Alex To, MD ’91 recently came to BUSM at the request of N. Stephen Ober, MD ‘86, program director for the MD-MBA program at BU, to share with current MED students some of his experiences as a physician in the world of finance and to talk about, “Off the Well Trodden Path: Unconventional Careers for […]
Adam Rose, MD, MSc, an assistant professor of medicine at BUSM, has accepted the Society of General Internal Medicine’s (SGIM) New England Region 2011 Clinician Investigator Award for his contributions to quality of care research. The award was presented to Rose at the Society’s New England Regional Meeting on March 4, 2011. SGIM works to […]
Daniel Remick, MD, chair and professor of pathology at BUSM and chief of pathology at BMC, was elected by his peers to the Council of the American Society of Investigative Pathology (ASIP). As a new councilor-at-large, Remick will have voting privileges on the Council, which is the ASIP governing board. The ASIP is a society […]
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) has awarded Sharon A. Levine, MD, AGSF, with the 2011 Dennis W. Jahnigen Memorial Award, given annually to an AGS member who has provided outstanding leadership in advancing geriatrics education in health professions schools. Dr. Levine will be presented with the award on May 13, 2011, at the AGS Annual […]
At-home, daily application of light therapy via light-emitting diodes (LEDs) placed on the forehead and scalp led to improvements in cognitive function and post-traumatic stress disorder in patients with a traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to a groundbreaking study published in Photomedicine and Laser Surgery. Read about it here. Together with colleagues, BUSM Research Professor […]
With a countdown from Dean Antman to the stroke of noon, members of the BUSM class of 2011 excitedly stepped forward to receive their Match Day letters from faculty and administrators. With 161 BUSM students in the match this year, 33 of them will be staying on campus for residency at Boston Medical Center, others are heading across the country from New England to California and Canada. Forty-five percent of the class is pursuing internal medicine, pediatrics and family medicine.
BUSM researchers, in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, have identified a potential new biomarker and therapeutic target for melanoma. The novel cell screening method used in the study also clarifies the process behind tumor metastasis and may allow the identification of biomarkers for other aggressive cancers. The findings now appear online in Cancer Research. According […]
Howard C. Bauchner, M.D., from Boston University School of Medicine and Public Health, will become the next JAMA Editor-in-Chief on July 1, 2011, according to Michael D. Maves, M.D., the executive vice president and chief executive officer of the American Medical Association. Dr. Bauchner will be the 16th editor in the journal’s 127-year history.
Rafael Ortega, MD, professor of anesthesiology at BUSM and anesthesiologist and vice-chair of academic affairs for the department of anesthesiology at Boston Medical Center (BMC), received a Letter of Commendation from the World Health Organization (WHO) for producing a training video on pulse oximetry. The video, which has been distributed worldwide and is available in […]
After three days of intense assessment and review by the LCME accreditation site visit team, a celebration was held on March 2 in the Hiebert Lounge to acknowledge the hard work of everyone involved in the LCME self-study and site visit. Hosted by Dean Antman, approximately 70 team members attended. While the final report of […]