The assistant professor of medicine and founding director of BUSM’s PA Program will serve as chair of the board of directors of the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants beginning in Jan. 2017.
Jean Ramsey, MD, MPH, Associate Dean for Alumni Affairs and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Pediatrics recently received the 2016 EngergEYES Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology for her tireless advocacy and dedication to pediatric eye care.
The BUSM professor will be named the Jay and Louise Coffman Professor in Vascular Medicine at an installation ceremony and reception on Friday, Dec. 9.
Two BUSM investigators were awarded 2016 Research Grants by the Alzheimer’s Association to support their work studying various aspects of the disease.
Sixty-seven BUSM faculty were named to Boston Magazine’s annual Top Docs issue. Congratulations!
The professor of medicine and epidemiology at BUSM and SPH was awarded AHA Population Research Prize for findings of genetic flaws and other causes contributing to heart, vascular diseases.
Catherine E. Costello, MS, PhD, and Benjamin L. Wolozin, MD, PhD, have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Michael Silverstein, MD, has been appointed to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force as one of its newest members.
Philip A. Wolf, MD, delivered the American Heart Association (AHA) 2016 Distinguished Scientist Lecture during the Scientific Session 2016 in New Orleans. Established in 2006, the lectureship is viewed as a major honor and recognition of excellence by the AHA.
Two of the NIH awards, totaling $5 million, will support a new National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute initiative aimed to develop stem cell-based treatments for heart, lung and blood diseases.