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GIM Faculty & Staff Win BMC Research Awards
The BMC Health System Research Awards recognize individuals and teams across the health system for their expertise, commitment to their fields, and contributions to advancing science. The winners below from GIM have demonstrated a dedication to research excellence and supporting future research and researchers. Early Career Research Award Simeon Kimmel, MD, MA — Dr. Kimmel […]
Generous Gift Creates Immigrant and Refugee Health Center Endowed Directorship
The Durbin family, who are long-time supporters of Boston Medical Center and the Immigrant and Refugee Health Center (IRHC), gave $2.5 million to BMC earlier this year to create an endowed directorship for the IRHC. The Durbin Family IRHC Endowed Directorship, which is the first endowed directorship at BMC, will allow the IRHC to address […]
GIM Winners of the BMC Be Exceptional Awards
The 2026 Be Exceptional Awards are given annually to honor individuals and teams who go above and beyond to advance BMC’s mission and goals. Sai Sankeerth-Madakasira, a clinical research coordinator for a GOUT study in the Section of GIM, received an individual award, and the Emergency Department Addiction Consult Team, a partnership between GIM and […]
GIM Shares Patient Care Stories for 2026 Sokolove Memorial Lecture
On June 17, the Section of General Internal Medicine hosted the 6th Annual Dr. Robert Sokolove Grand Rounds, featuring stories of patient care presented by colleagues in internal medicine and pediatrics: Rachel Vuolo, MD, James Hudspeth, MD, FACP, and Nicole Campion-Dialo, MD, MPH. These clinicians shared personal and professional narratives highlighting lessons they have learned […]
Taking a New Approach to Improve Teaching Rounds
James Hudspeth, MD, a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine in the Section of General Internal Medicine, and co-authors from the Department of Medicine recently published an Innovations in Medical Education article in the Journal of General Internal Medicine as first author, titled “Changing the Presentation of Overnight Admissions to Improve Teaching Rounds.” The team […]
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 Mahaniah, the Secretary of […]
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 in their mentees, supporting both […]
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 in the society confers recognition […]
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: Moving From a Scarcity […]
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. Pérez-Stable shared his expertise on […]