Robert Witzburg, MD, named the 2017 recipient of the Jerome Klein Award for Physician Excellence

 

Congratulations to Dr. Robert Witzburg, Professor of Medicine in the Section of General Internal Medicine, for being named the 2017 recipient of the Jerome Klein Award for Physician Excellence. This award was established in 2010 to commemorate Jerome Klein’s 50 years of service to BUSM/BMC and is presented annually to a physician that shares Dr. Klein’s attributes, which include clinical and research excellence, leadership, and a dedicated commitment to education and mentoring.

Read more: https://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/2017/12/06/robert-witzburg-md-honored-for-physician-excellence-with-jerome-klein-award/

 

December 17 Faculty Appointments/Promotions

Congratulations to the following DOM Faculty Members on their initial appointments at Boston University School of Medicine:

Initial Appointments

Adam Gower, Ph.D. – Research Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Computational Biomedicine

Jennifer Howard, M.S.N., APN-BC – Instructor of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine

Arpan Mohanty, M.B., B.S. – Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology

Megan R. Whelton, M.D., M.P.H. – Instructor of Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine

Boston Magazine’s Top Doctors 2017

Boston Magazine's annual Top Docs issue has hit newsstands, and the Department of Medicine was well represented. Congratulations to the following faculty members named to the list:

top docs

 

Allergy & Immunology

Helen M. Hollingsworth

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Robert H. Helm
Kevin M. Monahan

Cardiovascular Disease

Eric H. Awtry
Gary J. Balady
Sheilah A. Bernard
Robert T. Eberhardt

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

Sonia Ananthakrishnan
Alan P. Farwell
Michael F. Holick
Stephanie L. Lee
Elizabeth N. Pearce
Joshua D. Safer

Gastroenterology

Francis A. Farraye
David R. Lichtenstein
Robert C. Lowe
David P. Nunes
Paul C. Schroy III

Geriatric Medicine

Heidi P. Auerbach
Lisa B. Caruso
Hollis D. Day
Eric J. Hardt
Sharon A. Levine

Hematology

Vaishali H. Sanchorawala

Internal Medicine

Thomas W. Barber
Melissa D. DiPetrillo
Warren Y. Hershman
Angela H. Jackson
Susan L. Phillips
Jeffrey H. Samet

Interventional Cardiology

Alice K. Jacobs
Ashvin N. Pande

Medical Oncology

Timothy P. Cooley
Gretchen Gignac
Kevan L. Hartshorn
Adam Lerner

Nephrology

Jasvinder S. Bhatia
David J. Salant

Pulmonary Disease

John L. Berk
Jeffrey S. Berman
John Bernardo
Harrison W. Farber
Frederic F. Little
George T. O'Connor Jr.
Arthur C. Theodore

Rheumatology

David T. Felson
Eugene Y. Kissin
Paul A. Monach
Robert W. Simms

 

 

Matthew Kulke, M.D., appointed Chief of the Section of Hematology/Oncology and Zoltan Kohn Professor of Medicine

Kulke

Matthew Kulke, M.D., has been appointed Chief of the Section of Hematology/Oncology and Zoltan Kohn Professor of Medicine effective March 1, 2018. In addition, he will also serve as Deputy Director of the BU-BMC Cancer Center and Medical Director of the Clinical Cancer Center at BMC. Dr. Kulke currently serves as the Director of the Program in Neuroendocrine and Carcinoid Tumors at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and has received numerous awards for his accomplishments as a clinical investigator and provider of compassionate care to patients. He has led national and international clinical trials to identify new therapeutic and diagnostic approaches to neuroendocrine tumors and gastrointestinal malignancies, and has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles about neuroendocrine tumors.

Read more: https://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/2017/11/21/matthew-kulke-md-joins-bumc/

Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH, promoted to Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education (CME)

 

Congratulations to Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine in the Section of General Internal Medicine, on his promotion to Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education (CME). Dr. Alford has served as Assistant Dean for CME since September 2011, and holds a number of positions, including directing the Safe and Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain) and the BU Evidence-based SBIRT Student Training (BESST) programs at BUSM, and directing the Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit in the Section of General Internal Medicine and the NIDA-funded Chief Resident Immersion Training (CRIT) Program in Addiction Medicine at BMC. Dr Alford joined the BUSM faculty in 1996, and his clinical, educational and research interests focus on opioid use disorders and safe and competent opioid prescribing for chronic pain. Additional honors include:

  • Served as past- president of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA)
  • Recognized as a “Champion of Change” by the White House in 2011
  • Received the AMA “Award for Health Education” in 2014
  • Received the American Society of Addiction Medicine first “Educator of the Year Award" in 2016
  • Received the American College of Physicians “Award for Distinguished Contributions to Behavioral Medicine" in 2017

 

 

 

Caroline Apovian, M.D., named President of The Obesity Society

 

Caroline M. Apovian, MD, Professor in the Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, was named President of The Obesity Society (TOS), a nonprofit scientific and educational organization that is dedicated to expanding research, the prevention and treatment of obesity, and reducing discrimination affecting persons with obesity.  Read more: https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/11/01/1172672/0/en/Caroline-Apovian-Named-President-of-The-Obesity-Society.html

James Hudspeth, M.D. and Kristen Lee, M.D., honored and inducted into newly formed Clinical Excellence Society

 

Members of the BU Medical Group, formerly known as the Faculty Practice Foundation, honored the clinical contributions of BU faculty who exemplify the mission and values of the Group through leadership, patient care and innovative perspectives. James Hudspeth, MD, Section of General Internal Medicine and Kristen Lee, MD, Section of General Internal Medicine were among the 15 fifteen faculty inducted into the newly formed Clinical Excellence Society.

In addition, Dr. Hudspeth was presented the Excellence in Care Award, which is presented to an early or mid-career clinician that demonstrates clinical excellence and serves as an exceptional role model for the values in his clinical work.

Congratulations to Dr. Hudspeth and Dr. Lee!

Read more: http://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/2017/10/19/bubmc-faculty-recognized-for-clinical-excellence/

October 17 Faculty Appointments/Promotions

Congratulations to the following DOM Faculty Members on their initial appointments at Boston University School of Medicine:

Initial Appointments

Patricia Dominique, M.S.N., NP – Instructor of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine

Lisa M. Mendelson, M.S.N., CNP – Instructor of Medicine, Section of Hematology & Medical Oncology

Alana Ngo, M.S.N., FNP-BC – Instructor of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine

2017 New Faculty Awards

 

The Department of Medicine would like to recognize and congratulate the following faculty members for new awards received:

September 2017: Boston Medical Center 

Deepa Gopal, Cardiology, Cardiac Phenotyping to Identify Preclinical Heart Failure in Metabolic Syndrome, American Heart Association

Jeffrey Samet, General Internal Medicine, Linking Russian Narcology and HIV Care to Enhance Treatment, Retention and Outcomes Part II, NIH-NIDA

Jeffrey Samet, General Internal Medicine, ST. PETER HIV-Alcohol, Protein Biomarkers and Cardiovascular Disease Risk, NIH-NIAAA

Jeffrey Samet, General Internal Medicine, Pilot Study of Opioid-receptor Antagonist to Reduce Pain and Inflammation among HIV-Infected Persons, NIH-NIAAA

Ricardo Cruz, General Internal Medicine, Project Recover (Referral, Engagement, Case Management and Overdose Prevention Education in Recov…), DHHS

Ian Rifkin, Nephrology, The Role of Interferon Regulatory Factor 5 in the Pathogenesis of SLE, NIH-NIAID

 

July, August 2017: Boston University

Jessica Fetterman, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Topmed Informatics Resource Center- Data and Working Group Support, University of Michigan

William Evan Johnson, Computational Biomedicine, An Interactive Analysis Toolkit for Single cell RNA-SEQ In Cancer Research, NIH/National Cancer Institute

Suzanne Sarfaty, GIM, Outreach Van Project, Mass Medical Society

Kenneth Walsh, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Somatic TET2 Mutations in Cardiac Remodeling, NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Inst.

Francesca Seta, Vascular Biology, Boston Nutrition Obesity Research Center, Boston Medical Center Corporation

David Felson, Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Fats, Fiber and Osteoarthritis, NIH/National Institute of Arthritis & Mu

Jason Rock, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Mechanisms of Adult Lung Alveologenesis, NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Inst.

Hasmeena Kathuria, Pulmonary Center, Capitalizing on Hospitalization to Engage Low Ses Smokers in LDCT Screening, American Lung Association

Lee Quinton, Pulmonary Center, Inducible Epithelial Resilience During Pneumonia, NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Inst.

Traci Bethea, Slone Epidemiology Center, An Assessment of Whether Aspirin and/or Vitamin D Improves Breast Cancer Outcomes in Black Women and the Modifying Effect of Genetic Variants, NIH/National Cancer Institute

Naomi Hamburg, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Novel Factors For Muscle Mass Strength In Adults, Hebrew Senior Life