Introducing the AOA Faculty, Fellow & Residents Class of 2024
Election to Alpha Omega Alpha is an honor signifying a lasting commitment to professionalism, leadership, scholarship, research and community service.
Two Faculty Receive DEIA Recognition Awards
Ricardo Cruz, MD, MPH, MA, and Shamaila Khan, PhD, each have been recognized for addressing and improving diversity and a culture of inclusion, equity and accessibility throughout the school community.
Cheryl A. McSweeney, MD, MPH, Receives Stanley L. Robbins Award for Excellence in Teaching
The annual award honors an outstanding educator and acknowledges the importance of teaching skills and commitment to students and education.
Robert J. Canelli, MD, Receives Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
This award is presented to faculty demonstrating outstanding compassion in the delivery of care, respect for patients, their families and health-care colleagues, as well as clinical excellence.
Five Faculty Receive Educator of the Year Honors
This year’s recipients are Molly Cohen Osher, MD, MMedEd; Christine Cary Cheston, MD; William Lehman, PhD; Jeffrey L. Browning, PhD, and Vanessa Villamarin, MD.
Recognition at Last for BU Alumna Almira Fifield, MD ’1859, Civil War Physician
Barbara Fifield Brandt, PhD, EdM, campaigned for the recognition for two years.
Andrew Ellison, MA, Named Distinguished Staff of the Month for May
His nominators say, “Andy provides outstanding service to the research core…He consistently demonstrates the utmost professionalism.”
Katy Bockstall, MD, Named Distinguished Faculty of the Month for May
Her nominators said, “Dr. Bockstall is an exemplary educator, who gives above and beyond to help her students, residents and fellows excel at learning.”