Boston University Medical Campus
Continuing Medical Education

August 17, 2011

Please welcome John Wiecha, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Family Medicine, as the new Director of the Office of Medical Education (OME). The OME evaluates all courses and clerkships for the MD degree, organizes faculty development activities, and directs four interdepartmental medical school courses. He replaces Peter Shaw, PhD, who announced his retirement several months ago.

Dr. Wiecha has been a BUSM faculty member since 1998. He received his MD from SUNY Stony Brook, and completed residencies in Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine at UMass Medical Center, where he conducted research and directed the Family Medicine Clerkship. Most recently, Dr. Wiecha was Director of Medical Student Education in the Department of Family Medicine, and is the Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs at BUSM.

His academic interests include medical education evaluation and research, and the use of information technology for medical education and patient education. Dr. Wiecha’s programs and publications on distance medical education are nationally recognized. The NIH, US Public Health Service, World Health Organization, American Cancer Society, Commonwealth Fund, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Physicians’ Foundation have funded his research and educational program development proposals.

Karen Antman, MD
Provost, Boston University Medical Campus
Dean, School of Medicine
Professor of Medicine

August 8, 2011

I am pleased to announce that Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH, has accepted the position of Assistant Dean for Continuing Medical Education (CME), effective September 1. Dan is an Associate Professor of Medicine at BUSM.

Dan holds a number of positions including medical director of the MASBIRT (Massachusetts Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment) and Office-Based Opioid Treatment programs at Boston Medical Center. He also directs the new addiction medicine residency program and serves as a team medical director in the Adult Primary Care practice, both at BMC.

Dan directs the NIDA-funded Chief Resident Immersion Training Program – Addiction Medicine: Improving Clinical and Teaching Skills for Generalists. He is president-elect of the Association of Medical Education in Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA) and chairs the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) Pain Medicine Interest Group.

An alumnus of BUSM, Dan received his MPH from BUSPH and his BA from Connecticut College. He was chief resident at Boston City Hospital. He joined BUSM faculty in 1996.

He is a nationally recognized speaker on addiction and pain medicine topics. Dan is the author of more than 100 abstracts, articles, and chapters. He was recently recognized by the White House and the Office of National Drug Control Policy as a Champion of Change for his work in the MASBIRT program. He has received awards from American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence, Nyswander-Dole Award; Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse, New Investigator/Educator Award; the Massachusetts Medical Law Report, Rx for Excellence Award; and the BUSM Full-time Faculty – Excellence in Teaching Award among others.

Barry M. Manuel, MD, CME associate dean notes that, “Dan has worked with us on a number of projects. We are pleased he will be working with us in a more formal capacity.”

Please join me in welcoming Dan to his new position.

Karen Antman, MD
Provost, Boston University Medical Campus
Dean, School of Medicine
Professor of Medicine