Methodist Ladies College, Burwood, New South Wales, Australia 1963
M.B.B.S. Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia 1970
M.P.H. Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA, 1993
Blood pressure control in patients with chronic kidney disease
Systems approach to management of chronic kidney disease
Acute and chronic kidney disease
Hypertension
Fluid, electrolyte and acid base disorders
Kidney stones
1993-present, Professor of Medicine, University of Vermont
Frymoyer Scholar, University of Vermont College of Medicine, 2003
Hood VL and Tannen RL. Mechanisms of disease: Protection of acid-base balance by pH regulation of acid production. New Eng J Med 339:819-826, 1998.
Harvey-Berino J, Wellman A, Hood V, Rourke J, Secker-Walker R. Preventing obesity in American Indian children: When to begin. J Amer Dietetic Assoc 100:564-566, 2000.
Hood VL. Lactic Acidosis, In: Acid-Base Disorders and their Treatment, eds, FJ Gennari, HJ Adrogue, JH Galla, NE Madius, Taylor and Francis Group, pp 351-382, 2005.
Hood VL. Can a physician refuse to help a patient? American perspective. Polish Archives of Internal Medicine, 118: 368-371, 2008
Mitnick S, Leffler C, Hood VL. Family Caregivers, Patients and Physicians: Ethical Guidance to Optimize Relationships. J Gen Intern Med 25(3):255–60, 2010
Member, Vermont Office of Health Access (Medicaid) Drug Utilization Review Board, 1999-2010
Chair, FAHC Residents Research and Scholarly Activity Committee 1995-present
American College of Physicians
Governor, ACP-ASIM Vermont Chapter, 1999-2003
Chair, ACP Ethics and Human Rights Committee, 2008-2010,
Member 2003-2008
Chair, ACP International Council, 2008-2009,
Member 2006-2010
Member, ACP Board of Regents, 2005-2012
President ACP, 2011-2012