Curriculum Content & Leaders
Courses & Clerkships Overview
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Third Year, Fourth Year, & Extracurricular Definitions
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First Year Curriculum
Principles Integrating Science, Clinical Medicine and Equity Curriculum (PISCEs)
Course Directors:
- Dr. Caitlin Neri | caitlin.neri@bmc.org
- Dr. Jonathan Wisco | jjwisco@bu.edu
Coordinators:
- Yvena Mera | (617) 358-7496 | yvenamer@bu.edu
- Elizabeth Rivera | (617) 358-7447 | erivera@bu.edu
Learn, Experience, Advocate, Discover, Serve (LEADS)
- Course Director: Dr. Cheryl McSweeney | (617) 414-4465 | cmcswee@bu.edu
- Coordinator: Scott Harris | (617) 358-7499 | scotth@bu.edu
Doctoring 1
- Course Director: Dr. Elizabeth Ferrenz | eferrenz@bu.edu
- Coordinator: Kerri Dooley-Lincoln | (617) 358-9083 | kldooley@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. Shannon Fisher | shanfish@bu.edu
- Dr. Brian Moore | Brian.Moore@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: Jenn Brittle | (617) 358-7494 | jennam@bu.edu
Clerkships, Selectives, & Electives
Family Medicine
- Clerkship Director: Dr. Lidya Wlasiuk | lidya.wlasiuk@bmc.org
- Clerkship Coordinator: Chenille Hogan | (617) 414-6237 | chenille@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. LaKedra Pam | LaKedra.Pam@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: Jordan Puskas-Sullivan | jpsulli@bu.edu
Psychiatry
- Clerkship Director: Dr. Christine Crawford | (617) 414-1949 | Christine.Crawford@bmc.org
- Clerkship Coordinator: Scott Harris | (617) 358-7499 | scotth@bu.edu
Surgery/Surgical Subspecialties
- Clerkship Director: Dr. Joanne Favuzza | (617) 414-8083 | Joanne.Favuzza@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: Kyla Botsian | (617) 638-6155 | kbotsian@bu.edu
Radiology
- Clerkship Director: Dr. Mikhail Higgins | Mikhail.Higgins@bmc.org
- Clerkship Coordinator: Alejandra Kury (interim) | (617) 414-4914 | alejandra.kury@bmc.org
Emergency Medicine
- Clerkship Director: Dr. Kelly Mayo | Kelly.Mayo@bmc.org
- Clerkship Coordinator: Nephna Gustave | Nephna.Gustave@bmc.org
