Nancy Sullivan, Venetia Zachariou Installed as Inaugural Edward Avedisian Professors
Endowed professorships part of $100M transformational gift to the school.
Category: Awards & Honors
Laura Wung, 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.
29th Annual Henry I. Russek Student Achievement Day Celebrates GMS Academic Research and Service
The mission of Russek Day goes above and beyond academic research – it incorporates how students balance their research with service to their departments, their programs and their communities.
BUMC Faculty Appointments, Promotions – January 2023
Congratulations to Professor Ekkehard Kasper; Clinical Professors David Lichtenstein and Howard Wolpert; and Clinical Associate Professors Uri Avissar, Christopher Shanahan, Amy Silberbogen, Colleen Sloan and H. Christian Weber.
Announcing the DEIA Award Recipients
Samantha Kaplan, MD, Elizabeth Klings, MD, and Peter Flynn have been recognized for addressing and improving diversity and a culture of inclusion, equity and accessibility throughout the school community.
Xiaodan Qin, PhD, Receives Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar Award
With this award, Qin will study neuroblastoma, a common extracranial solid tumor that is responsible for about 15% of cancer-related deaths in children.
JoAnna Rorie, CNM, PhD, Receives Midwifery Award
She will receive the Dorothea Lang Pioneer Award, the most prestigious midwifery award given by the American College of Nurse Midwives.
Max Zhu Honored by the Society for Vascular Surgery Foundation
He received a 2023 Student Research Fellowship, which supports medical students conducting clinical or translational research in vascular disease.
Sonia Ananthakrishnan, MD, 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.
Priscilla J. Slanetz, MD, MPH, Honored by the Association of University Radiologists
The honor is given for outstanding service to the association or to someone who has made significant contributions to the advancement of education in radiology.