April 20 Newsletter
Hem-Inc Newsletter April 2020
Ruben Dries, Ph.D., Accepts Offer to Join Section Faculty
We are happy to announce that Ruben Dries Ph.D., has accepted an offer to join our section. Dr. Dries’s research interests span the rapidly expanding fields of computational biology and transcriptomics. Using his expertise in these areas, he has made fundamental discoveries that have revealed new therapeutic vulnerabilities and mechanisms of drug resistance in a […]
Claire Smith, MD, and Hussein Assi, MD, Accept Faculty Offers To Join Section
We are happy to announce that Claire Smith, MD, and Hussein Assi, MD, have accepted offers to join our section. Dr. Smith will be joining our section as a hospitalist after completing her first year of fellowship at Oregon Health and Sciences University this summer. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Washington […]
Mark Sloan, MD, Accepts Role of Hematology Oncology Fellowship Director
In the midst of all the COVID emails, I am absolutely delighted to share the good news that Mark Sloan, MD, will be taking on the role of Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Director following Dr. Kevan Hartshorn’s retirement this fall. Mark is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine at BUSM and has been serving in the capacity […]
March 2020
Hem Onc Newsletter March 2020
Shipley Prostate Cancer Pilot Grant Awardees Announced
Christopher Andry, MPhil, PhD, Professor and Chair, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, and Gerald Denis, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine (HemOnc) and Pharmacology, are the recipients of the 2020 Shipley Prostate Cancer Pilot Grant Awards. Dr. Andry and co-investigator Elizabeth Duffy, MA, Assistant Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, will use their $50,000 award to develop […]
February 2020
Hem Onc Newsletter February 2020
Tashia Prince-Lacombe, NP, Accepts Offer To Join Section
We are happy to announce that Tashia Prince-Lacombe, NP, will be joining the Section of Hematology Oncology effective June 1, 2020. Tashia worked as a nurse at the Carney Hospital in the emergency room, float pool and geriatric psych unit for 7 years. She then went back to school and is now a board certified […]
January 2020
Hem Onc Newsletter January 2020
Boston Magazine’s Top Docs 2020
Boston Magazine just released its annual listing of “Top Docs” and five of our faculty members have been recognized for this prestigious honor! Congratulations to Vaishali Sanchorawala, MD (Hematology), Gretchen Gignac, MD (Medical Oncology), Adam Lerner, MD (Medical Oncology), Kevan Hartshorn, MD (Medical Oncology) and Matthew Kulke, MD (Medical Oncology). The recognition of multiple faculty members in this way is a wonderful tribute […]