if
they
prefer
to be involved with
Barnes said.
other
organizations,
we can help them to
Edward Callahan, associate vice
make
those
connections
as well. We see
chancellor for academic personnel,
retirees
‘reinventing’
themselves
every day
understands why academic physicians
as
they
find
meaningful
ways
to
contribute
grapple with retirement, but encourages
to
society
with
their
newfound
freedom.”
them to view it favorably.
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Faculty Development Program
Retirement workshop
dates and descriptions
Morning sessions will be conducted for
staff members, and separate audiencespecific afternoon sessions will be
conducted for faculty members (with
funding from the School of Medicine’s
Office of the Dean). The four faculty
sessions are:
n
Introduction and Understanding
UC Retirement Plan Income
Options (Friday, Feb. 19):
Topics will include estimating your
retirement income and determining
options for survivor benefits.
n
Retiree Health Care Benefits and
Social Security (Friday, March 11):
Learn about eligibility for retiree
health care benefits, their cost, and
ways that relocation may influence
health benefits; and coordination of
the UC retiree health care plans with
Medicare. The workshop also covers
Social Security benefits and programs,
including retirement, survivors, and
disability.
n
Financial Planning for Retirement
(Wednesday, March 23):
Failure to prepare a retirement income
plan increases vulnerability to five
major risks. Learn how to make
certain that personal assets will be
sufficient throughout retirement years.
n
Work and Lifestyle Transitions
(Wednesday, April 20):
Discover strategies for successfully
navigating the transition to retirement
and thriving emotionally, socially
and intellectually. In this session a
panel of retired faculty physicians
and scholars will present an overview
of opportunities for continued
involvement with the university, and
information on emeriti rights and
privileges.
Visit http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.
edu/facultydev/ to learn more about
the retirement workshops and to enroll
online.
Visit http://retireecenter.ucdavis.edu
to learn about UC Davis Retiree Center
programs and services.
Sherman Building, Suite 3900
UC Davis Health System
2315 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95817
Published by the Faculty Development Program
WINTER 2015–2016
Workshops and other activities
You are invited! We encourage you to
enroll in one of the various workshops
and events sponsored by the Faculty
Development Program. For more event
details and to register, visit www.ucdmc.
ucdavis.edu/facultydev/ and click Enroll
Online. (Event co-sponsors are indicated
within parentheses.) Volunteer Clinical
Faculty members are also welcome and
encouraged to attend faculty development events.
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26 Getting Better at Getting Feedback, Part 1 (ECLP/MCLP)
March
4 Getting Better at Getting Feedback, Part 2 (ECLP/MCLP)
January
10 The Mentees Rule: The Mentee Rules (MA)
8 The Visualization of Data: Telling a
Story with Numbers, Part 1 (ECLP/
MCLP)
10 Workshop: Enhanced Training for Faculty Search Committee Members
11 Transitioning to Retirement: Retiree Health Care Benefits and Social Security
(UCDRC)
11 Understanding Faculty Series and
Titles; Promotion Portfolio (MA)
16 Education Components: Residency and Fellowship Programs (MCLP)
facultyNEWSLETTER
Published quarterly by Faculty
Development, which administers and
coordinates programs that respond to the
professional and career development needs of
UC Davis Health System faculty members.
2315 Stockton Blvd.
Sherman Building, Suite 3900
Sacramento, CA 95817
(916) 703-9230
www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/facultydev
Edward Callahan, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel
Brent Seifert, J.D.
Assistant Dean for Academic Personnel
Cheryl Busman
Program Manager, Faculty Development
cdbusman@ucdavis.edu
EditPros LLC
Writing and Editing
www.editpros.com
15 The Visualization of Data: Telling a
Story with Numbers, Part 2 (ECLP/
MCLP)
18 Negotiation Skills (ECLP)
23 Transitioning to Retirement: Financial Planning for Retirement (UCDRC)
19 Workshop: Enhanced Training for
Faculty Search Committee Members
April
22 Resilience and the Happiness
Hypothesis, Part 1 (ECLP/MCLP)
5 Workshop: Enhanced Training for Faculty Search Committee Members
6 Workshop: New Faculty Workshop – Tools for Success
29 Resilience and the Happiness
Hypothesis, Part 2 (ECLP/MCLP)
8 Getting Better at Delegation, Part 1 (ECLP/MCLP)
February
11 Workshop: Faculty Merits, Promotions and Tenure
8 Workshop: Enhanced Training for
Faculty Search Committee Members
SAVE THE DATE: May 6, 2016 – UC-Wide Health Sciences Leadership Development
Conference (WIMHS)
10 How to Recognize and Avoid
Burnout (ECLP/MCLP)
Event co-sponsors
16 Scientific Writing for Publication
(ECLP)
ECLP: Early Career Leadership Program
MCLP: Mid-Career Leadership Program
19 Transitioning to Retirement:
Introduction and Understanding UC
Retirement Plan Income Options
(UCDRC)
MA: Mentoring Academy
UCDRC: UC Davis Retiree Center
WIMHS: Women in Medicine and Health Science
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PLANNING FOR RETIREMENT
Workshop series to begin at Sacramento campus in February
Until now, retirement planning for
UC Davis Health System employees
typically entailed traveling to Davis
to attend workshop sessions. That
will change in February, when the UC
Davis Retiree Center, in collaboration
with the Health System’s Faculty
Development Program, inaugurates a
series of retirement planning workshops
at the Cancer Center Auditorium in
Sacramento. The four-part series will
cover preparation for retirement, as
well as ways in which to remain active
following retirement. Thanks to funding
from the School of Medicine’s Office of
the Dean, enrollment is free of charge.
Retirement is on the rise throughout
UC Davis, largely attributable to the
swelling “baby boom” population that
has reached retirement age. In 2005,
about 400 employees retired during
the academic year, and by 2014, the
number of retirees soared to 795. The
final figures for 2015 have not been
tallied yet, but it’s almost certain to
eclipse the previous year’s total.
The prospect of retirement can
be either appealing or appalling,
depending upon how deeply
intertwined professional and personal
lives have become over the duration
of a lengthy career. Faculty scholars
who regard their research as ongoing
but incomplete, and who are engaged
in new paths of discovery, may be
disinclined to step aside and pass the
torch to others to continue their work.
“Most UC Davis staff members retire
at age 60, because that’s the highest
age multiplier for the pension. Faculty
scholars and physicians tend to wait
much longer, typically working well
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into their 60s or 70s, sometimes even 80s,”
said Sue Barnes, director of the UC Davis
Retiree Center.
The last session in the workshop series
is devoted to the emotions that people
experience in the retirement transition.
“Retirement is as big a lifestyle change
as landing a first career position, getting
married or having children,” said Barnes,
who is past president of the Association
of Retirement Organizations in Higher
Education, a nationwide alliance of
retirement program administrators. “People
who are not well prepared for the transition
can be caught off guard. The initial threemonth ‘honeymoon period’ is great, and
then some retirees experience what they
“After a career of taking care of other
people as a full-time profession, it’s very
important to start taking care of self and
recognizing some personal needs, such
as doing your caregiving closer to home
with your parents, your children or
grandchildren. And it’s time to begin taking
greater care of yourself by slowing the pace
in order to be able to devote time to other
activities you enjoy doing. Some of that
activity may be writing or scholarship that
continues to beckon. It’s really a wonderful
opportunity,” Callahan said.
Gradual reduction in time is a means of
easing the transition to retirement.
“Employees can talk with their chair or
their supervisor about cutting back their
time slowly. That’s not always feasible,
depending upon the staffing and
scheduling in individual departments,
but supervisors and chairs may be
able to make some accommodations
to ease the transition,” Callahan said.
“For example, surgeons who made
the decision to step away from the
operating room sometimes continue
teaching for a while as they make the
transition into retirement.”
The primary mission of the UC
Davis Retiree Center is to keep retirees
connected to the university.
“The good news is that the
University of California works very
Sue Barnes answers questions at an information tent.
hard to keep emeriti active and
involved on the campus. There are
describe as falling off a cliff. They feel that
many opportunities for them to stay
they no longer have a purpose, they’re
involved, either by working, volunteering
bored, they miss the routine, and mostly
for committees, or coming back on recall.
they miss the camaraderie of their coThey can pick and choose the things they
workers, as a UC survey of retirees a few
really like to do and stay involved to the
years ago revealed.
level that they want,” Barnes said.
“People who take the time to plan for
“We also conduct programs for retirees:
the changes that retirement brings are more
social
events, educational programs, tours
likely to see this next chapter as an exciting
of
campus
facilities and day trips,” Barnes
opportunity to pursue their passions and
added.
“We
try in many ways to weave
fulfill dreams that were perhaps set aside
retirees
into
the daily life of UC Davis.
because of the rigors of their careers,”
And,
if
they
prefer
to be involved with
Barnes said.
other
organizations,
we can help them to
Edward Callahan, associate vice
make
those
connections
as well. We see
chancellor for academic personnel,
retirees
‘reinventing’
themselves
every day
understands why academic physicians
as
they
find
meaningful
ways
to
contribute
grapple with retirement, but encourages
to
society
with
their
newfound
freedom.”
them to view it favorably.
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Faculty Development Program
Retirement workshop
dates and descriptions
Morning sessions will be conducted for
staff members, and separate audiencespecific afternoon sessions will be
conducted for faculty members (with
funding from the School of Medicine’s
Office of the Dean). The four faculty
sessions are:
n
Introduction and Understanding
UC Retirement Plan Income
Options (Friday, Feb. 19):
Topics will include estimating your
retirement income and determining
options for survivor benefits.
n
Retiree Health Care Benefits and
Social Security (Friday, March 11):
Learn about eligibility for retiree
health care benefits, their cost, and
ways that relocation may influence
health benefits; and coordination of
the UC retiree health care plans with
Medicare. The workshop also covers
Social Security benefits and programs,
including retirement, survivors, and
disability.
n
Financial Planning for Retirement
(Wednesday, March 23):
Failure to prepare a retirement income
plan increases vulnerability to five
major risks. Learn how to make
certain that personal assets will be
sufficient throughout retirement years.
n
Work and Lifestyle Transitions
(Wednesday, April 20):
Discover strategies for successfully
navigating the transition to retirement
and thriving emotionally, socially
and intellectually. In this session a
panel of retired faculty physicians
and scholars will present an overview
of opportunities for continued
involvement with the university, and
information on emeriti rights and
privileges.
Visit http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.
edu/facultydev/ to learn more about
the retirement workshops and to enroll
online.
Visit http://retireecenter.ucdavis.edu
to learn about UC Davis Retiree Center
programs and services.
Sherman Building, Suite 3900
UC Davis Health System
2315 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95817
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WINTER 2015–2016
Workshops and other activities
You are invited! We encourage you to
enroll in one of the various workshops
and events sponsored by the Faculty
Development Program. For more event
details and to register, visit www.ucdmc.
ucdavis.edu/facultydev/ and click Enroll
Online. (Event co-sponsors are indicated
within parentheses.) Volunteer Clinical
Faculty members are also welcome and
encouraged to attend faculty development events.
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26 Getting Better at Getting Feedback, Part 1 (ECLP/MCLP)
March
4 Getting Better at Getting Feedback, Part 2 (ECLP/MCLP)
January
10 The Mentees Rule: The Mentee Rules (MA)
8 The Visualization of Data: Telling a
Story with Numbers, Part 1 (ECLP/
MCLP)
10 Workshop: Enhanced Training for Faculty Search Committee Members
11 Transitioning to Retirement: Retiree Health Care Benefits and Social Security
(UCDRC)
11 Understanding Faculty Series and
Titles; Promotion Portfolio (MA)
16 Education Components: Residency and Fellowship Programs (MCLP)
facultyNEWSLETTER
Published quarterly by Faculty
Development, which administers and
coordinates programs that respond to the
professional and career development needs of
UC Davis Health System faculty members.
2315 Stockton Blvd.
Sherman Building, Suite 3900
Sacramento, CA 95817
(916) 703-9230
www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/facultydev
Edward Callahan, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Personnel
Brent Seifert, J.D.
Assistant Dean for Academic Personnel
Cheryl Busman
Program Manager, Faculty Development
cdbusman@ucdavis.edu
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15 The Visualization of Data: Telling a
Story with Numbers, Part 2 (ECLP/
MCLP)
18 Negotiation Skills (ECLP)
23 Transitioning to Retirement: Financial Planning for Retirement (UCDRC)
19 Workshop: Enhanced Training for
Faculty Search Committee Members
April
22 Resilience and the Happiness
Hypothesis, Part 1 (ECLP/MCLP)
5 Workshop: Enhanced Training for Faculty Search Committee Members
6 Workshop: New Faculty Workshop – Tools for Success
29 Resilience and the Happiness
Hypothesis, Part 2 (ECLP/MCLP)
8 Getting Better at Delegation, Part 1 (ECLP/MCLP)
February
11 Workshop: Faculty Merits, Promotions and Tenure
8 Workshop: Enhanced Training for
Faculty Search Committee Members
SAVE THE DATE: May 6, 2016 – UC-Wide Health Sciences Leadership Development
Conference (WIMHS)
10 How to Recognize and Avoid
Burnout (ECLP/MCLP)
Event co-sponsors
16 Scientific Writing for Publication
(ECLP)
ECLP: Early Career Leadership Program
MCLP: Mid-Career Leadership Program
19 Transitioning to Retirement:
Introduction and Understanding UC
Retirement Plan Income Options
(UCDRC)
MA: Mentoring Academy
UCDRC: UC Davis Retiree Center
WIMHS: Women in Medicine and Health Science
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PLANNING FOR RETIREMENT
Workshop series to begin at Sacramento campus in February
Until now, retirement planning for
UC Davis Health System employees
typically entailed traveling to Davis
to attend workshop sessions. That
will change in February, when the UC
Davis Retiree Center, in collaboration
with the Health System’s Faculty
Development Program, inaugurates a
series of retirement planning workshops
at the Cancer Center Auditorium in
Sacramento. The four-part series will
cover preparation for retirement, as
well as ways in which to remain active
following retirement. Thanks to funding
from the School of Medicine’s Office of
the Dean, enrollment is free of charge.
Retirement is on the rise throughout
UC Davis, largely attributable to the
swelling “baby boom” population that
has reached retirement age. In 2005,
about 400 employees retired during
the academic year, and by 2014, the
number of retirees soared to 795. The
final figures for 2015 have not been
tallied yet, but it’s almost certain to
eclipse the previous year’s total.
The prospect of retirement can
be either appealing or appalling,
depending upon how deeply
intertwined professional and personal
lives have become over the duration
of a lengthy career. Faculty scholars
who regard their research as ongoing
but incomplete, and who are engaged
in new paths of discovery, may be
disinclined to step aside and pass the
torch to others to continue their work.
“Most UC Davis staff members retire
at age 60, because that’s the highest
age multiplier for the pension. Faculty
scholars and physicians tend to wait
much longer, typically working well
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