UC Davis Health System
stress on Oprah Winfrey’s Web site. Visit
www.martinboroson.info to learn more.
What some workshop attendees said
•“A surprising cross-section of the School
of Medicine community attended the
workshop, and from the comments I
heard, most everyone found the session
beneficial. Demands on my time continue
to ratchet upward, and opportunities to
get respite from the stress seem harder
to find. The value of a one-minute
rejuvenating break is remarkable.”
Photo: Emi Manning, Medical Illustration
Published by the Faculty Development Office
JUNE – JULY 2010
Workshops and other activities
You are invited! We encourage you to enroll
in one of the various workshops, programs
and events sponsored by the Faculty
Development Office. 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.
– Charles Bevins, professor, Medical
Microbiology andImmunology
•“It is difficult to stop in the middle of the
day and focus your mind on breathing,
for even one minute, especially when
there are a thousand other things in
your mind. It’s much more difficult than
during the seminar itself, when everyone’s
attention was on the idea of meditation. I
think it is going to take a lot of practice to
develop the discipline to do this daily, at
least for me.”
– Berneet Kaur, assistant clinical
professor, Neurology
•“It was telling and funny that several
people at the course on meditation
said they almost didn’t come because
they were too busy. Martin Boroson
taught us all how to use one minute
for meditation. A minute a day seems a
doable commitment. My first big hurdle
will be to meditate for one minute daily
for a month. We’ll see.”
– Deborah Ward, associate dean,
Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
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4610 X Street, Suite 4101
Sacramento, CA 95817
•“The workshop on One-Moment
Meditation was extremely helpful and I
am eager to apply these newly learned
skills in my clinical work with residents
and fellows. It would seem that this
type of time-efficient stress management
tool would be extremely useful to help
the busy physician achieve a more
emotionally balanced state of mind.”
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June
Published by the Faculty Development
Office, which administers and coordinates
programs that respond to the professional and
career development needs of UC Davis Health
System faculty members.
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18 Fostering a Research Program in Your
Department, Unit or Section (MCLP)
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16 A Leadership Model for Faculty in
Academic Medicine (MCLP)
Edward Callahan, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Personnel
21 Faculty Forward Task Force meeting
Gregg Servis, M.Div.
Director, Faculty Development
gregg.servis@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
August
Cheryl Busman
Program Representative, Faculty Development
cheryl.busman@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
18 Faculty Forward Task Force meeting
20 Mid-Career Leadership Program
Graduation (MCLP)
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ANCIENT ART ENABLES REJUVENATION
Martin Boroson teaches ‘One-Moment Meditation’ techniques
Alternative therapists have long
espoused the benefits of the ancient
practice of meditation. During recent
years, a body of scientific literature has
documented evidence that meditation
indeed can contribute to mental and
physical health.
In the Sept. 23, 2009, edition of
the Journal of the American Medical
Association, University of Rochester
Medical Center researchers reported
that meditative training can help
alleviate psychological distress
and burnout that many physicians
experience. The 70 physicians who
learned meditation techniques as part
of the research study experienced
a reduction in burnout and mood
disturbance, accompanied by
improvements in well-being, empathy
and psychosocial orientation to
clinical care.
Many harried people may resist
engaging in meditation because they
think they can’t find time to practice
it amid their tight schedules. They
may find an answer to that dilemma
though a technique called “OneMoment Meditation®,” developed by
organizational consultant and author
Martin Boroson.
In April, Boroson conducted two
meditation workshops at UC Davis
Medical Center, sponsored by the
Faculty Development Office. Boroson
recognizes that most people cannot
find even 20 minutes a day to learn or
practice meditation. His technique does
not require candles, incense, cross-
legged postures or severe discipline.
Beginners need only a chair, a relatively
quiet place to sit and a timer set to one
minute. “The first exercise takes just
one minute,” he says, “because even
busy people have one.” With practice,
he says, this takes less and less time,
until people can do it in just a moment.
“Meditative practice may be done
for various reasons, including spiritual
awakening,” Boroson explained. “OneMoment Meditation is basically a practical way to find a more relaxed but alert
CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
Photo: Ronan Temple Lang
One-Moment Meditation FROM PAGE 1 suburban New York. While majoring in
philosophy as an undergraduate student
part of yourself, whenever you have a moat Yale University, he became intrigued
ment. Many things become possible when
with Zen Buddhism, which teaches
you’re operating from that state of mind.”
enlightenment through meditation.
Boroson devised the “one-moment”
“I was looking for ‘the’ answer, but
concept several years ago while engaged in
I
didn’t
find it in Western philosophy. I
one of his customary 30-minute meditating
came
to
realize that the kind of answer
sessions. Sitting perfectly still, with his
I was seeking wouldn’t come from
eyes closed, he became distracted by the
thinking about things but from jumping
thought that he may have forgotten to set
into experience,” Boroson said. After he
his alarm. Although he tried to dismiss
earned an MBA from the Yale School of
that notion, it dogged him throughout the
Management, he decided to “explore
session. When he peeked at the timer –
other ways of knowing,” and worked in
which he had indeed set – he discovered
both psychotherapy and theater. Now,
that 29 minutes had elapsed.
in addition to training professionals in
Rather than resetting the timer for
One-Moment Meditation, he consults to
another 30-minute interval, or giving up,
organizations that want to bring a more
Boroson decided to use the remaining
meditative mind to decision making.
minute fully. His success during that
Boroson believes that when
minute prompted him to develop this
physicians
meditate, they as well as
concept, and write the book One-Moment
their
patients
may benefit. At UC Davis,
Meditation: Stillness for People on the Go
he
helped
physicians
explore how One(Winter Road Publishing, 2009).
Moment
Meditation
could
be useful in
People who practice One-Moment Medmany different ways, from self-care and
itation, he says, soon find themselves able
to meditate during many “lost” or “wasted” time management to leadership.
“Brief interludes of meditation can
moments throughout the day – while in
help physicians thrive in their stressful
line at the supermarket, stuck in a boring
meeting, or waiting on hold on the phone. environment,” Boroson said. “This
also can improve patient care, through
“Although meditation involves
enhanced listening and observation
temporarily withdrawing from stimuli
skills.”
around you, the goal is a state of mind
Boroson is developing e-mail and
through which you can become more
audio versions of his training for
responsive to things around you, make
general use, and in April – National
better decisions and be more creative,”
Stress Awareness Month – he presented
said Boroson, who was raised in what he
playfully calls a “devoutly atheist” family in a 30-part series on meditation and
Martin Boroson, shown here meditating at Heuston
Station in Dublin, Ireland, conducted two workshops
for School of Medicine faculty members on April 13.
officeVISIT
facultyROUNDS
CRAIG BERRIS HELPS RESIDENTS
A WELCOME TO NEW
FACULTY COLLEAGUES
GAIN OCULOPLASTIC SURGERY EXPERIENCE
The millions of people who undergo
cosmetic botulinum toxin treatments
owe some debt of gratitude to UC Davis
Volunteer Clinical Faculty member Craig
E. Berris, a specialist in ophthalmic plastic
and reconstructive surgery. Berris is sole
proprietor of the Center for Cosmetic
Eyelid and Laser Surgery, a Sacramento
practice that he regards as a hybrid
encompassing a tertiary referral practice
in ophthalmic surgery and a full-service
cosmetic practice.
Berris was co-author of the first
published paper to describe the use
of botulinum toxin for cosmesis. The
paper, which the Journal of the American
Society of Plastic Surgeons published in
1989, proposed use of botulinum toxin
to temporarily correct facial asymmetry
during recovery from facial nerve palsy.
Other authors subsequently expanded on
the concept, suggesting use of botulinum
toxin to treat facial lines and wrinkles
caused by muscle action, ultimately
creating a new industry.
In his cosmetic practice, Berris
performs cosmetic blepharoplasties, brow
lifts, laser skin resurfacing, liposuction and
dermal filler injections. He is experienced
in considerably more complex procedures,
including surgery for cancer of the eyelids,
orbital fractures, tear duct conditions, and
rehabilitation of eyes affected by thyroid
disease.
Berris wanted to be a physician from
an early age, and loves what he does. He
likens himself to the Little League baseball
player who was fortunate enough to make
it to the major leagues. He considers his
work as creative as it is clinical.
“Just as potters, cabinet makers and
other artisans create objects that are
beautiful and functional, oculoplastic
surgery involves artistry as well,”
Berris said.
As a medical student in the fourth
graduating class of the UC Davis School
of Medicine, Berris initially considered
practicing in obstetrics and gynecology.
He changed his mind during fourth-year
elective rotations in ophthalmology and
obstetrics.
“I loved all the technology employed
in ophthalmology, but I also grew to
appreciate that ophthalmologists don’t
have to get up as many times during
the middle of the night when on call,”
he laughed. Berris was accepted into
a residency program at the Jules Stein
Eye Institute at UCLA, and completed
a fellowship in ophthalmic plastic and
reconstructive surgery at the University of
Texas, Houston. “Once in ophthalmology,
I was attracted to the variety of cases
performed in oculoplastic surgery and the
creativity of fashioning a unique surgical
solution for each patient.”
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facultyAPPRECIATION
ESTE GERAGHTY HONORED FOR
SERVICE TO FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
David Tom Cooke
Christopher Murphy
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.
Berris is one of only four oculoplastic
subspecialists in the Sacramento region,
and is among fewer than 600 in the entire
nation. When he entered private practice,
he made a conscious decision that he
would locate near an academic medical
institution with which he could establish
an affiliation.
“Most of my training had been
fairly academic, and I wanted to remain
involved with a teaching program,” said
Berris, who this year marked his 30th year
in practice and has received two clinical
faculty teaching awards. He splits his time
between functional surgeries at the major
hospitals in town, and cosmetic surgeries
in his own fully accredited surgical
suite. The UC Davis chief resident in
ophthalmology spends three months
operating with Berris. Residents thereby
are exposed to a greater number and
variety of cases than they might otherwise
experience.
“Our residents have to keep a log of
the surgeries that they have performed.
In a national survey of training programs,
our residents consistently place in the
90th percentile or above in volume
of oculoplastic cases, and one of our
residents performed more ptosis [droopy
eyelid] surgeries than any other resident
in the United States,” Berris said with
some pride.
“The residents are bright and
inquisitive. They may question why a
procedure is done a certain way, or why
I am doing one step before another. That
makes one stop and think. It trains you
to have a logical explanation for what
you do rather than simply performing
by rote,” Berris said. “I therefore get as
much out of these interactions as the
residents do.”
Cooke specializes in thoracic
and esophageal surgery
David Tom Cooke, M.D., assistant
professor of clinical surgery, specializes
in non-cardiac general thoracic surgery,
thoracic oncology, interventional
bronchoscopy and surgical treatment
of malignant and benign esophageal
disease. He also has expertise in
video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS),
including pulmonary resection.
Cooke’s research interests
encompass clinical studies involving
oncologic trials, surgical outcomes
research and medical education. Before
joining UC Davis in August 2008,
Cooke was the administrative chief
resident in cardiothoracic surgery at
the University of Michigan Medical
Center, Ann Arbor, where he completed
his cardiothoracic surgery residency.
He completed a research fellowship
in experimental lung transplantation
at Stanford University, and his general
surgery residency at the Massachusetts
General Hospital in Boston. Cooke
recently was appointed assistant
program director for UC Davis
cardiothoracic surgery residency.
Murphy works with engineers
to improve patient outcomes
Interdisciplinary studies encompassing
medicine, veterinary medicine
and engineering are under way in
the laboratory of Christopher J.
Murphy, D.V.M., Ph.D. He has
appointments as a professor of
comparative ophthalmology in the
School of Medicine’s Department of
Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences,
2
and health economics of chronic
and in the School of Veterinary Medicine’s
conditions, particularly diabetes and
Department of Surgical and Radiological
arthritis. She and her colleagues are
Sciences.
investigating changes in ambulatory
Murphy is investigating: 1) modulation
knee arthroscopy utilization in the
of cell behaviors by biophysical cues,
United States. She also is participating
with relevance to the design of improved
in research comparing patient outcomes
cell culture ware, surgical implants
between staged knee arthroplasty and
and understanding disease processes;
simultaneous bilateral knee arthroplasty.
2) development of improved organ
She has expertise in probabilistic survey
preservation media, by which to markedly
sampling, epidemiologic methods,
extend the length of time an intact organ
clinical trials and health-outcome studies.
can be stored; 3) engineering-inspired
She is developing an orthopaedic patient
approaches to “engineer” a wound bed to
registry that will follow patients from the
promote healing; 4) optical performance
date of implantation to monitor safety
in animals that evolved in response to
and quality of care.
challenging environmental conditions.
Murphy works closely with School of
•Michele Etterbeek Long, M.D., an
Veterinary Medicine research scientist
assistant professor of pediatrics, cares
Paul Russell. Together they have a highly
for hospitalized pediatric patients.
collaborative interdisciplinary laboratory.
She also is a pediatric hospitalist with
Catholic Healthcare West-Mercy San Juan
Other new colleagues
and Mercy Methodist hospitals. She is
•Kathleen Angkustsiri, M.D., an
involved in the education of residents
assistant professor of pediatrics, is
and medical students, with educational
a board-certified developmentalfocuses in remediation and assessment of
behavioral pediatrician whose clinical
clinical reasoning and professionalism.
practice involves the diagnosis,
Long recently was selected by the
management and care of children
Academic Pediatric Association as a
with neurodevelopmental disorders.
Pediatric Academic Society Educational
She also is medical director of the
Scholar; her research focuses on learning
Infant Follow-up Program at Sutter
plan development and integration into
student education.
Medical Center. Her research is focused
on gene-environment interactions
•Soman Sen, M.D., an assistant professor
and targeted interventions in autism
of surgery, specializes in treatment of
spectrum disorder, and the behavioral
burn injuries. Sen, who has an affiliation
characteristics of children with 22q11.2
with Shriners Hospital for Children
deletion syndrome.
Northern California, performs burn•Sunny H. Kim, Ph.D., an assistant
professor of orthopaedic surgery,
is director of orthopaedic clinical
outcomes and patient safety. Her
research focuses on health outcomes
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related surgeries as well as surgical
critical care. Board-certified in surgery
and in surgical critical care, he conducts
research studies of critical illness in burninjured patients.
3
Although the Office of Faculty
Development has only two full-time
staff members – Gregg Servis, executive
director, and Cheryl Busman, program
representative – more than 100 people
fulfill important roles in its numerous
programs. They are the faculty and staff
members who volunteer their time to
teach workshop and discussion sessions,
present lectures, and help organize various
functions.
Those activities include New Faculty
Orientation programs, the Mentoring
Program, the Mid-Career Leadership
Program, Junior Career Leadership
Program, the Dean’s Recognition
Reception, and publication of the Faculty
Newsletter five times per year.
At the Faculty Development
Appreciation Barbecue on May 4, the
Office of Faculty Development honored
one such dedicated volunteer: physician
Estella “Este” Geraghty, an assistant
professor of clinical internal medicine
in the Division of General Medicine.
Edward J. Callahan, associate dean for
academic personnel, presented Geraghty
with this year’s award for Outstanding
Contributions to Faculty Development.
The award recognizes sustained, personal
commitment to the betterment of the
collegial community through support
and leadership in developing and leading
faculty development programs.
Geraghty first became involved with
the Office of Faculty Development in
2007, when she agreed to be a member
of the Faculty Development Advisory
Council, on which she served more than
two terms.
“It became very apparent during
her service on the council that Este
has a knack for time management –
something the council always benefitted
from,” Callahan said in presenting the
award to Geraghty. “Este soon became
our time management expert, and has
successfully led numerous faculty through
a comprehensive time management
workshop. If you haven’t attended one, I
highly recommend it.”
During the past two years, Geraghty
has taught in the Junior Career Leadership
Program, and this year led the inaugural
session of the newly established Alumni
Development Academy. She also is a
member of the Faculty Forward Task
Force, which is reviewing the major drivers
of faculty satisfaction and vitality in the
context of recruitment, retention, worklife balance and other aspects fundamental
to sustaining and
nurturing a thriving
academic community.
“Este’s fame as a
time management
guru has generated
many requests
from individual
departments for
Este Geraghty
customized sessions,
which she somehow has fit into her
schedule also,” Callahan added.
Geraghty, who received her M.D.,
M.P.H. and master’s degrees from UC
Davis, additionally served a fellowship
here in primary care outcomes research.
When accepting her award, she quipped
that she is “a little excessive when it comes
to education,” and explained that she
accepted the appointment to the Faculty
Development Advisory Council because
she believed it would lead to additional
learning.
“While exposure to and participation
in the Faculty Development offerings did
enhance my skills set, I would not have
guessed that teaching courses would be
my forte,” Geraghty told colleagues at the
barbecue. “I love teaching time management, and I love what I do at UC Davis.
Thank you so much for this great honor.”
Geraghty has certifications from the
American Board of Internal Medicine
and the American Board of Preventive
Medicine, Public Health.
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advisoryteam
Faculty Forward Task Force
The Task Force is responsible for
assisting with the implementation
of the Faculty Forward survey, interpreting the results and delivering a
set of recommendations to Health
System leadership. Names in bold
type indicate Task Force Executive
Committee members.
Faculty Forward
Task Force members
Claire Pomeroy, M.D., M.B.A.,
Vice Chancellor for Human
Health Sciences and Dean
(ex-officio member)
Frederick J. Meyers, M.D., MACP,
Executive Associate Dean
Edward Callahan, Ph.D., Associate
Dean, Academic Personnel
Gregg Servis, M.Div., Director, Faculty
Development
Joseph Antognini, M.D., Anesthesiology
and Pain Medicine
Hilary Brodie, M.D, Ph.D.,
Otolaryngology
Peter Cala, Ph.D., Physiology and
Membrane Biology
Stephen Chilcott, J.D., Human
Resources
Michael Condrin, M.B.A., Dean’s Office
W. Suzanne Eidson-Ton, M.D., M.S.,
Family and Community Medicine
Jeffrey Gauvin, M.D., Surgery
Estella Geraghty, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.,
Internal Medicine
Donald W. Hilty, M.D., Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences
Lydia P. Howell, M.D., Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine
Karnjit Johl, M.D., Internal Medicine
Vincent L. Johnson, M.B.A., Hospital
Administration
Darin Latimore, M.D., Internal Medicine
and Office of Diversity
Cindy Oropeza, Human Resources
Daniel J. Tancredi, Ph.D. Pediatrics
4
officeVISIT
facultyROUNDS
CRAIG BERRIS HELPS RESIDENTS
A WELCOME TO NEW
FACULTY COLLEAGUES
GAIN OCULOPLASTIC SURGERY EXPERIENCE
The millions of people who undergo
cosmetic botulinum toxin treatments
owe some debt of gratitude to UC Davis
Volunteer Clinical Faculty member Craig
E. Berris, a specialist in ophthalmic plastic
and reconstructive surgery. Berris is sole
proprietor of the Center for Cosmetic
Eyelid and Laser Surgery, a Sacramento
practice that he regards as a hybrid
encompassing a tertiary referral practice
in ophthalmic surgery and a full-service
cosmetic practice.
Berris was co-author of the first
published paper to describe the use
of botulinum toxin for cosmesis. The
paper, which the Journal of the American
Society of Plastic Surgeons published in
1989, proposed use of botulinum toxin
to temporarily correct facial asymmetry
during recovery from facial nerve palsy.
Other authors subsequently expanded on
the concept, suggesting use of botulinum
toxin to treat facial lines and wrinkles
caused by muscle action, ultimately
creating a new industry.
In his cosmetic practice, Berris
performs cosmetic blepharoplasties, brow
lifts, laser skin resurfacing, liposuction and
dermal filler injections. He is experienced
in considerably more complex procedures,
including surgery for cancer of the eyelids,
orbital fractures, tear duct conditions, and
rehabilitation of eyes affected by thyroid
disease.
Berris wanted to be a physician from
an early age, and loves what he does. He
likens himself to the Little League baseball
player who was fortunate enough to make
it to the major leagues. He considers his
work as creative as it is clinical.
“Just as potters, cabinet makers and
other artisans create objects that are
beautiful and functional, oculoplastic
surgery involves artistry as well,”
Berris said.
As a medical student in the fourth
graduating class of the UC Davis School
of Medicine, Berris initially considered
practicing in obstetrics and gynecology.
He changed his mind during fourth-year
elective rotations in ophthalmology and
obstetrics.
“I loved all the technology employed
in ophthalmology, but I also grew to
appreciate that ophthalmologists don’t
have to get up as many times during
the middle of the night when on call,”
he laughed. Berris was accepted into
a residency program at the Jules Stein
Eye Institute at UCLA, and completed
a fellowship in ophthalmic plastic and
reconstructive surgery at the University of
Texas, Houston. “Once in ophthalmology,
I was attracted to the variety of cases
performed in oculoplastic surgery and the
creativity of fashioning a unique surgical
solution for each patient.”
facultyNEWSLETTER |April – May 2010 | www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/facultydev
facultyAPPRECIATION
ESTE GERAGHTY HONORED FOR
SERVICE TO FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
David Tom Cooke
Christopher Murphy
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.
Berris is one of only four oculoplastic
subspecialists in the Sacramento region,
and is among fewer than 600 in the entire
nation. When he entered private practice,
he made a conscious decision that he
would locate near an academic medical
institution with which he could establish
an affiliation.
“Most of my training had been
fairly academic, and I wanted to remain
involved with a teaching program,” said
Berris, who this year marked his 30th year
in practice and has received two clinical
faculty teaching awards. He splits his time
between functional surgeries at the major
hospitals in town, and cosmetic surgeries
in his own fully accredited surgical
suite. The UC Davis chief resident in
ophthalmology spends three months
operating with Berris. Residents thereby
are exposed to a greater number and
variety of cases than they might otherwise
experience.
“Our residents have to keep a log of
the surgeries that they have performed.
In a national survey of training programs,
our residents consistently place in the
90th percentile or above in volume
of oculoplastic cases, and one of our
residents performed more ptosis [droopy
eyelid] surgeries than any other resident
in the United States,” Berris said with
some pride.
“The residents are bright and
inquisitive. They may question why a
procedure is done a certain way, or why
I am doing one step before another. That
makes one stop and think. It trains you
to have a logical explanation for what
you do rather than simply performing
by rote,” Berris said. “I therefore get as
much out of these interactions as the
residents do.”
Cooke specializes in thoracic
and esophageal surgery
David Tom Cooke, M.D., assistant
professor of clinical surgery, specializes
in non-cardiac general thoracic surgery,
thoracic oncology, interventional
bronchoscopy and surgical treatment
of malignant and benign esophageal
disease. He also has expertise in
video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS),
including pulmonary resection.
Cooke’s research interests
encompass clinical studies involving
oncologic trials, surgical outcomes
research and medical education. Before
joining UC Davis in August 2008,
Cooke was the administrative chief
resident in cardiothoracic surgery at
the University of Michigan Medical
Center, Ann Arbor, where he completed
his cardiothoracic surgery residency.
He completed a research fellowship
in experimental lung transplantation
at Stanford University, and his general
surgery residency at the Massachusetts
General Hospital in Boston. Cooke
recently was appointed assistant
program director for UC Davis
cardiothoracic surgery residency.
Murphy works with engineers
to improve patient outcomes
Interdisciplinary studies encompassing
medicine, veterinary medicine
and engineering are under way in
the laboratory of Christopher J.
Murphy, D.V.M., Ph.D. He has
appointments as a professor of
comparative ophthalmology in the
School of Medicine’s Department of
Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences,
2
and health economics of chronic
and in the School of Veterinary Medicine’s
conditions, particularly diabetes and
Department of Surgical and Radiological
arthritis. She and her colleagues are
Sciences.
investigating changes in ambulatory
Murphy is investigating: 1) modulation
knee arthroscopy utilization in the
of cell behaviors by biophysical cues,
United States. She also is participating
with relevance to the design of improved
in research comparing patient outcomes
cell culture ware, surgical implants
between staged knee arthroplasty and
and understanding disease processes;
simultaneous bilateral knee arthroplasty.
2) development of improved organ
She has expertise in probabilistic survey
preservation media, by which to markedly
sampling, epidemiologic methods,
extend the length of time an intact organ
clinical trials and health-outcome studies.
can be stored; 3) engineering-inspired
She is developing an orthopaedic patient
approaches to “engineer” a wound bed to
registry that will follow patients from the
promote healing; 4) optical performance
date of implantation to monitor safety
in animals that evolved in response to
and quality of care.
challenging environmental conditions.
Murphy works closely with School of
•Michele Etterbeek Long, M.D., an
Veterinary Medicine research scientist
assistant professor of pediatrics, cares
Paul Russell. Together they have a highly
for hospitalized pediatric patients.
collaborative interdisciplinary laboratory.
She also is a pediatric hospitalist with
Catholic Healthcare West-Mercy San Juan
Other new colleagues
and Mercy Methodist hospitals. She is
•Kathleen Angkustsiri, M.D., an
involved in the education of residents
assistant professor of pediatrics, is
and medical students, with educational
a board-certified developmentalfocuses in remediation and assessment of
behavioral pediatrician whose clinical
clinical reasoning and professionalism.
practice involves the diagnosis,
Long recently was selected by the
management and care of children
Academic Pediatric Association as a
with neurodevelopmental disorders.
Pediatric Academic Society Educational
She also is medical director of the
Scholar; her research focuses on learning
Infant Follow-up Program at Sutter
plan development and integration into
student education.
Medical Center. Her research is focused
on gene-environment interactions
•Soman Sen, M.D., an assistant professor
and targeted interventions in autism
of surgery, specializes in treatment of
spectrum disorder, and the behavioral
burn injuries. Sen, who has an affiliation
characteristics of children with 22q11.2
with Shriners Hospital for Children
deletion syndrome.
Northern California, performs burn•Sunny H. Kim, Ph.D., an assistant
professor of orthopaedic surgery,
is director of orthopaedic clinical
outcomes and patient safety. Her
research focuses on health outcomes
facultyNEWSLETTER | June – July 2010 | www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/facultydev
related surgeries as well as surgical
critical care. Board-certified in surgery
and in surgical critical care, he conducts
research studies of critical illness in burninjured patients.
3
Although the Office of Faculty
Development has only two full-time
staff members – Gregg Servis, executive
director, and Cheryl Busman, program
representative – more than 100 people
fulfill important roles in its numerous
programs. They are the faculty and staff
members who volunteer their time to
teach workshop and discussion sessions,
present lectures, and help organize various
functions.
Those activities include New Faculty
Orientation programs, the Mentoring
Program, the Mid-Career Leadership
Program, Junior Career Leadership
Program, the Dean’s Recognition
Reception, and publication of the Faculty
Newsletter five times per year.
At the Faculty Development
Appreciation Barbecue on May 4, the
Office of Faculty Development honored
one such dedicated volunteer: physician
Estella “Este” Geraghty, an assistant
professor of clinical internal medicine
in the Division of General Medicine.
Edward J. Callahan, associate dean for
academic personnel, presented Geraghty
with this year’s award for Outstanding
Contributions to Faculty Development.
The award recognizes sustained, personal
commitment to the betterment of the
collegial community through support
and leadership in developing and leading
faculty development programs.
Geraghty first became involved with
the Office of Faculty Development in
2007, when she agreed to be a member
of the Faculty Development Advisory
Council, on which she served more than
two terms.
“It became very apparent during
her service on the council that Este
has a knack for time management –
something the council always benefitted
from,” Callahan said in presenting the
award to Geraghty. “Este soon became
our time management expert, and has
successfully led numerous faculty through
a comprehensive time management
workshop. If you haven’t attended one, I
highly recommend it.”
During the past two years, Geraghty
has taught in the Junior Career Leadership
Program, and this year led the inaugural
session of the newly established Alumni
Development Academy. She also is a
member of the Faculty Forward Task
Force, which is reviewing the major drivers
of faculty satisfaction and vitality in the
context of recruitment, retention, worklife balance and other aspects fundamental
to sustaining and
nurturing a thriving
academic community.
“Este’s fame as a
time management
guru has generated
many requests
from individual
departments for
Este Geraghty
customized sessions,
which she somehow has fit into her
schedule also,” Callahan added.
Geraghty, who received her M.D.,
M.P.H. and master’s degrees from UC
Davis, additionally served a fellowship
here in primary care outcomes research.
When accepting her award, she quipped
that she is “a little excessive when it comes
to education,” and explained that she
accepted the appointment to the Faculty
Development Advisory Council because
she believed it would lead to additional
learning.
“While exposure to and participation
in the Faculty Development offerings did
enhance my skills set, I would not have
guessed that teaching courses would be
my forte,” Geraghty told colleagues at the
barbecue. “I love teaching time management, and I love what I do at UC Davis.
Thank you so much for this great honor.”
Geraghty has certifications from the
American Board of Internal Medicine
and the American Board of Preventive
Medicine, Public Health.
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advisoryteam
Faculty Forward Task Force
The Task Force is responsible for
assisting with the implementation
of the Faculty Forward survey, interpreting the results and delivering a
set of recommendations to Health
System leadership. Names in bold
type indicate Task Force Executive
Committee members.
Faculty Forward
Task Force members
Claire Pomeroy, M.D., M.B.A.,
Vice Chancellor for Human
Health Sciences and Dean
(ex-officio member)
Frederick J. Meyers, M.D., MACP,
Executive Associate Dean
Edward Callahan, Ph.D., Associate
Dean, Academic Personnel
Gregg Servis, M.Div., Director, Faculty
Development
Joseph Antognini, M.D., Anesthesiology
and Pain Medicine
Hilary Brodie, M.D, Ph.D.,
Otolaryngology
Peter Cala, Ph.D., Physiology and
Membrane Biology
Stephen Chilcott, J.D., Human
Resources
Michael Condrin, M.B.A., Dean’s Office
W. Suzanne Eidson-Ton, M.D., M.S.,
Family and Community Medicine
Jeffrey Gauvin, M.D., Surgery
Estella Geraghty, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.,
Internal Medicine
Donald W. Hilty, M.D., Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences
Lydia P. Howell, M.D., Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine
Karnjit Johl, M.D., Internal Medicine
Vincent L. Johnson, M.B.A., Hospital
Administration
Darin Latimore, M.D., Internal Medicine
and Office of Diversity
Cindy Oropeza, Human Resources
Daniel J. Tancredi, Ph.D. Pediatrics
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officeVISIT
facultyROUNDS
CRAIG BERRIS HELPS RESIDENTS
A WELCOME TO NEW
FACULTY COLLEAGUES
GAIN OCULOPLASTIC SURGERY EXPERIENCE
The millions of people who undergo
cosmetic botulinum toxin treatments
owe some debt of gratitude to UC Davis
Volunteer Clinical Faculty member Craig
E. Berris, a specialist in ophthalmic plastic
and reconstructive surgery. Berris is sole
proprietor of the Center for Cosmetic
Eyelid and Laser Surgery, a Sacramento
practice that he regards as a hybrid
encompassing a tertiary referral practice
in ophthalmic surgery and a full-service
cosmetic practice.
Berris was co-author of the first
published paper to describe the use
of botulinum toxin for cosmesis. The
paper, which the Journal of the American
Society of Plastic Surgeons published in
1989, proposed use of botulinum toxin
to temporarily correct facial asymmetry
during recovery from facial nerve palsy.
Other authors subsequently expanded on
the concept, suggesting use of botulinum
toxin to treat facial lines and wrinkles
caused by muscle action, ultimately
creating a new industry.
In his cosmetic practice, Berris
performs cosmetic blepharoplasties, brow
lifts, laser skin resurfacing, liposuction and
dermal filler injections. He is experienced
in considerably more complex procedures,
including surgery for cancer of the eyelids,
orbital fractures, tear duct conditions, and
rehabilitation of eyes affected by thyroid
disease.
Berris wanted to be a physician from
an early age, and loves what he does. He
likens himself to the Little League baseball
player who was fortunate enough to make
it to the major leagues. He considers his
work as creative as it is clinical.
“Just as potters, cabinet makers and
other artisans create objects that are
beautiful and functional, oculoplastic
surgery involves artistry as well,”
Berris said.
As a medical student in the fourth
graduating class of the UC Davis School
of Medicine, Berris initially considered
practicing in obstetrics and gynecology.
He changed his mind during fourth-year
elective rotations in ophthalmology and
obstetrics.
“I loved all the technology employed
in ophthalmology, but I also grew to
appreciate that ophthalmologists don’t
have to get up as many times during
the middle of the night when on call,”
he laughed. Berris was accepted into
a residency program at the Jules Stein
Eye Institute at UCLA, and completed
a fellowship in ophthalmic plastic and
reconstructive surgery at the University of
Texas, Houston. “Once in ophthalmology,
I was attracted to the variety of cases
performed in oculoplastic surgery and the
creativity of fashioning a unique surgical
solution for each patient.”
facultyNEWSLETTER |April – May 2010 | www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/facultydev
facultyAPPRECIATION
ESTE GERAGHTY HONORED FOR
SERVICE TO FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
David Tom Cooke
Christopher Murphy
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.
Berris is one of only four oculoplastic
subspecialists in the Sacramento region,
and is among fewer than 600 in the entire
nation. When he entered private practice,
he made a conscious decision that he
would locate near an academic medical
institution with which he could establish
an affiliation.
“Most of my training had been
fairly academic, and I wanted to remain
involved with a teaching program,” said
Berris, who this year marked his 30th year
in practice and has received two clinical
faculty teaching awards. He splits his time
between functional surgeries at the major
hospitals in town, and cosmetic surgeries
in his own fully accredited surgical
suite. The UC Davis chief resident in
ophthalmology spends three months
operating with Berris. Residents thereby
are exposed to a greater number and
variety of cases than they might otherwise
experience.
“Our residents have to keep a log of
the surgeries that they have performed.
In a national survey of training programs,
our residents consistently place in the
90th percentile or above in volume
of oculoplastic cases, and one of our
residents performed more ptosis [droopy
eyelid] surgeries than any other resident
in the United States,” Berris said with
some pride.
“The residents are bright and
inquisitive. They may question why a
procedure is done a certain way, or why
I am doing one step before another. That
makes one stop and think. It trains you
to have a logical explanation for what
you do rather than simply performing
by rote,” Berris said. “I therefore get as
much out of these interactions as the
residents do.”
Cooke specializes in thoracic
and esophageal surgery
David Tom Cooke, M.D., assistant
professor of clinical surgery, specializes
in non-cardiac general thoracic surgery,
thoracic oncology, interventional
bronchoscopy and surgical treatment
of malignant and benign esophageal
disease. He also has expertise in
video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS),
including pulmonary resection.
Cooke’s research interests
encompass clinical studies involving
oncologic trials, surgical outcomes
research and medical education. Before
joining UC Davis in August 2008,
Cooke was the administrative chief
resident in cardiothoracic surgery at
the University of Michigan Medical
Center, Ann Arbor, where he completed
his cardiothoracic surgery residency.
He completed a research fellowship
in experimental lung transplantation
at Stanford University, and his general
surgery residency at the Massachusetts
General Hospital in Boston. Cooke
recently was appointed assistant
program director for UC Davis
cardiothoracic surgery residency.
Murphy works with engineers
to improve patient outcomes
Interdisciplinary studies encompassing
medicine, veterinary medicine
and engineering are under way in
the laboratory of Christopher J.
Murphy, D.V.M., Ph.D. He has
appointments as a professor of
comparative ophthalmology in the
School of Medicine’s Department of
Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences,
2
and health economics of chronic
and in the School of Veterinary Medicine’s
conditions, particularly diabetes and
Department of Surgical and Radiological
arthritis. She and her colleagues are
Sciences.
investigating changes in ambulatory
Murphy is investigating: 1) modulation
knee arthroscopy utilization in the
of cell behaviors by biophysical cues,
United States. She also is participating
with relevance to the design of improved
in research comparing patient outcomes
cell culture ware, surgical implants
between staged knee arthroplasty and
and understanding disease processes;
simultaneous bilateral knee arthroplasty.
2) development of improved organ
She has expertise in probabilistic survey
preservation media, by which to markedly
sampling, epidemiologic methods,
extend the length of time an intact organ
clinical trials and health-outcome studies.
can be stored; 3) engineering-inspired
She is developing an orthopaedic patient
approaches to “engineer” a wound bed to
registry that will follow patients from the
promote healing; 4) optical performance
date of implantation to monitor safety
in animals that evolved in response to
and quality of care.
challenging environmental conditions.
Murphy works closely with School of
•Michele Etterbeek Long, M.D., an
Veterinary Medicine research scientist
assistant professor of pediatrics, cares
Paul Russell. Together they have a highly
for hospitalized pediatric patients.
collaborative interdisciplinary laboratory.
She also is a pediatric hospitalist with
Catholic Healthcare West-Mercy San Juan
Other new colleagues
and Mercy Methodist hospitals. She is
•Kathleen Angkustsiri, M.D., an
involved in the education of residents
assistant professor of pediatrics, is
and medical students, with educational
a board-certified developmentalfocuses in remediation and assessment of
behavioral pediatrician whose clinical
clinical reasoning and professionalism.
practice involves the diagnosis,
Long recently was selected by the
management and care of children
Academic Pediatric Association as a
with neurodevelopmental disorders.
Pediatric Academic Society Educational
She also is medical director of the
Scholar; her research focuses on learning
Infant Follow-up Program at Sutter
plan development and integration into
student education.
Medical Center. Her research is focused
on gene-environment interactions
•Soman Sen, M.D., an assistant professor
and targeted interventions in autism
of surgery, specializes in treatment of
spectrum disorder, and the behavioral
burn injuries. Sen, who has an affiliation
characteristics of children with 22q11.2
with Shriners Hospital for Children
deletion syndrome.
Northern California, performs burn•Sunny H. Kim, Ph.D., an assistant
professor of orthopaedic surgery,
is director of orthopaedic clinical
outcomes and patient safety. Her
research focuses on health outcomes
facultyNEWSLETTER | June – July 2010 | www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/facultydev
related surgeries as well as surgical
critical care. Board-certified in surgery
and in surgical critical care, he conducts
research studies of critical illness in burninjured patients.
3
Although the Office of Faculty
Development has only two full-time
staff members – Gregg Servis, executive
director, and Cheryl Busman, program
representative – more than 100 people
fulfill important roles in its numerous
programs. They are the faculty and staff
members who volunteer their time to
teach workshop and discussion sessions,
present lectures, and help organize various
functions.
Those activities include New Faculty
Orientation programs, the Mentoring
Program, the Mid-Career Leadership
Program, Junior Career Leadership
Program, the Dean’s Recognition
Reception, and publication of the Faculty
Newsletter five times per year.
At the Faculty Development
Appreciation Barbecue on May 4, the
Office of Faculty Development honored
one such dedicated volunteer: physician
Estella “Este” Geraghty, an assistant
professor of clinical internal medicine
in the Division of General Medicine.
Edward J. Callahan, associate dean for
academic personnel, presented Geraghty
with this year’s award for Outstanding
Contributions to Faculty Development.
The award recognizes sustained, personal
commitment to the betterment of the
collegial community through support
and leadership in developing and leading
faculty development programs.
Geraghty first became involved with
the Office of Faculty Development in
2007, when she agreed to be a member
of the Faculty Development Advisory
Council, on which she served more than
two terms.
“It became very apparent during
her service on the council that Este
has a knack for time management –
something the council always benefitted
from,” Callahan said in presenting the
award to Geraghty. “Este soon became
our time management expert, and has
successfully led numerous faculty through
a comprehensive time management
workshop. If you haven’t attended one, I
highly recommend it.”
During the past two years, Geraghty
has taught in the Junior Career Leadership
Program, and this year led the inaugural
session of the newly established Alumni
Development Academy. She also is a
member of the Faculty Forward Task
Force, which is reviewing the major drivers
of faculty satisfaction and vitality in the
context of recruitment, retention, worklife balance and other aspects fundamental
to sustaining and
nurturing a thriving
academic community.
“Este’s fame as a
time management
guru has generated
many requests
from individual
departments for
Este Geraghty
customized sessions,
which she somehow has fit into her
schedule also,” Callahan added.
Geraghty, who received her M.D.,
M.P.H. and master’s degrees from UC
Davis, additionally served a fellowship
here in primary care outcomes research.
When accepting her award, she quipped
that she is “a little excessive when it comes
to education,” and explained that she
accepted the appointment to the Faculty
Development Advisory Council because
she believed it would lead to additional
learning.
“While exposure to and participation
in the Faculty Development offerings did
enhance my skills set, I would not have
guessed that teaching courses would be
my forte,” Geraghty told colleagues at the
barbecue. “I love teaching time management, and I love what I do at UC Davis.
Thank you so much for this great honor.”
Geraghty has certifications from the
American Board of Internal Medicine
and the American Board of Preventive
Medicine, Public Health.
facultyNEWSLETTER | June – July 2010 | www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/facultydev
advisoryteam
Faculty Forward Task Force
The Task Force is responsible for
assisting with the implementation
of the Faculty Forward survey, interpreting the results and delivering a
set of recommendations to Health
System leadership. Names in bold
type indicate Task Force Executive
Committee members.
Faculty Forward
Task Force members
Claire Pomeroy, M.D., M.B.A.,
Vice Chancellor for Human
Health Sciences and Dean
(ex-officio member)
Frederick J. Meyers, M.D., MACP,
Executive Associate Dean
Edward Callahan, Ph.D., Associate
Dean, Academic Personnel
Gregg Servis, M.Div., Director, Faculty
Development
Joseph Antognini, M.D., Anesthesiology
and Pain Medicine
Hilary Brodie, M.D, Ph.D.,
Otolaryngology
Peter Cala, Ph.D., Physiology and
Membrane Biology
Stephen Chilcott, J.D., Human
Resources
Michael Condrin, M.B.A., Dean’s Office
W. Suzanne Eidson-Ton, M.D., M.S.,
Family and Community Medicine
Jeffrey Gauvin, M.D., Surgery
Estella Geraghty, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.,
Internal Medicine
Donald W. Hilty, M.D., Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences
Lydia P. Howell, M.D., Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine
Karnjit Johl, M.D., Internal Medicine
Vincent L. Johnson, M.B.A., Hospital
Administration
Darin Latimore, M.D., Internal Medicine
and Office of Diversity
Cindy Oropeza, Human Resources
Daniel J. Tancredi, Ph.D. Pediatrics
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UC Davis Health System
stress on Oprah Winfrey’s Web site. Visit
www.martinboroson.info to learn more.
What some workshop attendees said
•“A surprising cross-section of the School
of Medicine community attended the
workshop, and from the comments I
heard, most everyone found the session
beneficial. Demands on my time continue
to ratchet upward, and opportunities to
get respite from the stress seem harder
to find. The value of a one-minute
rejuvenating break is remarkable.”
Photo: Emi Manning, Medical Illustration
Published by the Faculty Development Office
JUNE – JULY 2010
Workshops and other activities
You are invited! We encourage you to enroll
in one of the various workshops, programs
and events sponsored by the Faculty
Development Office. 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.
– Charles Bevins, professor, Medical
Microbiology andImmunology
•“It is difficult to stop in the middle of the
day and focus your mind on breathing,
for even one minute, especially when
there are a thousand other things in
your mind. It’s much more difficult than
during the seminar itself, when everyone’s
attention was on the idea of meditation. I
think it is going to take a lot of practice to
develop the discipline to do this daily, at
least for me.”
– Berneet Kaur, assistant clinical
professor, Neurology
•“It was telling and funny that several
people at the course on meditation
said they almost didn’t come because
they were too busy. Martin Boroson
taught us all how to use one minute
for meditation. A minute a day seems a
doable commitment. My first big hurdle
will be to meditate for one minute daily
for a month. We’ll see.”
– Deborah Ward, associate dean,
Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
facultyNEWSLETTER | June – July 2010 | www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/facultydev
Faculty Development Office
4610 X Street, Suite 4101
Sacramento, CA 95817
•“The workshop on One-Moment
Meditation was extremely helpful and I
am eager to apply these newly learned
skills in my clinical work with residents
and fellows. It would seem that this
type of time-efficient stress management
tool would be extremely useful to help
the busy physician achieve a more
emotionally balanced state of mind.”
facultyNEWSLETTER
June
Published by the Faculty Development
Office, which administers and coordinates
programs that respond to the professional and
career development needs of UC Davis Health
System faculty members.
16 Faculty Forward Task Force meeting
18 Fostering a Research Program in Your
Department, Unit or Section (MCLP)
4610 X Street, Suite 4101
Sacramento, CA 95817
(916) 734-2464
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July
16 A Leadership Model for Faculty in
Academic Medicine (MCLP)
Edward Callahan, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Personnel
21 Faculty Forward Task Force meeting
Gregg Servis, M.Div.
Director, Faculty Development
gregg.servis@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
August
Cheryl Busman
Program Representative, Faculty Development
cheryl.busman@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
18 Faculty Forward Task Force meeting
20 Mid-Career Leadership Program
Graduation (MCLP)
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Microbiology and Immunology
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ANCIENT ART ENABLES REJUVENATION
Martin Boroson teaches ‘One-Moment Meditation’ techniques
Alternative therapists have long
espoused the benefits of the ancient
practice of meditation. During recent
years, a body of scientific literature has
documented evidence that meditation
indeed can contribute to mental and
physical health.
In the Sept. 23, 2009, edition of
the Journal of the American Medical
Association, University of Rochester
Medical Center researchers reported
that meditative training can help
alleviate psychological distress
and burnout that many physicians
experience. The 70 physicians who
learned meditation techniques as part
of the research study experienced
a reduction in burnout and mood
disturbance, accompanied by
improvements in well-being, empathy
and psychosocial orientation to
clinical care.
Many harried people may resist
engaging in meditation because they
think they can’t find time to practice
it amid their tight schedules. They
may find an answer to that dilemma
though a technique called “OneMoment Meditation®,” developed by
organizational consultant and author
Martin Boroson.
In April, Boroson conducted two
meditation workshops at UC Davis
Medical Center, sponsored by the
Faculty Development Office. Boroson
recognizes that most people cannot
find even 20 minutes a day to learn or
practice meditation. His technique does
not require candles, incense, cross-
legged postures or severe discipline.
Beginners need only a chair, a relatively
quiet place to sit and a timer set to one
minute. “The first exercise takes just
one minute,” he says, “because even
busy people have one.” With practice,
he says, this takes less and less time,
until people can do it in just a moment.
“Meditative practice may be done
for various reasons, including spiritual
awakening,” Boroson explained. “OneMoment Meditation is basically a practical way to find a more relaxed but alert
CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
Photo: Ronan Temple Lang
One-Moment Meditation FROM PAGE 1 suburban New York. While majoring in
philosophy as an undergraduate student
part of yourself, whenever you have a moat Yale University, he became intrigued
ment. Many things become possible when
with Zen Buddhism, which teaches
you’re operating from that state of mind.”
enlightenment through meditation.
Boroson devised the “one-moment”
“I was looking for ‘the’ answer, but
concept several years ago while engaged in
I
didn’t
find it in Western philosophy. I
one of his customary 30-minute meditating
came
to
realize that the kind of answer
sessions. Sitting perfectly still, with his
I was seeking wouldn’t come from
eyes closed, he became distracted by the
thinking about things but from jumping
thought that he may have forgotten to set
into experience,” Boroson said. After he
his alarm. Although he tried to dismiss
earned an MBA from the Yale School of
that notion, it dogged him throughout the
Management, he decided to “explore
session. When he peeked at the timer –
other ways of knowing,” and worked in
which he had indeed set – he discovered
both psychotherapy and theater. Now,
that 29 minutes had elapsed.
in addition to training professionals in
Rather than resetting the timer for
One-Moment Meditation, he consults to
another 30-minute interval, or giving up,
organizations that want to bring a more
Boroson decided to use the remaining
meditative mind to decision making.
minute fully. His success during that
Boroson believes that when
minute prompted him to develop this
physicians
meditate, they as well as
concept, and write the book One-Moment
their
patients
may benefit. At UC Davis,
Meditation: Stillness for People on the Go
he
helped
physicians
explore how One(Winter Road Publishing, 2009).
Moment
Meditation
could
be useful in
People who practice One-Moment Medmany different ways, from self-care and
itation, he says, soon find themselves able
to meditate during many “lost” or “wasted” time management to leadership.
“Brief interludes of meditation can
moments throughout the day – while in
help physicians thrive in their stressful
line at the supermarket, stuck in a boring
meeting, or waiting on hold on the phone. environment,” Boroson said. “This
also can improve patient care, through
“Although meditation involves
enhanced listening and observation
temporarily withdrawing from stimuli
skills.”
around you, the goal is a state of mind
Boroson is developing e-mail and
through which you can become more
audio versions of his training for
responsive to things around you, make
general use, and in April – National
better decisions and be more creative,”
Stress Awareness Month – he presented
said Boroson, who was raised in what he
playfully calls a “devoutly atheist” family in a 30-part series on meditation and
Martin Boroson, shown here meditating at Heuston
Station in Dublin, Ireland, conducted two workshops
for School of Medicine faculty members on April 13.
UC Davis Health System
stress on Oprah Winfrey’s Web site. Visit
www.martinboroson.info to learn more.
What some workshop attendees said
•“A surprising cross-section of the School
of Medicine community attended the
workshop, and from the comments I
heard, most everyone found the session
beneficial. Demands on my time continue
to ratchet upward, and opportunities to
get respite from the stress seem harder
to find. The value of a one-minute
rejuvenating break is remarkable.”
Photo: Emi Manning, Medical Illustration
Published by the Faculty Development Office
JUNE – JULY 2010
Workshops and other activities
You are invited! We encourage you to enroll
in one of the various workshops, programs
and events sponsored by the Faculty
Development Office. 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.
– Charles Bevins, professor, Medical
Microbiology andImmunology
•“It is difficult to stop in the middle of the
day and focus your mind on breathing,
for even one minute, especially when
there are a thousand other things in
your mind. It’s much more difficult than
during the seminar itself, when everyone’s
attention was on the idea of meditation. I
think it is going to take a lot of practice to
develop the discipline to do this daily, at
least for me.”
– Berneet Kaur, assistant clinical
professor, Neurology
•“It was telling and funny that several
people at the course on meditation
said they almost didn’t come because
they were too busy. Martin Boroson
taught us all how to use one minute
for meditation. A minute a day seems a
doable commitment. My first big hurdle
will be to meditate for one minute daily
for a month. We’ll see.”
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Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
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type of time-efficient stress management
tool would be extremely useful to help
the busy physician achieve a more
emotionally balanced state of mind.”
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ANCIENT ART ENABLES REJUVENATION
Martin Boroson teaches ‘One-Moment Meditation’ techniques
Alternative therapists have long
espoused the benefits of the ancient
practice of meditation. During recent
years, a body of scientific literature has
documented evidence that meditation
indeed can contribute to mental and
physical health.
In the Sept. 23, 2009, edition of
the Journal of the American Medical
Association, University of Rochester
Medical Center researchers reported
that meditative training can help
alleviate psychological distress
and burnout that many physicians
experience. The 70 physicians who
learned meditation techniques as part
of the research study experienced
a reduction in burnout and mood
disturbance, accompanied by
improvements in well-being, empathy
and psychosocial orientation to
clinical care.
Many harried people may resist
engaging in meditation because they
think they can’t find time to practice
it amid their tight schedules. They
may find an answer to that dilemma
though a technique called “OneMoment Meditation®,” developed by
organizational consultant and author
Martin Boroson.
In April, Boroson conducted two
meditation workshops at UC Davis
Medical Center, sponsored by the
Faculty Development Office. Boroson
recognizes that most people cannot
find even 20 minutes a day to learn or
practice meditation. His technique does
not require candles, incense, cross-
legged postures or severe discipline.
Beginners need only a chair, a relatively
quiet place to sit and a timer set to one
minute. “The first exercise takes just
one minute,” he says, “because even
busy people have one.” With practice,
he says, this takes less and less time,
until people can do it in just a moment.
“Meditative practice may be done
for various reasons, including spiritual
awakening,” Boroson explained. “OneMoment Meditation is basically a practical way to find a more relaxed but alert
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Photo: Ronan Temple Lang
One-Moment Meditation FROM PAGE 1 suburban New York. While majoring in
philosophy as an undergraduate student
part of yourself, whenever you have a moat Yale University, he became intrigued
ment. Many things become possible when
with Zen Buddhism, which teaches
you’re operating from that state of mind.”
enlightenment through meditation.
Boroson devised the “one-moment”
“I was looking for ‘the’ answer, but
concept several years ago while engaged in
I
didn’t
find it in Western philosophy. I
one of his customary 30-minute meditating
came
to
realize that the kind of answer
sessions. Sitting perfectly still, with his
I was seeking wouldn’t come from
eyes closed, he became distracted by the
thinking about things but from jumping
thought that he may have forgotten to set
into experience,” Boroson said. After he
his alarm. Although he tried to dismiss
earned an MBA from the Yale School of
that notion, it dogged him throughout the
Management, he decided to “explore
session. When he peeked at the timer –
other ways of knowing,” and worked in
which he had indeed set – he discovered
both psychotherapy and theater. Now,
that 29 minutes had elapsed.
in addition to training professionals in
Rather than resetting the timer for
One-Moment Meditation, he consults to
another 30-minute interval, or giving up,
organizations that want to bring a more
Boroson decided to use the remaining
meditative mind to decision making.
minute fully. His success during that
Boroson believes that when
minute prompted him to develop this
physicians
meditate, they as well as
concept, and write the book One-Moment
their
patients
may benefit. At UC Davis,
Meditation: Stillness for People on the Go
he
helped
physicians
explore how One(Winter Road Publishing, 2009).
Moment
Meditation
could
be useful in
People who practice One-Moment Medmany different ways, from self-care and
itation, he says, soon find themselves able
to meditate during many “lost” or “wasted” time management to leadership.
“Brief interludes of meditation can
moments throughout the day – while in
help physicians thrive in their stressful
line at the supermarket, stuck in a boring
meeting, or waiting on hold on the phone. environment,” Boroson said. “This
also can improve patient care, through
“Although meditation involves
enhanced listening and observation
temporarily withdrawing from stimuli
skills.”
around you, the goal is a state of mind
Boroson is developing e-mail and
through which you can become more
audio versions of his training for
responsive to things around you, make
general use, and in April – National
better decisions and be more creative,”
Stress Awareness Month – he presented
said Boroson, who was raised in what he
playfully calls a “devoutly atheist” family in a 30-part series on meditation and
Martin Boroson, shown here meditating at Heuston
Station in Dublin, Ireland, conducted two workshops
for School of Medicine faculty members on April 13.