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Support IM Residents COVID-19 Relief Fund

As Boston Medical Center cares for the second largest volume of COVID-19 patients in Boston, our internal medicine trainees, as well as all our hospital personnel, have demonstrated a level of dedication and professionalism every step of the way. Help support them while they are on the frontlines by making a donation to the IM Resident’s COVID-19 Relief Fund.

Appointments & Promotions – April ’20

Welcome to the Department of Medicine!

Appointments

Gaelle Cottan-Brun, MD, Instructor
General Internal Medicine

Ian Downs, MD, Instructor
General Internal Medicine

Sadie Elisseou, MD, Adjunct Instructor
General Internal Medicine

Sarah Phillips, MD, Instructor
Geriatrics

Perspectives From the Frontlines

As the largest safety-net hospital in New England, Boston Medical Center cares for the most vulnerable and often under-served communities in Boston and is currently caring for the second highest number of COVID-19 patients in the city.

Drs. James Hudspeth and Sarah Kimball of the Department’s Section of General Internal Medicine share their experiences working on the frontlines in an unprecedented time for the hospital and the country.

Dr. Hudspeth oversees the hospital’s COVID-19 response inpatient floor, where he assesses and cares for patients who are too sick to stay at home but who do not require intensive care. “‘I’ve been doing this for 14 years, and I have a very good sense of a patient with pneumonia, who looks good and who looks bad, and what kind of patient I need to worry about. COVID-19 upends all that.’” Read More

Dr. Kimball codirects BMC’s newly launched influenza-like illness (ILI) clinic. Here she and her team assess patients who present with flu like symptoms to determine risk and tracing for possible contact with and transmission of COVID-19. “’We want to know how sick they are, what symptoms they have experienced, where they work, and if they are homeless,” Kimball says. “We do a symptom screener and then we do a risk screener.’” Read More

Full story appears in BU Today by Art Jahnke

Dr. Kevin Wilson Among Expert U.S. Panel that Developed NIH COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines

Kevin Wilson, MD, professor of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine, is among a panel of 30 U.S. physicians, statisticians and other experts which has developed treatment guidelines for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

These guidelines, intended for healthcare providers, are based on published and preliminary data and the clinical expertise of the panelists, many of whom are frontline clinicians caring for patients during the rapidly evolving pandemic. The guidelines are posted online (covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov) and will be updated often as new data are published in peer-reviewed scientific literature and other authoritative information emerges.

DOM Faculty Insights on COVID-19

GIM’s Debra Paarz Awarded BU’s 2020 Perkins Award

BU’s 2020 Perkins Awards for Distinguished Service Announced

Awardees Colin Riley, Kim Richards, Debra Paarz will be honored at a ceremony held later

Congratulations to Debra Paarz

A quarter-century BU veteran, Paarz has spent most of the last two decades with MED’s 120-instructor general internal medicine section, currently serving as its administrator—which now means, among other things, she says, that she’s kept busy supporting leaders, doctors, and nurse practitioners “as their involvement ramps up with COVID-19–related activities.”

In circumstances not involving emergencies like that, she oversees such matters as faculty recruiting, retention, services, promotions, and efforts to counter burnout. She also helps manage clinical and research activities.

“From the moment you join the faculty,” one nominator wrote, “Debbie is there to support you in all aspects, ranging from identifying your mentors, clarifying your clinical schedule, completing your educational expectations, monitoring your clinical performance, maintaining your licensure/certification, applying for intra- and extra-mural funding, and pursuing academic promotion.” Another said that thanks in part to Paarz, the section is reputed “as one of the strongest and most academically productive GIM units nationally.”

“This honor represents the collaboration of my dedicated central administration team, getting the job done over the years,” Paarz says. “A typical day could consist of troubleshooting specific areas that need attention and then working with the admin team to efficiently deliver a positive outcome for all involved. I am grateful to work with such a great group of people.”

From the BU Today story written by Rich Barlow.

Appointments & Promotions – Spring ’20

Congratulations to all faculty recently promoted and welcome to all recent appointments!

Promotions

Fuzhong Qin, Professor
Cardiovascular Medicine

Nahid Bhadelia, Associate Professor
Infectious Disease

Karen Jacobson, Associate Professor
Infectious Disease

Hans Meier Ewert, Clinical Associate Professor
Cardiovascular Medicine

Liu Gang, Research Associate Professor
Computational Biomedicine

Kei Yasuda, Assistant Professor
Nephrology

Appointments

Avik Chatterjee, Assistant Professor
General Internal Medicine

Simeon Kimmel, Assistant Professor
General Internal Medicine

Thomas Ku, Assistant Professor
General Internal Medicine

Charmaine Lastimoso, Assistant Professor
General Internal Medicine

Eric Marks, Assistant Professor
Hematology & Oncology

Stephanie Robinson, Assistant Professor
General Internal Medicine

Hossein Sadrzadeh, Assistant Professor
Hematology & Oncology

Derin Tugal, Assistant Professor
Cardiovascular Medicine

Xiao Yang, Assistant Professor
General Internal Medicine

Archana Asundi, Research Assistant Professor
Infectious Disease

Courtney Faiella, Instructor
Cardiovascular Medicine

Sean Feng, Instructor
Geriatrics

Emily Johnson, Instructor
Cardiovascular Medicine

Vanny (Trieu) McLean, Instructor
Geriatrics

Luke Pak, Instructor
General Internal Medicine

Emily Scarbo, Instructor
Geriatrics

Nebulla Stephen, Instructor
Hematology & Oncology

Intern Match 2020

Despite the current clinical challenges posed by COVID-19, medical students and faculty alike recently celebrated the results of the 2020 NRMP Match! Boston Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency program is thrilled to welcome a competitive and diverse class of incoming interns, some of whom will be receiving their Medical Degrees early to join hospital staffs during this epidemic. Congratulations to all of our fourth year medical students and to all of the incoming interns who we will be seeing in June!

With an impressive 37% of all internal medicine applicants applying to BMC, 46 categorical and 9 preliminary interns were matched into the 2020 intern class. As a medical center committed to inclusion and equity, we are proud to welcome interns that are diverse in a number of different measures, from where they graduated medical school to life experiences, interests and passions.

This exceptional group of interns matched to our institution is a reflection of the dedicated group of faculty interviewers that devoted their time to meeting with all 403 candidates. Thank you for demonstrating the mission of this department, the School of Medicine and the hospital and your tireless commitment to our trainees.

Emelia Benjamin, MD Receives AAIM Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award

Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM, FACC, FAHA, Vice Chair for Faculty Development and Diversity in the Department of Medicine at BUSM and BMC and BUMC Assistant Provost for Faculty Development, will receive the 2020 Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award.

“Through her world-class research program in cardiovascular epidemiology, remarkable success in program development, and prodigious mentoring activities, she has very positively influenced the careers of faculty from very diverse backgrounds including individuals working to identify and mitigate health disparities,” said Dr. David Coleman, Wade Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine, and Physician-in-Chief at BMC.

Seeking Volunteers for Committee to Establish Principles for Expense Reduction in the DOM

In view of the anticipated substantial reductions in clinical revenue during the COVID 19 pandemic, we are establishing a Committee to Establish Principles for Expense Reduction in the Department of Medicine.

I am writing to seek volunteers to serve on this committee. We are particularly interested in adding one MD clinician and one PhD researcher to the committee, with some preference to individuals at the Assistant or Associate Professor ranks. The work of the committee will require up to 8-10 hrs of video conference calls and analytical time per week for the next two or three weeks.

Please let me know if you are willing to serve on this critically important committee by Thursday, March 26, 2020.

Thank you very much for your consideration!

David Coleman, M.D.

Appointments

Joshua Barocas, MD

Tracy Battaglia, MD, MPH

Nahid Bhadelia, MD, MA

Natasha Hochberg, MD, MPH

James Hudspeth, MD, FACP

Gerald T. Keusch, MD

Benjamin P. Linas, MD

Aditya Mithal, PhD; George J. Murphy, PhD; Richard Giadone, PhD

George J. Murphy, PhD

Tuhina Neogi, MD

Raj Parikh, MD

Thomas T. Perls, MD

Jeffrey Samet, MD, MA, MPH

Kevin C. Wilson, MD

BU’s 2020 Perkins Awards for Distinguished Service Announced

Awardees Colin Riley, Kim Richards, Debra Paarz will be honored at a ceremony held later

Congratulations to Debra Paarz

Promotions

Appointments