Menon appointed Interim Assistant Dean for Students

Congratulations to CTS alumna Prema Menon, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine! The Larner College of Medicine at UVM just announced her appointment as Interim Assistant Dean for Students in the Office of Medical Student Education. She will provide oversight of programs that support student professional identity development, academic achievement, health and wellbeing and career advising. She will also engage in institutional leadership initiatives related to the delivery of the medical education program.

Dr. Menon earned her medical degree from Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College in India, followed by an Internal Medicine Residency at Indiana University Ball Memorial Hospital, and a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at UVM. She then earned a UVM Doctorate in Clinical and Translational Science. She joined the UVM faculty in 2013, serving as a pulmonary and critical care medicine physician while developing a research program focused on improving communication in the Intensive Care Unit and end of life care. Dr. Menon is Director of the Interstitial Lung Diseases program and Associate Program Director of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. She is a teacher and mentor of medical students, residents and fellows, leading group sessions in several courses throughout the medical curriculum.