Author: Lisa Brown

Chobanian & Avedisian SOM March 2026 Faculty Appointments & Promotions

Congratulations to the following Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine faculty on their March 2026 appointment or promotion. Professor Nikolaos Daskalakis, MD, PhD, Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics, focuses on the neurobiology, genomics and systems biology of neuropsychiatric disorders. Using a combination of large-scale genetics, deep genomic analyses in human tissues and innovative in vitro, in […]

BUMC Spring Shred + Recycle Event, April 7, Talbot Green

In collaboration with BU Sustainability for Earth Day 365, BU Information Security is excited to host the annual Spring Shred + Recycle Event. Bring your sensitive documents and hard drives for shredding, along with any electronics and recyclables. Have questions about Earth Day 365 or keeping your BU account secure? Sustainability and Information Security teams will be on hand […]

Beans for Beans, March 31, Talbot Green

Bean, BU’s first community service dog, is teaming up with Student Wellbeing to support the BU Food Pantry and students facing food insecurity. Stop by to say hi to Bean, help us fill a cruiser with shelf-stable food donations, and give back to the BU community. Everyone who donates will receive a limited-edition Bean card […]

Chobanian & Avedisian SOM February 2026 Faculty Appointments & Promotions

Congratulations to the following Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine faculty on their February 2026 appointment or promotion. Clinical Associate Professor Dominic Pisano Dominic Pisano, MD, Anesthesiology, is a clinician-educator who focuses on critical care, the physiologically difficult airway, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and mechanical circulatory support. Dr. Pisano joined the faculty in 2024 as […]

December 2025 Chobanian & Avedisian SOM Faculty Promotions

Congratulations to the following Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine faculty on their recent appointment or promotion. Clinical Professor J. Mark Sloan, MD, Medicine/Hematology & Medical Oncology, is a hematologist at Boston Medical Center (BMC) with research interests in HTLV-1 associated adult leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL), AL amyloidosis, and Duffy-null associated neutrophil counts (DANC). His pioneering work […]

December 2025 SPH & GSDM Faculty Promotions

Congratulations to the following Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) and School of Public Health (SPH) faculty on their recent promotion.   GSDM Professor Sami Chogle, BDS, DMD, MSD, FICD, FACD, Endodontics, serves as Herbert Schilder professor in endodontics, chair of endodontics and director of the school’s advanced education program in endodontics. He […]

October 2025 Chobanian & Avedisian SOM Faculty Promotions

Congratulations to the following Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine faculty on their recent appointment or promotion. Clinical Professor Charles Tifft, MD Charles Tifft, MD’73, Medicine/GIM, specializes in the prevention and treatment of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. The clinician-educator has been a member of the BU/Boston Medical Center (BMC) community since he was a medical […]

August & September 2025 Faculty Promotions

Congratulations to the following Medical Campus faculty on their recent appointment or promotion. Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Clinical Associate Professor Omar Siddiqi, MD, Medicine/Cardiovascular Medicine, is a clinician-educator who is the program director of the Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship and co-director of the cardiovascular module for PISCEs. Dr. Siddiqi also is faculty mentor of […]

July 2025 Chobanian & Avedisian SOM Faculty Promotions

Congratulations to the following BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine faculty on their recent appointment or promotion. Clinical Professor Ashish Upadhyay Ashish Upadhyay, MD, medicine/nephrology, serves as director of the nephrology fellowship and director of research for the internal medicine residency. Previously, he led evidence review teams for international nephrology clinical practice guidelines (2009-2012), […]