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Together for Hope Conference Unites Addiction Advocates Across the State
Boston Medical Center's Grayken Center for Addiction hosted the third annual Together for Hope Addiction Conference at Hynes Convention Center in Boston at the end of April. The event brought together addiction experts and advocates across Massachusetts to collaborate, share innovations, and "inspire hope in the fight against addiction." Dr. Kiame... More
Craig Noronha Receives SGIM Education Mentorship Award
Craig Noronha, MD, FACP -- a Clinical Associate Professor in the Section of GIM -- received the 2026 Mid-Career Education Mentorship Award from the Society of General Internal Medicine. The award recognizes general medicine educators who have demonstrated a strong commitment to mentorship, teaching, and scholarship and shown personal investment... More
GIM Faculty Inducted to AOA Honor Medical Society
We are delighted to announce that the following GIM faculty have been elected to membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Class of 2026. Election to Alpha Omega Alpha is an honor signifying a lasting commitment to professionalism, leadership, scholarship, research and community service. A lifelong honor, membership... More
Defying Gravity: New Perspective on Sustainability in Medical Education
Craig Noronha, MD, a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine and the Associate Chief for Education in the Section of General Internal Medicine, recently published a scholarly perspective as senior author that offers solutions for clinician educators and academic medical centers to maintain educational excellence amid constraints. The perspective, "Defying Gravity:... More
Former NIMHD Director Speaks on Disparities in Patient-Clinician Communication
Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD -- the former director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities -- delivered the 2026 Mark A. Moskowitz Memorial Lecture to the Section of General Internal Medicine on Friday, April 3. Now a professor emeritus at the University of California San Francisco, Dr. More
GIM Faculty Win Massachusetts Medical Society Awards
Two faculty members in the Section of General Internal Medicine have been recognized by the Massachusetts Medical Society for outstanding contributions to the health and well-being of patients in the state, across the country, and around the world. Robert Marlin, MD, PhD, MPH -- an Assistant Professor of Medicine and primary... More
GIM Celebrates with Winterfest 2026
On Sunday, March 15, the Section of General Internal Medicine hosted its annual Winterfest celebration at the Tirrell Room in Quincy, Massachusetts. The event brought together faculty and staff from across the Section and their families for food, drinks, dancing, and entertainment. Check out photos from the event below: ... More
Alysse Wurcel Selected as Health Equity Champion Honoree
Alysse Wurcel, an Associate Professor of Medicine and a clinician investigator in the Section of General Internal Medicine, has been selected by the Infectious Diseases Society of America as a Health Equity Champion Honoree. Dr. Wurcel is a nationally recognized clinician investigator with over 20 years of expertise in infectious... More
Colleen LaBelle Receives Continuing Education Outstanding Champion Award
Colleen LaBelle MSN, RN-BC, CARN--the Executive Director of the Boston Medical Center Grayken Center for Addiction Training and Technical Assistance and an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Section of General Internal Medicine--received the 2026 Continuing Education Outstanding Champion Award. The award is given by the Boston University Barry M. More
Medication for Opioid Use Disorder in Harm Reduction Housing
“In light of increasing consideration of encampment sweeps as a policy approach to homelessness, our findings suggest that offering low-threshold housing that incorporates MOUD access in conjunction to sweeps is important.” Research faculty and staff in the Section of General Internal Medicine—Avik Chatterjee, Andrew Rolles, and Sarah Kosakowski—recently published findings from... More