“Relationship Is Everything” MED Grads Told
Doctors urged to use “privilege and power” in best possible way A doctor’s relationship with a patient is the basis of all healing, physician Jessie Gaeta reminded a sea of newly minted doctors at the School of Medicine Convocation, held at Agganis Arena Saturday morning. Currently medical director of the Boston Health Care for the... More
BUSM Commencement Photos on Facebook!
The BU School of Medicine held commencement ceremonies last week for the class of 2013. Take a peek at the Facebook albums! On Friday, May 17, in Metcalf Hall the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences awarded 53 students Master of Science degrees in biomedical forensic sciences, forensic anthropology, genetic counseling, and health care emergency management. One... More
New BUSM Study Explores Providers’ Perceptions of Parental Concerns about HPV Vaccination
A new Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) study has found that low-income and minority parents may be more receptive to vaccinating their daughters against Human Papillomavirus (HPV), while white, middle-class parents are more likely to defer the vaccination. The findings appear online in the May issue of the Journal of Health Care for the... More
Metcalf Cup and Prize Winner: MED’s Deborah Vaughan
Her teaching formula: technology + professionalism = great doctors Most people return from summer vacation sporting a tan and with memories of relaxation. Deborah Vaughan came back from hers last year with hundreds of exam questions on computer software for School of Medicine students. As passionate about work as about downtime, Vaughan (GRS’72) pioneered computer-based exams at... More
New NHLBI Director Speaking on BU Medical Campus, May 14
Join Gary H. Gibbons, MD, the newly named director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) during his inaugural visit to the BU Medical Campus. Dr. Gibbons will be speaking on "Setting a New Agenda for the NHLBI: Imagining Our Future" on Tuesday, May 14, 1-2... More
Researchers Find Increased Bleeding Among Patients Taking Warfarin Who Abuse Alcohol, Drugs
Researchers at the Bedford VA and Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that substance abusers who take warfarin had more bleeding events than non-abusers. Additionally, they found that commonly obtained blood lab values might predict which patients with alcohol abuse are at a greater risk for bleeds. These findings were recently reported... More
BUSM Medicine Fellow Receives Annals of Internal Medicine and American College of Physicians Junior Investigator Recognition Award
The Annals of Internal Medicine and the American College of Physicians (ACP) recognized Matthew Spitzer, MD, BUSM Endocrine fellow in the department of Medicine with a Junior Investigator Recognition Award. He received the award in April at Internal Medicine 2013, the annual scientific meeting of the American College of Physicians, where he presented his research. Spitzer... More
BUSM Researchers Discover Possible Mechanism for Anxiety and Depression
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have discovered what they believe to be a major brain mechanism responsible for a heightened state of anxiety and possibly depression. The study, published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, involves a protein called pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide (PACAP), a hormone and molecule in the brain, and its relationship... More
May 13 Kirshenbaum Lecture: Constitutional Dimensions of the Doctor-Patient Relationship Presented by George Annas
George Annas, JD, MPH, recognized expert on health law, bioethics and human rights, scholar and teacher, will present the annual Howard D. Kirshenbaum, MD, Lecture to the medical campus community including members of Dr. Kirshenbaum’s family on Monday, May 13. He will speak on “Constitutional Dimensions of the Doctor-Patient Relationship” Annas is the William Fairfield Warren... More
May 12 Performance by BUMC Arts Outreach Initiative Artists and BMC Patients
The BU Medical Campus Arts Outreach Initiative invites all members of the Medical Campus community to an innovative performance project conceived to support and honor the recovery of a selected group of patients from the Boston Medical Center’s Refugee Clinic, Cancer Center and department of Neurology. “DIWAN” is a pilot experience in creative collaboration... More
