BUMC Toastmasters Open House & 10 Year Anniversary Celebration!

Overcome your fear of speaking in a friendly, supportive atmosphere!

Learn to: Organize your thoughts • Think on your feet • Develop meeting skills • Build confidence • Increase your vocabulary • Practice leadership skills • Speak with clarity and fluency • Provide and receive feedback
 

Visit our OPEN HOUSE Meeting!

Have fun and warm up with us to find out more about BUMC Toastmasters

Thursday, October 21, 2021

5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Refreshments will be provided

For more info and to RSVP email BUMCToastmasters@gmail.com

 

BUMC Toastmasters

Evans Biomedical Research Building, 7th Floor, Room 715,

650 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118

For more information visit our website: BUMCToastmasters.toastmastersclubs.org

DOM Reads Next Book

For our second year of DoM Reads, we will read and discuss the book: Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington.

 

Program Information:

  • The book will be discussed in 3 sections 2x per academic year
  • All meeting dates will be held virtually
    • Register here for the Fall Dates - Wednesday's from 12pm-1pm
      • September 29th (Part 1 – Chapters 1-7)
      • October 27th (Part 2 – Chapters 8-11)
      • December 8th (Part 3 – Chapters 12-15)
    • Register here for the Spring Dates - Thursday's from 5pm-6pm
      • February 3th (Part 1 – Chapters 1-7)
      • March 31st (Part 2 – Chapters 8-11)
      • May 12th (Part 3 – Chapters 12-15)

Please contact: bumcfdd@bu.edu if you have any questions.

Requesting 2021 Blue Ribbon Panelists for Evans Days

It’s that time of year, when we begin preparations to celebrate each other’s accomplishments within the Department of Medicine. The Department of Medicine Evans Days will be held virtually on October 7-8, 2021.  In order to select the outstanding poster presenters from among our trainees, we will need your expertise. This year, we will have approximately 120 submitted abstracts. All will be invited to post their posters online. Out of the 120 posted posters, 12 will be selected for oral presentations at Evans Days on Thursday, October 7. We expect to assign about 10-15 abstracts to each reviewer.

Please indicate if you would be willing to review and grade the abstracts in August to help select the 12 oral presenters (6 basic science and 6 clinical science) and/or serve as a judge at the oral and poster sessions on Thursday, October 7. Please RSVP by Friday, July 30, 2021  if you are able to participate.

2 Opportunities to Judge

Abstract  judging (August 6th - August 27th)

Abstracts  will be available for viewing online and each judge will be assigned ~10-15 abstracts to review

Oral Presentations & Poster Sessions (October 7)

Judges will have the opportunity to review their assigned posters online in advance of Evans Days. They will then be expected to visit their assigned posters during the virtual poster session from 9:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. on October 7th.  Judges will then have the opportunity to interact with the researcher and ask them their questions.

Please indicate if you would be willing to help grade the abstracts and/or serve as a judge at the oral presentations or poster session on Thursday, October 7.

SIGN UP HERE!

For questions please contact Takiesha Brooks at takiesha@bu.edu,

Evans Day Abstract Submissions NOW OPEN!!!

Evans Department of Medicine Abstract Submission NOW OPEN!!!

2021  Virtual Evans Day

October 7-8, 2021

Boston University School of Medicine

 

Please be prepared to submit a poster in PDF or Powerpoint format to accompany your abstract. We will reach out to you once the abstract submission deadline has closed with more information on how to prepare your poster. The deadline for poster submissions will be September 3rd.

Posters and their accompanying abstracts will be available to view on the ePosterBoards platform prior to Evans Day.

The 12 abstracts with the highest grade will be presented on Evans Day.

Oral Presentations: Thursday, October 7, 2021

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Poster Session: Thursday, October 7, 2021

9:30 AM – 12:30PM

 

Abstracts will be accepted between Thursday, July 1, 2021 and will not be accepted after Friday, July 30, 2021 @11:59 PM EST

Submit an abstract here!

Abstract Submission Guidelines 2021

 

Please contact Jennifer Visconti with any questions.

Evans Day Speakers Announced!!!

The Department of Medicine's Annual Evans Days are scheduled for Thursday, October 7 & Friday, October 8, 2021.

Full schedule to follow.

Ingelfinger Visiting Professor

Dale Abel, MD, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine – Endocrinology and Metabolism
University of Iowa
Roy J. & Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine

Wilkins Visiting Professor


Drew Weissman, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

DOM Faculty Award Nominations Now Open!!!

Nominations for our nine annual DOM Faculty Awards are now open!!!

DEADLINE for all nominations: June 25th, 2021

Submit a nomination here!

  1. Special Recognition Teaching Award
  2. Junior Faculty Mentoring Award
  3. Research Mentoring Award
  4. Excellence in Educational Scholarship Mentoring Award
  5. Outstanding Citizenship Award
  6. Clinical Quality Improvement Award
  7. Clinical Excellence Award
  8. Clinical Innovations Award
  9. Faculty Development and Diversity

Nominations consist of a letter with a detailed justification of the nominee’s relevant contributions in the award category.

For more information on each award, and a list of past winners CLICK HERE

Evans Day Abstract Submissions Open July 1

The 2021 Department of Medicine Evan Days are planned for October 7-8, 2021.

Abstracts will be accepted from July 1- July 30, 2021 to be followed by a poster submission.

Poster Sessions will be held virtually on Thursday, October 7, 2021.

Appointments & Promotions – Jan ’21

Assistant Professor(s):

Bailey Chang, MD

Chloe Ciccariello, MD

Heather Davila, PhD

Amy Fitzpatrick, MD

David Hughes, PharmD

Raphael Sazalat, PhD

Yian Xiao, MD

 

Instructor(s):

Rebecca Bates, MD

Nancy Curran, AGNP

Lindsey Hildebrand, MD