The Academic Program

Courses and Clerkships Overview

Curriculum information on the BUSM Admissions Page
BU Bulletin Website: Listing of BUSM Courses on the official Bulletin Website
Barnes & Noble Textbook Search: Please note that you should select “MED MS” in the second dropdown box where it asks you to “Select Department”.

First Year Courses and Course Directors:

  • Biochemistry and Cell Biology (MS 127): Dr. Karen Symes
  • Endocrinology (MS 128): Dr. James Head
  • Essentials of Public Health (MS 129): Dr. Michael Grodin/Coordinator: Alicia Orta
  • Genetics (MS 130): Dr. Shoumita Dasgupta
  • Gross Anatomy (MS 122): Dr. Ann Zumwalt
  • Histology (MS 123): Dr. Deborah Vaughan
  • Human Behavior in Medicine (MS 126): Dr. Doug Hughes/Coordinator: Rebecca Halley
  • Immunology (MS 131): Dr. Dan Remick and Dr. Debbie Stearns-Kurosawa
  • Integrated Problems 1A and 1B (MS 124 and MS 132): Dr. Karen Kelly and Dr. John Wiecha/Coordinator: Ginny Potter
  • Introduction to Clinical Medicine 1A Fall (MS 125): Dr. John Otis/Coordinator: Kristen Paiva
  • Introduction to Clinical Medicine 1B Spring (MS 125): Dr. Nanette Harvey/Coordinator: Ginny Potter
  • Neuroscience (MS 133): Dr. Jennifer Luebke and Dr. Jarrett Rushmore
  • Physiology (MS 134): Dr. James Head

Second Year Integrated Curriculum: Disease and Therapy Curriculum Committee:
(MS 220, MS 221, MS 223, MS 224, MS 225, MS 226)

  • Dr. Stephanie Oberhaus
  • Dr. Robert Lowe
  • Dr. Carmen Sarita-Reyes
  • Dr. Carol T. Walsh
  • Coordinator: Elizabeth Rivera

Integrated Problems II Course Directors:
(MS 215, MS 218)

  • Dr. Karen Kelly
  • Dr. John Wiecha
  • Coordinator: Ginny Potter

Introduction to Clinical Medicine II Course Director:
(MS 214)

  • Dr. Lorraine Stanfield
  • Coordinators: Jodie Trainor

Clerkship: Clerkship Director(s)/Coordinator:

  • Ambulatory Medicine: Dr. Thomas Barber and Dr. Suzanne Sarfaty/Coordinator: Cleon Ryland
  • Family Medicine: Dr. Miriam Hoffman/Coordinator: Florence LaForest
  • Geriatrics: Dr. Lisa Norton/Coordinator: Jill Whitney
  • Internal Medicine: Dr. Warren Hershman/Coordinator: Britt Simonson
  • Neurology: Dr. Anna Hohler/Coordinator: Dianna Gromczynski
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology: Dr. Jodi Abbot/Coordinator: Makeba Kent
  • Pediatrics: Dr. James Moses/Coordinator: Lillian Eichorn
  • Psychiatry: Dr. John Otis/Coordinator: Kristen Paiva
  • Radiology: Dr. Christina Lebedis/Coordinator: Heather Griffin
  • Surgery/Surgical Subspecialties: Dr. Jane Mendez/Coordinator: Myriam Castagne