{"id":136375,"date":"2025-07-31T14:10:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T18:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=136375"},"modified":"2025-07-31T14:11:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T18:11:35","slug":"wendy-kuohung-md-named-distinguished-faculty-of-the-month-for-august","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/news-events\/articles\/2025\/wendy-kuohung-md-named-distinguished-faculty-of-the-month-for-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Wendy Kuohung, MD, Named Distinguished Faculty of the Month for August"},"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<a href=\"http:\/\/Wendy%20Kuohung,%20MD,%20Named%20Distinguished%20Faculty%20of%20the%20Month%20for%20August\"><strong>Wendy Kuohung, MD, Named Distinguished Faculty of the Month\u00a0for August<\/strong><\/a>\n\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 js-block-editorial-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\">July 31, 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\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 Associate Professor of Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.bu.edu\/Wendy.Kuohung\">Wendy Kuohung<\/a>, MD, has been named Distinguished Faculty of the Month for August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2015\/06\/Wendy-Kuohung-1.jpg\" alt=\"head and shoulders shot of Dr. Kuohung\" class=\"wp-image-82229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2015\/06\/Wendy-Kuohung-1.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2015\/06\/Wendy-Kuohung-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2015\/06\/Wendy-Kuohung-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><figcaption>Wendy Kuohung, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Kuohung joined the faculty in July 2004 and is director of reproductive endocrinology and infertility at Boston Medical Center and an affiliate physician at Boston IVF. She treats patients with infertility and other reproductive disorders and performs minimally invasive and robotic gynecologic surgery. Her research interests lie in disparities in reproductive care, placental and reproductive tract development, and the microbiome of the reproductive tract, and she is currently PI of a March of Dimes Discovery Research Grant. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her nominators say, \u201cFor 10 years, Dr. Kuohung was the Reproduction Module director for the Disease and Therapy (DRx) course. This is a really long time for a module director &#8211; they often change after a year or two. It is a yearlong endeavor to make sure the module runs well and an intense few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith her calm nature and organizational skills, it was one of the best run and most liked modules of DRx &#8211; it got lots of rave reviews from students!&nbsp; She was always open to feedback and several years ago was one of the first directors to adopt a flipped classroom for one the lectures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDr. Kuohung always makes students feel included and that their questions are important and valued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Congratulations!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2023\/02\/Faculty-of-the-Month.png\" alt=\"red and white graphic of distinguished faculty of the month\" class=\"wp-image-110786\" width=\"200\" height=\"196\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Faculty Affairs Office is pleased to announce that Associate Professor of Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology Wendy Kuohung, MD, has been named Distinguished Faculty of the Month for August. Dr. Kuohung joined the faculty in July 2004 and is director of reproductive endocrinology and infertility at Boston Medical Center and an affiliate physician at Boston IVF. 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