Darrell Kirch, MD, president and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), visited the Boston University Medical Campus on June 13, during which he presented “The Role of Boston University School of Medicine in Transforming Health Care” before a full Keefer Auditorium crowd.
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) student Alexander Lankowski, class of 2013, was awarded a $2,499 grant from the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation’s Seed Grant Research Program. Established in 2000, the program provides small grants to medical students, physician residents and fellows to conduct basic science or clinical research projects.
Researchers at the Boston University Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (BU CSTE), a collaboration with the Sports Legacy Institute (SLI) and the Bedford (MA) Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Center, announced today that National Hockey League (NHL) player Derek Boogaard had evidence of early stages of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated brain trauma, when he died May 13, 2011, at the age of 28.
BU medical students learn about global health by running health education camps for children, working in clinics and hospitals, and living with host families in Ecuador, see the the video. (View closed captions on YouTube.)
The BU School of Medicine Class of 2015 is being groomed for a respected profession now in financial upheaval and plagued by what many believe is a worrying trend away from the traditional, often nearly lifelong doctor-patient relationships nurtured by primary care. But despite concerns about health care access and future loan debt, interviews with incoming MED students reveal optimism about a career that will enable them to serve not just their patients, but their communities.
Nearly a third of women are sexually assaulted at some point in their lives, but less than half will seek medical care for their injuries. For those who do, emergency care often fails to conform to established protocol.
William B. Kannel, MD, died Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011. He made the courageous decision to refuse medical interventions for cancer and chose to die with dignity with the help of hospice, family and friends. He is survived by his wife, four children, 12 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. Dr. Kannel was born in 1923 in New […]
A study published in the August 2011 Archives of Neurology ranks BUSM medical education and neurology residency training programs among the top 20 of 120 U.S. programs examined by the researchers in producing academic neurologists. The analysis assessed the impact of the medical schools and residency training programs on the decision to pursue a career […]
President Obama’s father was an alcoholic whose drunken driving killed a friend and put the elder Obama in the hospital with two broken legs.
That unfortunate bit of history may help explain the White House’s interest in addiction, which includes honoring BU addiction expert Daniel Alford with a visit there on August 5.
Alford (SPH’86, MED’92), a School of Medicine associate professor, is the medical director of MASBIRT (Massachusetts Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment), a federally funded program at Boston Medical Center and seven other hospitals and community health centers in the state that screens for risky alcohol, tobacco, and drug use. “When you come to see your doctor for your diabetes management or hypertension or just for your annual visit, you’ll be asked questions about unhealthy substance use,” Alford says.
BU President Robert Brown and School of Medicine Dean Karen Antman received notification from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) that the School of Medicine has been reaccredited for the next eight years