The intern or resident must initially report in the manner outlined in “Policies Governing Evaluation & Appeal Mechanism” of their institution’s Intern/Resident Manual.

In the event the intern or resident feels his/her concerns were not addressed properly, they may then contact their designated Intern or Resident Representative of LECOMT’s Osteopathic Graduate Medical Education (OGME) Committee or the LECOMT Chief Academic Officer at 814-866-8156.

LECOMT and each member institution agree that there can be no reprisals for the intern/resident reporting the inconsistencies or infractions in the hospital’s published on-call and work hour policy.

Each LECOMT member institution must include in their intern/resident manual this LECOMT policy to assure the intern/resident has received proper notification of the appropriate protocol and OPTI contacts.

LECOMT will also post this policy on the intern/resident bulletin board of the LECOMT web site.

An approved AOA Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship at University Hospitals Case Medical Center/Richmond Medical Center is accepting applicants for both July 2009 and July 2010 start. Marc D. Schrode, DO, FACOI, FACC is the new Fellowship Program Director. Dr. Schrode joined the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at University Hosptlas Vase Medical Center (UHCMC) and will have a significant clinical presence at University Hospitals Richmond Medical Center (UHRMC). This is an AOA parallel program integrated with the UHCMC ACGME Cardiology Fellowship Program, with all core tertiary Cardiology experiences at UHCMC. This is complemented by a longitudinal community Cardiology experience at UHRMC and other UH system community sites.

University Hospitals has assembled an integrated team of some of the country's foremost experts in cardiology, interventional cardiology, heart failure and transplant, electrophysiology, and cardiac and vascular surgery. The highly specialized team of experts forms the foundation of University Hospitals Harrington-McLaughlin Heart & Vasclar Institute, a premier center for comprehensive care of patients with diseases affecting the heart and vascular system. The Division is led by former Harvard University's Brigham & Women's Hospital faculty, Daniel I. Simon, MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI, The Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Director, Heart & Vascular Institute at UHCMC. Dr. Simon brought many members of his team to UH when assuming this leadership of the Harrington-McLaughlin Heart & Vascular Institute. The goal of the Institute is to create a national center of excellence in cardiovascular research and physician education, as well as patient care.