{"id":519,"date":"2020-06-15T00:37:35","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T04:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/geriatrics\/?page_id=519"},"modified":"2024-06-06T16:13:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T20:13:06","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/geriatrics\/education\/fellowship\/welcome-from-the-program-director\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Why Train at BMC<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; display: block; max-width: 960px;\">\n<div style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/players.brightcove.net\/6111983585001\/default_default\/index.html?videoId=6196655661001\" autoplay=\"autoplay\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Boston Medical Center (BMC) is a private, not-for-profit, academic medical center located in Boston\u2019s historic South End. The hospital is the primary teaching affiliate for Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM). Boston Medical Center emphasizes community-based care, with its mission to provide consistent accessible health services to all.<\/p>\n<p>As the largest safety net hospital in New England, Boston Medical Center provides a full spectrum of pediatric and adult care services, from primary to family medicine to advanced specialty care. BMC is the largest and busiest provider of trauma and emergency services in New England.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this video to learn more about BMC\u2019s unique mission and commitment to \u201cExceptional Care Without Exception\u201d for over 100 years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How well do you know Boston Medical Center?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-wrULtwzAX8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<br \/>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Commitment to the Community<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>The majority of Boston Medical Center\u2018s patients come from underserved or vulnerable populations, including low-income families, older adults, people with disabilities and immigrants. Over 50% of patients are from racial and ethnic minority populations and over 30% do not speak English as their primary language.<\/p>\n<p>Boston Medical Center is also part of a large network of Community Health Centers that provide integrated healthcare, outreach, prevention, primary and specialty care across Greater Boston\u2019s neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it be our commitment to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/nourishing-our-community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nourishing our community<\/a>\u00a0with fresh, local produce, through our own rooftop farm, performing demonstrations for how to prepare healthy meals in our teaching kitchen, writing \u201cprescriptions\u201d for our preventative food pantry, treating substance use disorders in our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/addiction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grayken Center for Addiction<\/a>, or providing comprehensive, integrative primary and consultative care to our refugee and immigrant patients by providing on-site interpreters and phone interpreters for more than 250 languages, Boston Medical Center has an commitment to uncompromising excellence and caring for those most in need.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are deeply committed to the recruitment, engagement and advancement of underrepresented minority trainees, clinicians and staff at Boston Medical Center. We believe having a diverse and inclusive workforce is essential to providing excellence in patient care, research and education. Learn more about what our Section is doing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/geriatrics\/geriatrics-diversity-equity-inclusion-accessibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative; display: block; max-width: 960px;\">\n<div style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/players.brightcove.net\/6111983585001\/5Fom4Y0Z_default\/index.html?videoId=6205823678001\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"encrypted-media\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about our Institution\u2019s &amp; Department\u2019s Commitment to Diversity &amp; Inclusion, we invite you to explore the following resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/medical-professionals\/office-minority-physician-recruitment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GME Diversity &amp; Inclusion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Office-of-Minority-Physician-Recruitment-Boston-Medical-Center-254728047896588\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook &#8211;\u00a0Office of Minority Physician Recruitment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/facdev-medicine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Faculty Development &amp; Diversity<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<br \/>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">BMC in the Media<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>To learn more about our mission and the outstanding care we provide at BMC, please visit our website https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/ and follow us on our social media platforms:<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/The_BMC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bostonmedicalcenter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BostonMedicalCenter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/podcasts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boston Med Talks Podcast<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmc.org\/about-us\/bmc-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boston Medical Center in the Media<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10303,"featured_media":0,"parent":2679,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/geriatrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/519"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/geriatrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/geriatrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/geriatrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/geriatrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/geriatrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2751,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/geriatrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/519\/revisions\/2751"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/geriatrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/geriatrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}