{"id":138191,"date":"2025-10-01T10:04:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T14:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=138191"},"modified":"2025-10-07T16:06:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T20:06:16","slug":"karen-clements-named-distinguished-staff-of-the-month-for-october","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/news-events\/articles\/2025\/karen-clements-named-distinguished-staff-of-the-month-for-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Karen Clements Named Distinguished Staff of the Month for October"},"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>Karen Clements Named Distinguished Staff of the Month<\/strong> <strong>for October<\/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\">October 1, 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 Dean\u2019s Office is pleased to announce that Karen Clements has been named Distinguished Staff of the Month for October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/09\/karen-clements-477x636.jpg\" alt=\"Head and shoulders image of Karen Clements\" class=\"wp-image-138192\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\"\/><figcaption>Karen Clements<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Karen is the administrative manager for the department of urology. She joined the BU\/Boston Medical Center community in November 1974.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her nominators say, \u201cKaren is the glue that holds the department together. She has been working in urology since 1974, and has facilitated most of the major changes in the department since that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cKaren is the go-to person when trying to get anything done in the medical school, clinic or hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2022\/11\/DistinguishedStaff_Updated_2022-150x150.png\" alt=\"Red and white graphic badge of Distinguished staff of the Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine\" class=\"wp-image-109090\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dean\u2019s Office is pleased to announce that Karen Clements has been named Distinguished Staff of the Month for October. Karen is the administrative manager for the department of urology. She joined the BU\/Boston Medical Center community in November 1974. Her nominators say, \u201cKaren is the glue that holds the department together. 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