Faculty Named “Top Docs” by Boston Magazine
Sixty-seven BUSM faculty were named to Boston Magazine’s annual Top Docs issue. Congratulations!
Category: In the Media
BU Announces Former NFL Player Kevin Turner Had Advanced CTE
Mr. Turner’s CTE was extraordinary and unprecedented for an athlete who died in his 40s.
Unproven Stem Cell Interventions for Lung Diseases Grow, Despite Promise of New Therapies
“Stem cell medical tourism” is becoming a global problem–preying on desperate patients with incurable diseases, according to online editorial by lead author Laertis Ikonomou, PhD.
New Pathway for Training Physicians May Lead to Greater Numbers in Academic Medicine
Rhoda Alani, MD, explains how the Dermatology Residency Training Program at BUSM emphasizes support in the transition from trainee to junior faculty member through an extended commitment to the institution in which their training was received.
Ikezu Honored by Alzhemier’s Association for “Most Impactful Study in the Last Two Years”
The professor of pharmacology & experimental therapeutics and neurology recently received the Alzheimer’s Association’s Inge Grundke-Iqbal Award for Alzheimer’s Research.
Researchers Identify Protein Role in Pathway Required for Ebola Replication
A newly identified requirement of a modified human protein in ebolavirus (EBOV) replication, may unlock the door for new approaches to treating Ebola.
Check Out Boston Medical Center’s New Mural for Pediatric Patients
Boston Magazine Robert Vinci, MD, pediatrics; Clara Zhu, first year medical student…
Are Pediatricians Prepared To Help Patients Who Want IUDs?
NPR, Shots Blog Mandy Coles, MD, MPH, pediatrics When Wendy Sue Swanson…
Why Teen Girls Aren’t Using IUDs
The Atlantic Mandy Coles, MD, MPH, pediatrics When Wendy Sue Swanson started…
Mucus Is Gross. But Here Are 9 Things You Should Know About It
Vox Jeffrey Spiegel, MD, otolaryngology Mucus is not widely considered a topic…