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Acceptability of Somatic Therapy for PTSD
Faculty in the Section of General Internal Medicine (GIM), Assistant Professor Karim Sariahmed and Associate Professor Natalia Morone, collaborated with Assistant Professor Nuha Alshabani from Psychiatry to assess the acceptability of somatic therapies for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and staff in a safety net hospital setting. The faculty conducted a qualitative study interviewing […]
GIM Hosts Thankful Together Potluck
The GIM Creating Calm in Crosstown (C3) Committee planned a Thankful Together potluck for faculty and staff in the Section of General Internal Medicine. Section members were encouraged to bring in dishes, desserts, or drinks to celebrate the spirit of gratitude and togetherness. This event was the latest of several community-building events this year, which […]
Post-Overdose Outreach Before and After COVID
Several research faculty and staff in the Section of General Internal Medicine (GIM) surveyed Massachusetts post-overdose programs about their practices before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. In collaboration with colleagues at the Boston University School of Public Health, St. George’s University, and Social Science Research and Evaluation Inc., GIM faculty and […]
Congratulations to GIM’s Evans Days Award Winners!
The annual Department of Medicine Evans Days celebrate and showcase the research activities of the department’s faculty, trainees, and researchers. Several members of the Section of General Internal Medicine received awards this year recognizing their clinical, research, and educational achievements. Congratulations to all of GIM’s award winners! Clinical Quality Improvement Award Nicholas Cordella, MD, MSc […]
Political Scientist Matthew Motta Speaks on the Politicization of Medicine
At the 2025 Kathleen Bennett, MD Memorial Lecture in Community Medicine on October 8, the Section of General Internal Medicine hosted Matthew Motta, PhD, an Associate Professor of Health Law, Policy, & Management at the Boston University School of Public Health. Motta presented on the increasing politicization of medicine. He offered clinicians some strategies for […]
Celebrating Resilience During Recovery Month
Last week, Boston Medical Center staff shared powerful stories of strength and recovery as part of an event hosted by the Grayken Center for Addiction in recognition of National Recovery Month. BMC stands alongside the millions of individuals and families who have been impacted by addiction. The Grayken Center’s Recovery Month events seek to remember […]
GIM Observes International Overdose Awareness Day
In honor of International Overdose Awareness Day, members of GIM’s Office-Based Addiction Treatment team and the Grayken Center for Addiction gathered with officials from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and others to plant more than 20,000 purple flags to memorialize lives lost to overdoses. The Grayken Center for Addiction Training and Technical Assistance […]
Michael Schwartz Announced as Medical Director of Inpatient Teaching Service
Hospitalist and Assistant Professor of Medicine Michael Schwartz, MD will serve as the Medical Director of the GIM Inpatient Teaching Service. Dr. Schwartz is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School and completed his internal medicine (IM) residency training here at Boston Medical Center. He has a particular academic interest in […]
Expanding the Palliative Care Team
The Palliative Care team, led by Director Henri Lee, has grown steadily over the past few years. The program now delivers care through a new home-based palliative care service that launched in February 2025, a growing outpatient clinic embedded in oncology, and a well-established inpatient consult service. In the past year, the program has hired […]
Studying Integrative Medicine Services for Low Back Pain
Faculty in the Section of General Internal Medicine recently published the article “Nonpharmacologic Back Pain Treatment Use and Associated Patient Reported Outcomes in US-Based Integrative Medicine Clinics” in Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health. Dr. Eric Roseen, Assistant Professor and a chiropractic physician in the primary care clinic, and Dr. Emily Hurstak, Assistant Professor […]