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December 2025 Chobanian & Avedisian SOM Faculty Promotions

Congratulations to the following Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine faculty on their recent appointment or promotion. Clinical Professor J. Mark Sloan, MD, Medicine/Hematology & Medical Oncology, is a hematologist at Boston Medical Center (BMC) with research interests in HTLV-1 associated adult leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL), AL amyloidosis, and Duffy-null associated neutrophil counts (DANC). His pioneering work […]

December 2025 SPH & GSDM Faculty Promotions

Congratulations to the following Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) and School of Public Health (SPH) faculty on their recent promotion.   GSDM Professor Sami Chogle, BDS, DMD, MSD, FICD, FACD, Endodontics, serves as Herbert Schilder professor in endodontics, chair of endodontics and director of the school’s advanced education program in endodontics. He […]

Intersession 2025 Preparations

BUMC Facilities would like to conserve energy over Intersession in non-occupied spaces. Below is a list of steps to follow before leaving on holiday break as we head into Intersession.  Office Spaces & Labs: Close windows. Turn off all electrical equipment i.e. computers, monitor, lights, any portable heaters, copiers, printers, coffee pots and lamps. Lock all […]

October 2025 Chobanian & Avedisian SOM Faculty Promotions

Congratulations to the following Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine faculty on their recent appointment or promotion. Clinical Professor Charles Tifft, MD Charles Tifft, MD’73, Medicine/GIM, specializes in the prevention and treatment of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. The clinician-educator has been a member of the BU/Boston Medical Center (BMC) community since he was a medical […]

August & September 2025 Faculty Promotions

Congratulations to the following Medical Campus faculty on their recent appointment or promotion. Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Clinical Associate Professor Omar Siddiqi, MD, Medicine/Cardiovascular Medicine, is a clinician-educator who is the program director of the Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship and co-director of the cardiovascular module for PISCEs. Dr. Siddiqi also is faculty mentor of […]

July 2025 Chobanian & Avedisian SOM Faculty Promotions

Congratulations to the following BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine faculty on their recent appointment or promotion. Clinical Professor Ashish Upadhyay Ashish Upadhyay, MD, medicine/nephrology, serves as director of the nephrology fellowship and director of research for the internal medicine residency. Previously, he led evidence review teams for international nephrology clinical practice guidelines (2009-2012), […]