VA Medical Staff

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VA Medical Staff

• David J. Bower MD
• Chief of Staff
• Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs/VA

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Hospital Organization
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Service Lines

• Primary Care- Sanjay Ponkshe MD
• Medical Specialty- W. Virgil Brown MD
• Surgery and Perioperative Care- Aaron Fink MD
• Geriatrics and Extended Care- Ted Johnson MD
• Mental Health- Farooq Amin MD
• Education- Norberto Fas MD
• Research- Robert Pollet MD

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Services

• Radiology- Karen Shoffner MD
• Radiation Oncology- Bruce Hershatter MD
• Nuclear Medicine- Naomi Alazraki MD
• Pathology and Lab Med- Garth Austin MD
• Dental Paul Smith DDS
• Pharmacy- Bob Bristow PharmD

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VA Based Emory Faculty

• Clinical MD
• 120 Full time/80 Part time
• Clinical PhD
• Psychologist/Physical Therapist/Audiology/Speech
  Pathology (40)
• Research PhD
• Grant supported (20)
• Career Scientist position (5)

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Full-time/Part-time

• All VA faculty considered fulltime for Emory
  purposes
• VA fulltime
• 40 hours/week minimum- daily M-F default work
  schedule
• VA Part-time
• Core and non-core hours

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Physician Pay

• New process in 2006
• Compensation Panel
• Reviewed every 2 years
• Performance pay
• 7.5 of annual pay up to 15K
• COLA in January