{"id":134026,"date":"2025-05-30T06:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T10:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=134026"},"modified":"2025-05-30T12:43:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T16:43:28","slug":"padmasini-kandadai-md-mph-named-distinguished-faculty-of-the-month-for-june","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/news-events\/articles\/2025\/padmasini-kandadai-md-mph-named-distinguished-faculty-of-the-month-for-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Padmasini Kandadai MD, MPH, Named Distinguished Faculty of the Month for June"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin has-media-focus-center-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Awards &amp; Honors<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Padmasini Kandadai MD, MPH, Named Distinguished Faculty of the Month\u00a0for June<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">May 30, 2025<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The Faculty Affairs Office is pleased to announce that Assistant Professor of Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Padma.Kandadai\">Padmasini Kandadai<\/a>, MD, MPH, has been named Distinguished Faculty of the Month for June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/Padma-Kandadai_452_4x3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"head and shoulders of Padma Kandai wearing dark jacket, long brown hair broad smile\" class=\"wp-image-134027\" width=\"275\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/Padma-Kandadai_452_4x3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/Padma-Kandadai_452_4x3-636x477.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/Padma-Kandadai_452_4x3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/Padma-Kandadai_452_4x3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/Padma-Kandadai_452_4x3-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/Padma-Kandadai_452_4x3-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/Padma-Kandadai_452_4x3-683x512.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/Padma-Kandadai_452_4x3-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/Padma-Kandadai_452_4x3-1365x1024.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/Padma-Kandadai_452_4x3-1333x1000.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/Padma-Kandadai_452_4x3-1600x1200.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><figcaption>Padma Kandadai, MD, MPH<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Kandadai joined the Medical Campus community in October 2014. She is the department\u2019s director of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery and treats patients with a full spectrum of pelvic floor disorders as a urogynecology attending at Boston Medical Center. Her interests include minimally invasive surgery and resident education in vaginal surgical techniques. She leads field-specific advising for fourth-year MD students who are planning on pursuing OB\/GYN residency and runs the Gynecologic Inpatient Subinternship course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her nominators say, \u201cDr. Kandadai is an outstanding teacher and mentor for medical students, residents and young attendings. She won the Medical Student teaching award, given annually to the faculty who has contributed most to medical student education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe is a wonderful resource to new attendings. She constantly looks for ways to mentor and support junior faculty, ensuring they are always working on projects aimed to enhance their career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2022\/11\/DistinguishedFaculty_Updated_2022-150x150.png\" alt=\"Graphic image of red and white badge for distinguished faculty from Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine\" class=\"wp-image-109094\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Her nominator says, \u201cShe is a wonderful resource to new attendings. 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