Progress on BUSM Lobby Renovation: Floors, Walls, Steps!

By the close of business Friday, July 22, there will be many visible changes in and around the BUSM Instructional Building lobby renovation construction site. Flooring and wall paneling installation will be complete, cement will be poured for the steps, and installation of the ceiling in the lobby area and work on the vestibule including […]

BUSM: Testosterone Deficiency & Replacement Therapy in Men

Testosterone deficiency (TD), often referred to as hypogonadism, is associated with aging and affects approximately 30 percent of men ages 40-79. To highlight some of the challenges and controversies encountered in diagnosis and treatment of men with TD, the authors of a review article in the American Journal of Medicine introduced a clinical vignette to […]

BUSM’s Department of Anesthesiology Producing Educational Materials on Malignant Hyperthermia

The Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the U.S. has selected BUSM’s Department of Anesthesiology to produce digital educational materials related to the diagnosis and treatment of malignant hyperthermia (MH), a potentially fatal condition. MH is a genetic condition that occurs when a patient is given certain types of anesthetics resulting in dangerously high body temperatures that […]

BUSM Lobby Renovations on Schedule for August 8 Completion

Lobby renovations are moving quickly in the BUSM Instructional Building, also known as the L-building. Please note that pedestrian traffic has been completely re-routed around the old entrance. The exterior of the lobby has undergone significant changes. The form and brace for the cheek wall, a cement wall which serves as a decorative retaining wall, […]

BUSM’s Kenneth Walsh Selected as 2011 AHA Distinguished Scientist

Kenneth Walsh, PhD, FAHA, the Aram V. Chobanian Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Director of the Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has been named a 2011 American Heart Association (AHA) Distinguished Scientist. The AHA designated only five Distinguished Scientists for 2011. The AHA created a Distinguished Scientist designation in 2003 […]

Precast Work on the Student Residence Has Begun!

As you walk down Albany Street check out the progress on the new student residence. It’s hard to miss the new exterior being installed over the steel frame. This gallery of pictures represents a glimpse of the work currently underway. The material being installed is called precast. Precast is cement-based. It is part of the […]

BUSM’s Levine Elected Chair of ABIM’s Subspecialty Board on Geriatric Medicine

BUSM’s Professor Sharon Levine, who also serves as associate dean of Academic Affairs, has been named Chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Subspecialty Board on Geriatric Medicine. She becomes the subspecialty board’s representative to ABIM’s Board of Directors. Levine has been a member of the Subspecialty Board on Geriatric Medicine since 2007. […]

Herbal Medicine Treatment Reduces Inflammation in Allergen-Induced Asthma According to BUSM Researchers

BUSM researchers using a traditional Korean medicine, SO-CHEONG-RYONG-TANG (SCRT) that has long been used for the treatment of allergic diseases in Asia, found that SCRT treatment alleviates asthma-like pulmonary inflammation via suppression of specific chemokines or proteins. These findings appear online in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Asthma is a unique form of […]

Instructional Building Lobby Construction Update

Just a month into the renovations that began Monday, May 23, both the interior and exterior of the BUSM Instructional Building, also known as the L-building, are changing. Please note that pedestrian traffic has been completely re-routed around the old entrance. Demolition of the front stairs is complete. A drill rig has completed the work […]