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First Year Curriculum
Principles Integrating Sciences and Medicine Curriculum (PrISM)
(MS 141, MS 142, MS 144, MS 145, MS 146)
Course Directors:
- Dr. Deborah Vaughan | (617) 358-9520 | dvaughan@bu.edu
- Dr. Aaron Young | (617) 358-8480 | youngaw@bu.edu
Leadership Team:
- Dr. Shoumita Dasgupta | (617) 358-3555 | dasgupta@bu.edu
- Dr. Ann Zumwalt | (617) 358-1991 | azumwalt@bu.edu
- Dr. Gwynneth Offner | (617) 358-9451 | goffner@bu.edu
- Coordinator: Yvena Mera | (617) 358-7496 | yvenamer@bu.edu
Essentials of Public Health (MS 129)
- Course Director: Dr. Cheryl McSweeney | (617) 414-4465 | cmcswee@bu.edu
- Coordinator: Matthew Bullard | (617) 358-9083 | mbullard@bu.edu
Human Behavior in Medicine (MS 126)
- Course Director: Dr. Andrew Clark | Andrew.Clark@bmc.org
- Coordinator: Scott Harris | (617) 358-7499 | scotth@bu.edu
Doctoring 1
- Course Director: Dr. Elizabeth Ferrenz | eferrenz@bu.edu
- Coordinator: Matthew Bullard | (617) 358-9083 | mbullard@bu.edu
Second Year Curriculum
Disease and Therapy Curriculum (DRx)
(MS 220, MS 221, MS 223, MS 224, MS 225, MS 226)
Course Directors:
- Dr. Robert Lowe | (617) 638-6525 | rolowe@bu.edu
- Dr. Stephanie Oberhaus | (617) 414-4197 | oberhaus@bu.edu
Leadership Team:
- Dr. Karen Harnett | (617) 414-2653 | kharnett@bu.edu
- Dr. Nitin Marwaha | Nitin.Marwaha@bmc.org
- Coordinator: Elizabeth Rivera | (617) 358-7447 | erivera@bu.edu
Doctoring 2
- Course Co-Director: Dr. Christine Phillips | (617) 414-3748 | chphilli@bu.edu
- Course Co-Director: Dr. Joseph Rencic | (617) 358-7468 | jrencic@bu.edu
- Course Coordinator: Jodie Trainor | (617) 358-7498 | jtrain@bu.edu
Clerkships, Selectives, & Electives
Family Medicine
- Clerkship Director: Dr. Lidya Wlasiuk | lidya.wlasiuk@bmc.org
- Clerkship Coordinator: Florence Laforest | (617) 414-6237 | flafores@bu.edu
Medicine
- Clerkship Director: Dr. Sonia Ananthakrishnan | (617) 638-7230 | Sonia.Ananthakrishnan@bmc.org
- Clerkship Coordinator: Yulianna Santos | (617) 358-3523 | yusantos@bu.edu
Neurology
- Clerkship Director: Dr. Shuhan Zhu | Shuhan.Zhu@bmc.org
- Clerkship Coordinator: Joseph Russo | (617) 638-5348 | jnrusso@bu.edu
Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Clerkship Director: Dr. Padmasini Kandadai | Padmasini.Kandadai@bmc.org
- Clerkship Coordinator: Makeba Kent | (617) 414-7481 | Makeba.Kent@bmc.org
Pediatrics
- Clerkship Director: Dr. Rachel Thompson | (617) 414-5576 | Rachel.Thompson@bmc.org
- Clerkship Coordinator: Therese D’Agostino | (617) 414-5576 | Therese.D’Agostino@bmc.org
Psychiatry
- Clerkship Director: Dr. Andrew Clark | (617) 414-2051 | Andrew.Clark@bmc.org
- Clerkship Coordinator: Scott Harris | (617) 358-7499 | scotth@bu.edu
Surgery/Surgical Subspecialties
- Clerkship Director: Dr. Cullen Carter | (617) 414-8052 | Cullen.Carter@bmc.org
- Clerkship Coordinator: Lana Ketlere | (617) 638-8443 | Lana.Ketlere@bmc.org
Geriatrics
- Clerkship Director: Dr. Megan Young | (617) 638-8940 | Megan.Young2@bmc.org
- Clerkship Coordinator: Jessica Restrepo | (617) 638-6155 | jrestrep@bu.edu
Radiology
- Clerkship Director: Dr. Mikhail Higgins | Mikhail.Higgins@bmc.org
- Clerkship Coordinator: Justin Alfonse | (617) 638-6621 | Justin.Alfonse@bmc.org
Emergency Medicine
- Clerkship Director: Dr. Vonzella Bryant | (617) 414-5481 | Vonzella.Bryant@bmc.org
- Clerkship Coordinator: Lisa Stapleton | (617) 414-2801 | Lisa.Stapleton@bmc.org
Advanced Medicine 2
- Clerkship Director: Dr. Juhee McDougal | Juhee.McDougal@bmc.org
- Clerkship Coordinator: Fatima Chowdhary | (617) 358-3524 | fatimajc@bu.edu