Bonita Libman

BIO

Dr. Bonita Libman is a Professor at the Larner College of Medicine, and Chief of the Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology. Her work includes clinical practice, teaching and administration.

Her activities involve patient care, teaching and administration. As Chief of the Division of Rheumatology and Immunology she is responsible for the clinical and academic missions of the division. She has an active clinical practice caring for patients with rheumatic diseases. She teaches medical students, interns, residents, and colleagues.

Academic Interests

Dr. Libman's activities encompass administration, teaching and patient care.  She serves as Chief of the Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, which is part of the Department of Medicine and Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont (UVM). She is responsible for the clinical practice and academic mission of the division.  She has extensive experience in teaching medical students, interns, residents and fellows since 1993.  She enjoys teaching, and as Fellowship Program Director, she is responsible for running the fellowship training program at UVM.  She has also been involved in numerous activities pertaining to education for medical students (including development of the rheumatology curriculum for the UVM medical school “Vermont Integrated Curriculum”), interns, residents, fellows and attending practitioners in Vermont, at a national level as part of several American College of Rheumatology committees and subcommittees, and as a member of the committee writing the rheumatology portion of the American College of Physicians publication, the Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17 and MKSAP 18.  She has a large, active clinical practice caring for patients with rheumatic diseases in the outpatient clinic and inpatient wards at The University of Vermont Medical Center.

Academic Appointments

• 1993-2001 Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont.
• 2001-2011 Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont.
• 2002 -2009 Associate Director, Rheumatology Fellowship Training Program
• 2011-present Professor, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont
• 2009-2025 Director, Rheumatology Fellowship Training Program

Publications

PubMed Publications

Awards and Achievements

• Recipient of five American College of Rheumatology Research and Education Foundation Fellowship Training awards from 2010-2015. 
• Recipient of four Rheumatology Research Foundation Medical Student Research and Clinical Preceptorship awards from 2014-2017. 
• Nominated for the Larner College of Medicine Curriculum Development or Pedagogy Teaching and Educational Excellence Award in 2018. 
• Recipient of the Rheumatology Change Maker award from the American College of Rheumatology in 2021.
• Nominated for the UVMH Department of Medicine Distinguished Clinician Award in 2021. 
• Nominated for the UVMH Department of Medicine Meritorious Service Award in 2022. 
• Recipient of the UVM Medical Center Better Together Award in 2022.