Denise De Las Nueces, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Denise De Las Nueces, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in General Internal Medicine at the Boston University of Medicine and medical director of Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program's Barbara McInnis House. In 2014, she was profiled in Boston Business Journal for her work with underrepresented communities like her mentoring minority and low-income students through programmings such as Poussaint Primary Care Scholars, a pre-matriculation program at Harvard Medical School. She loves working one-on-one with patients and believes that making a difference in someone's life is the most rewarding part of being a physician.

Publications

  • Published 10/7/2022

    Rudmann KC, Brown NE, Rubis AB, Burns M, Ramsey A, De Las Nueces D, Martin T, Barnes M, Davizon ES, Retchless AC, Potts C, Wang X, Hariri S, McNamara LA. Invasive Meningococcal Disease Among People Experiencing Homelessness-United States, 2016-2019. J Infect Dis. 2022 Oct 07; 226(Suppl 3):S322-S326. PMID: 35748821.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 5/17/2022

    Assoumou SA, Peterson A, Ginman E, James T, Pierre CM, Hamilton S, Chapman S, Goldie J, Koenig R, Mendez-Escobar E, Leaver H, Graham R, Crichlow R, Weaver T, Cotterell S, Valdez G, De Las Nueces D, Scott NA, Linas BP, Cherry PM. Addressing Inequities in SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Uptake: The Boston Medical Center Health System Experience. Ann Intern Med. 2022 Jun; 175(6):879-884. PMID: 35576586.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 1/4/2022

    Fine DR, Dickins KA, Adams LD, De Las Nueces D, Weinstock K, Wright J, Gaeta JM, Baggett TP. Drug Overdose Mortality Among People Experiencing Homelessness, 2003 to 2018. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 01 04; 5(1):e2142676. PMID: 34994792.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 6/24/2020

    Gaeta JM, De Las Nueces D, Munson DG, Barocas JA, Walsh KE. Case 21-2020: A 66-Year-Old Homeless Man with Covid-19. N Engl J Med. 2020 Jul 09; 383(2):170-178. PMID: 32579806.

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  • Published 6/9/2020

    Baggett TP, Racine MW, Lewis E, De Las Nueces D, O'Connell JJ, Bock B, Gaeta JM. Addressing COVID-19 Among People Experiencing Homelessness: Description, Adaptation, and Early Findings of a Multiagency Response in Boston. Public Health Rep. 2020 Jul/Aug; 135(4):435-441. PMID: 32516035.

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Education

  • Harvard Medical School, MD
  • Harvard School of Public Health, MPH
  • Columbia University, BA

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