Jan K. Carney, M.D., M.P.H., FACP, professor of medicine and associate dean for public health at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, will take on two new leadership roles in the next several months.
In March, Carney was elected Vice President by the UVM Faculty Senate, a role she will assume on July 1, 2015. Later this month, her term as Governor of the Vermont Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP) will officially begin during Internal Medicine 2015 – the ACP annual scientific meeting in Boston, Mass., April 30 to May 2, 2015.
Carney is currently the Governor-Elect in transition for the ACP Governor position. Governors are elected by local ACP members and serve four-year terms. Working with a local council, Carney will supervise ACP chapter activities, appoint members to local committees, and preside at regional meetings. She will also represent members by serving on the ACP Board of Governors.
Carney, who joined the UVM faculty in 1985, earned her medical degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and completed an internal medicine residency at the former Medical Center Hospital of Vermont (now UVM Medical Center). She also holds a master’s degree in public health from the Harvard School of Public Health and an A.B. degree from Middlebury College.
She served as Vermont’s Commissioner of Health from 1989 until 2003. In addition to serving as chair of UVM’s University Benefits Advisory Council, she has served as co-chair of the UVM Tobacco Free Steering Committee since 2013.
In addition, Carney has been a fellow of ACP (FACP) since 1991. This honorary designation recognizes ongoing individual service and contributions to the practice of medicine. The main areas of professional interest for Carney include public/population health, preventive medicine, general internal medicine, health policy, health reform, quality improvement, medical education, distance education in public health and health policy.
The administration and the Faculty Senate of the University of Vermont share responsibility for the effective management of the academic affairs of the University. Authority in matters related to the academic mission of the University is vested in the faculty by the Board of Trustees. This authority is exercised in the Faculty Senate by elected senators with voting privileges and by committees authorized to act on their behalf. Meetings of the Faculty Senate are presided over by a President and Vice-President and follow a town-meeting format at which all University faculty members have a voice. The activities of the Senate are overseen by an Executive Council.
The American College of Physicians is the largest medical specialty organization and the second-largest physician group in the United States. ACP members include 141,000 internal medicine physicians (internists), related subspecialists, and medical students. Internal medicine physicians are specialists who apply scientific knowledge and clinical expertise to the diagnosis, treatment, and compassionate care of adults across the spectrum from health to complex illness.