A study conducted by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) shows that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) detected a high prevalence of abnormalities associated with knee osteoarthritis in middle-aged and elderly patients that had no evidence of knee osteoarthritis in X-ray images. Ali Guermazi, MD, PhD, professor of radiology at BUSM and chief of […]
Gregory Antoine, MD, chief of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and associate professor of surgery and otolaryngology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) was elected to the National Medical Association (NMA) Board of Trustees. Antoine will represent Region 1, which includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, […]
Cory M. Edgar, MD, PhD has recently joined Boston Medical Center (BMC) as an orthopaedic surgeon and Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) as an assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery. In addition he has been appointed as team physician for Boston University Athletics. Edgar’s area of expertise is in using stem cells in the care […]
Brian W. Jack, MD, has been appointed Chief of Family Medicine at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Chair of the Department of Family Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM). Jack was hired in 1997 as physician and Vice Chair in Family Medicine at BMC and associate professor at BUSM. In 2011, he was […]
Hiran Fernando, MBBS, FRCS, FACS has been named the new chief and chair of thoracic surgery at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM). A cardiothoracic surgeon at BMC and associate professor of cardiothoracic surgery at BUSM, Fernando has a rich history of clinical research including being the principal investigator for […]
Two Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) faculty members have been named to a consortium that will investigate better ways to treat and diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Ann Rasmusson, MD, associate professor of psychiatry at BUSM and psychiatrist and neuroendocrinologist at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System and National Center for PTSD Jennifer […]
Researchers at BUSM have been part of a multicenter observational study called TRACS (Transthyretin Amyloidosis Cardiac Study) to help determine the health significance of a particular gene mutation which is commonly found in Black Americans. The gene, transthyretin (TTR) and the mutation V122I, is seen in about four percent of African Americans or roughly 1.5 […]
Boston University School of Medicine’s (BUSM) Benjamin Wolozin, PhD, professor of pharmacology and neurology, and Matthew Nugent, PhD, professor of biochemistry, ophthalmology and biomedical engineering, have been awarded grants from the American Health Assistance Foundation (AHAF) to study age-related degenerative diseases. This marks the first time in more than a decade that BUSM has received […]
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System have demonstrated that the effects on white matter brain volume from long-term alcohol abuse are different for men and women. The study, which is published online in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, also suggests that with abstinence, women recover their […]
In two lines they marched, the 164th entering class of BUSM, greeted by the smiles and clicking cameras of family and friends. With a white coat draped over their arm, they entered the tent raised for the White Coat Ceremony held Monday, August 6. The white coats signify the students’ entry into the profession of medicine.