In an editorial in Annals of Internal Medicine, Tuhina Neogi, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, suggests that it would be reasonable lower uric acid to below the level at which it crystalizes in the blood.
The BUSM Medical Education Committee (MEC) is looking for a clinical faculty member to serve as an alternate at-large member. The MEC has been the main governing body for BUSM curriculum decision making and oversight since changes in the bylaws in 2003. The bylaws call for rotating representation from two faculty-at-large (a basic scientist and […]
Boston University Police Department Rape Aggression Defense Program FALL 2016 Schedule Tuesdays: Nov. 1, 8, 15 All classes 5-8 p.m. Instructional Building, Hiebert Lounge $10/person Register at http://www.bu.edu/police/services/RAD/ SELF DEFENSE FOR WOMEN ONLY Gym type attire required The R.A.D. system is not a martial arts class. It is a realistic self-defense program of defensive […]
BUSM bylaws encourage a regular rotation of faculty on School committees. The goal is to match faculty to groups aligned with their interests, expertise and academic career. Please participate in this survey at https://www.bumc.bu.edu/camed/faculty/committee-preference-survey/ to indicate your area of interest or to suggest colleagues who might be excellent candidates. Please note, not all committees need […]
Basic Sciences Anatomy & Neurobiology – Mark Moss Discovery of disturbances in gene networks that affect brain integrity in Down syndrome (Dr. Haydar) and description of novel cortical connectivity in the brain using MR diffusion spectrum imaging (Drs. Rosene and Mortazavi) Successful development and implementation of Principles Integrating Science and Medicine (PrISM) for 1st year […]
Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH, FACP, DFASAM received the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s (ASAM) Educator of the Year Award that recognizes his outstanding contributions addiction medicine education through selfless leadership and a deep understanding of the art and science in the field. Alford serves as an ASAM ambassador by delivering presentations and speaking at […]
A search is underway to fill a vacant position within the Office of Academic Affairs (80 percent time), Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs, Director of the Office of Medical Education. The Director of the Office of Medical Education (OME) will serve as an Assistant Dean to the Office of Academic Affairs. The Director supervises the […]
Kenneth Grundfast, MD, Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, will be installed as the first Strong-Vaughan Professor of Otolaryngology. The Strong-Vaughan Professorship of Otolaryngology was named in tribute to Dr. M. Stuart Strong, the first BUSM Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology, and Dr. Charles W. Vaughan. Both of these esteemed faculty members devoted their […]
Promoting faculty research increases the visibility of your work and that of BUSM. Please continue to send all galleys or proofs of accepted, unpublished manuscripts of research studies to the Office of Communications to Maria Ober or Gina DiGravio. Please alert them as well when you are awarded major new grant funding. Work that already […]
Marie-Helene Saint-Hilaire, MD, FRCPC, FAAN, Associate Professor of Neurology, has been appointed Chief of Neurology at Boston Medical Center and Chair of the Department of Neurology at Boston University School of Medicine ad interim effective immediately. Saint-Hilaire, recruited in 1988, directs the BMC Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center and the American Parkinson Disease Association […]