Practices used in policing injection drug users in Russia might contribute to HIV transmission and overdose mortality. A study, conducted by researchers from Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, in collaboration with St. Petersburg Pavlov State University, sought to discover the effect police arrests had on the health outcomes of a cohort of […]
Tagged: HIV, Russia
The results of a new study demonstrate that starting hospitalized patients who have an opioid (heroin) addiction on buprenorphine treatment in the hospital and seamlessly connecting them with an outpatient office based treatment program can greatly reduce whether they relapse after they are discharged. The study shows the important role that providers play in offering […]
Tagged: Addiction
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant health issue faced by women veterans, but little has been known up until now about their preferences for IPV-related care. A new study has found that most of these women support routine screening for IPV and want options, follow-up support, transparent documentation and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and […]
Tagged: partner violence, women veterans
Richard Babayan, MD, professor and chair of Urology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and chief of the department of urology at Boston Medical Center (BMC), has been elected president of the American Urological Association (AUA). He is the first Boston urologist to be elected national AUA president since 1988. This three-part role begins May […]
Donald Hess, MD, FACS, was appointed the Program Director of the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) Surgery Residency Program. Hess is currently an assistant professor of surgery at BUSM and the chief of the Section of Minimally Invasive and Weight Loss Surgery at Boston Medical Center (BMC). His clinical practice is devoted to minimally […]
Throughout the 2013-14 academic year, Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) faculty were honored for their research, clinical expertise, contributions to their profession and community service. Scientific scholarship conducted by BUSM researchers was cited around the world and garnered national and international media attention. More than 100 faculty members as well as the Department of […]
Tagged: Boston Magazine Top Docs, BUSM faculty, research
A new study by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) found comparable long-term outcomes between congestive heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction commonly known as “diastolic heart failure” and congestive heart failure with reduced ejection fraction also known as “systolic heart failure.” The findings are published online […]
Edward Alexander, MD, a professor of medicine and physiology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and a nephrologist at Boston Medical Center (BMC), has been named the 2013 recipient of the Jerome Klein Award for Physician Excellence. Selected by a senior committee of BMC and BUSM physicians, the award was presented at the Medical Executive Committee […]
Each year, Boston Magazine creates a list of the best physicians in the Boston area. In 2013, 68 BUSM faculty members from 32 different disciplines were included in the ranking. Addiction Psychiatry Domenic A. Ciraulo, MD Allergy & Immunology Helen M. Hollingsworth, MD Cardiac Electro-Physiology Kevin M. Monahan, MD Cardiovascular Disease Eric H. Awtry, MD […]
David J. Salant, MD, a professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, chief of nephrology at Boston Medical Center, will be recognized by the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) as a leader in the fight against kidney disease, the eighth leading cause of death in the U.S. He will be awarded the John […]