Robert Lowe Honored by Massachusetts Medical Society

Physician honored with Grant V. Rodkey Award for Contributions to Medical Education

Robert C. Lowe, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine, has been honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society as the 2015 recipient of the Grant V. Rodkey Award, an honor recognizing a Massachusetts physician for outstanding contributions to medical education and medical students. He will receive the award, one of the Society’s most prestigious, at the organization’s annual meeting in Boston April 30.

In nominating him for the award, Dr. Lowe’s colleagues cited his “great passion for and visible excellence in teaching medical students. His enthusiasm for teaching is infectious and he goes above and beyond in reaching out to students to give them opportunities for learning…and reform medical education to make it more patient friendly and integrated with other health care disciplines.”

Dr. Lowe received his BA in biology summa cum laude from Harvard College in 1988 and his MD from Harvard Medical School in 1992. He completed his internship, residency and fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center (BMC). Board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology, he has been an attending physician at BMC since 2001, when he was also appointed an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Boston University Medical School (BUSM). He was named an Associate Professor in 2007.

Dr. Lowe has long been active in medical education at the local and national level. He currently serves as a member of BMC’s Graduate Medical Education and Clinical Competency Committees and is a member of BUSM’s Medical Education and Preclinical Curriculum Committees. Since 2004, he has been a member of the BUSM’s Academy of Advisors, providing academic and career advice for students.

His efforts in medical education have extended to the regional and national levels. Dr. Lowe has been a member of the Education and Training Committee of the American Gastroenterological Association since 2011, with responsibilities for improving and maintaining the national curriculum for trainees in gastroenterology and approving continuing medical education courses for practicing gastroenterologists. From 2007-2001, he chaired the Medical Advisory Board of the New England Chapter of the American Liver Foundation, which devised and implemented educational programs for physicians and patients with liver disorders.

The Medical Society’s Grant V. Rodkey Award is the latest in a long list of honors that Dr. Lowe has received. Among them are the Excellence in Inpatient Teaching Award, the Excellence in Subspecialty Teaching Award, and the Robert Dawson Evans Teaching Award, all from BMC; the Faculty Award for Teaching in the Preclinical Sciences, the Faculty Award for Teaching in the Clinical Sciences, and the Stanley L. Robbins Award for Excellence in Teaching, all from BUSM. From 2001-2013, he was voted one of the Best of Boston Doctors by Boston Magazine, and from 2008-2013 was elected to Top Doctors in the U.S. by Castle Connolly Publications.

A published author of textbooks and journal articles on various aspect of gastroenterology, Dr. Lowe is a member of the American Gastroenterological Association and its Academy of Educators, the American College of Physicians, the American Medical Association, and the Massachusetts Medical Society.