{"id":146240,"date":"2026-08-27T13:31:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T17:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=146240"},"modified":"2026-08-27T13:31:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T17:31:51","slug":"michael-romero-named-distinguished-staff-of-the-month-for-september","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/news-events\/articles\/2026\/michael-romero-named-distinguished-staff-of-the-month-for-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Romero Named Distinguished Staff of the Month for September"},"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>Michael Romero Named Distinguished Staff of the Month<\/strong> <strong>for September<\/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 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\">August 27, 2026<\/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 Dean\u2019s Office is pleased to announce that Michael Romero has been named Distinguished Staff of the Month for September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2026\/08\/Romero-crop-1024x931.jpg\" alt=\"Head and shoulders of man with dark hair, facial hair standing outside in front of Talbot building\" class=\"wp-image-146245\" width=\"225\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2026\/08\/Romero-crop-1024x931.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2026\/08\/Romero-crop-636x578.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2026\/08\/Romero-crop-768x698.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2026\/08\/Romero-crop-1536x1396.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2026\/08\/Romero-crop-2048x1861.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2026\/08\/Romero-crop-396x360.jpg 396w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2026\/08\/Romero-crop-563x512.jpg 563w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2026\/08\/Romero-crop-792x720.jpg 792w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2026\/08\/Romero-crop-1127x1024.jpg 1127w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2026\/08\/Romero-crop-1100x1000.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption>Michael Romero<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael is the senior program manager for the MS in Mental Health Counseling &amp; Behavioral Medicine program. He joined our community in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His nominators say, \u201cMichael regularly addresses student concerns, logistical problems, and organizational needs whenever they occur, with a proactive and positive demeanor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe took leadership with the Admissions Committee, working diligently behind the scenes to organize the admissions process, free up faculty for job responsibilities, and increase accessibility for applicants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMichael is always responsive, communicative, and considerate!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Congratulations!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/StaffOTM-logo.png\" alt=\"two concentric circles, red reads Chobanian &amp; Avedisian SOM inside white circle reads distinguished staff\" class=\"wp-image-133803\" width=\"250\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/StaffOTM-logo.png 499w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/StaffOTM-logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/StaffOTM-logo-361x360.png 361w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/StaffOTM-logo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/StaffOTM-logo-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dean\u2019s Office is pleased to announce that Michael Romero has been named Distinguished Staff of the Month for September. Michael is the senior program manager for the MS in Mental Health Counseling &amp; Behavioral Medicine program. He joined our community in 2022. His nominators say, \u201cMichael regularly addresses student concerns, logistical problems, and organizational [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":903,"featured_media":133803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"bu_prepress_billboard":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term":"Awards & Honors","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"tags":[356],"bu-publication":[367],"medicine-article-category":[],"medicine-topic":[],"news-article-category":[378],"news-topic":[],"bu_edition":[],"media_type":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/146240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/903"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146240"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/146240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146268,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/146240\/revisions\/146268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146240"},{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=146240"},{"taxonomy":"medicine-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/medicine-article-category?post=146240"},{"taxonomy":"medicine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/medicine-topic?post=146240"},{"taxonomy":"news-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-article-category?post=146240"},{"taxonomy":"news-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-topic?post=146240"},{"taxonomy":"bu_edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_edition?post=146240"},{"taxonomy":"media_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type?post=146240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}