{"id":9637,"date":"2018-11-08T12:42:24","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T17:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/?page_id=9637"},"modified":"2026-08-21T13:08:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T17:08:05","slug":"wellness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/why-bmc\/wellness\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Residency is an extremely busy time and sometimes it can feel like a challenge keeping our work-life balance in check. <strong><em>Enter the BMC Wellness Committee!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/im-residency\/files\/2026\/08\/Wellness-Photos-Updated-8_2027-388x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"621\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-14913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/files\/2026\/08\/Wellness-Photos-Updated-8_2027-388x300.png 388w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/files\/2026\/08\/Wellness-Photos-Updated-8_2027-1024x791.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/files\/2026\/08\/Wellness-Photos-Updated-8_2027-768x593.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/files\/2026\/08\/Wellness-Photos-Updated-8_2027-1536x1187.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/files\/2026\/08\/Wellness-Photos-Updated-8_2027-400x308.png 400w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/files\/2026\/08\/Wellness-Photos-Updated-8_2027.png 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wellness and well-being are among the highest priorities for our residency program. Currently spearheaded by PGY-3 residents Dr. Sarika Gurnani and Dr. Om Kothari, the #BMCIMRES Wellness Committee hopes to inspire a culture of wellness throughout your 3 years of residency by<strong> supporting resident-led wellness initiatives including:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Distributing a monthly Wellness Newsletter announcing upcoming local\u00a0events\u00a0and naming a monthly &#8220;Wellness Champion&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Planning Winter Fun Fest &#8211; our annual wellness month with events such as\u00a0Chairman and PD\u00a0Pancake Breakfast, Iron Chef Challenge, Paint Night and more!<\/li>\n<li>Organizing visits from the BMC Healing Pups<\/li>\n<li>Creating art exhibits and musical showcases at the annual Holiday Party<\/li>\n<li>Organizing volunteers for local shelters<\/li>\n<li>Hosting Bar Night every Thursday<\/li>\n<li>Organizing Run BMC and Hike BMC &#8211; regular running and hiking outings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to resident led wellness initiatives, we dedicate a month of the Academic Half-Day curriculum to promoting wellness, resiliency and mindfulness and incorporate wellness exercises into many of our educational conferences.<\/p>\n<p>Vice Chair of Education Dr. Gopal Yadavalli is also a professional advocate of physician wellness. He has given many talks at local and national conferences on the importance of well-being, particularly for physicians and guides individuals in creating a personalized wellness plan to fit into their personal and professional life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residency is an extremely busy time and sometimes it can feel like a challenge keeping our work-life balance in check. Enter the BMC Wellness Committee! Wellness and well-being are among the highest priorities for our residency program. Currently spearheaded by PGY-3 residents Dr. Sarika Gurnani and Dr. Om Kothari, the #BMCIMRES Wellness Committee hopes to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14042,"featured_media":0,"parent":1012,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9637"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9637"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14919,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9637\/revisions\/14919"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/im-residency\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}