Vaishali Sanchorawala Named Amyloidosis Center Director and Skinner Professor
Vaishali Sanchorawala, MD, Professor in the Section of Hematology/Oncology, was appointed Director of the Amyloidosis Center, and named the Wesley and Charlotte Skinner Professor for Research in Amyloidosis. Read more: http://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/2017/01/12/vaishali-sanchorawala-named-amyloidosis-center-director-and-skinner-professor/
DOM Faculty featured in Boston Magazine Top Docs 2016
Each year, Boston Magazine publishes its list of “Top Docs.” The Department of Medicine faculty members were well represented on the 2016 list. Please join us in congratulating the following physicians on this outstanding achievement:
Allergy and Immunology- Helen M. Hollingsworth
Cardiovascular Disease- Eric Awtry, Gary Balady, Sheilah Bernard, Robert Eberhardt
Cardiac Electrophysiology- Robert Helm
Interventional Cardiology- Alice Jacobs
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition- Alan Farwell, Michael Holick, Stephanie Lee, Joshua Safer
Gastroenterology- Francis Farraye, Robert Lowe, David Nunes
Geriatrics- Lisa Caruso, Hollis Day, Eric Hardt, Sharon Levine
Medical Oncology- Timothy Cooley, Gretchen Gignac, Kevan Hartshorn
Pulmonary Disease- Jeffrey Berman, Frederic Little, George O’Connor, Kevin Monahan
Vasan Ramachandran, MD, FACC named Jay and Louise Coffman Professor in Vascular Medicine
Vasan Ramachandran, MD, FACC, was named the Jay and Louise Coffman Professor in Vascular Medicine at an installation ceremony and reception on Friday, December 9, 2016.
The professorship honors Dr. Coffman (1928-2006) and his wife Louise. Dr. Coffman directed the Vascular Medicine Section and was an internationally recognized clinician investigator in the field of peripheral arterial, venous and vasculitic diseases. He discovered the principle of oxygen repayment in post-ischemic hyperemia, in the failure of the clinical use of vasodilators for peripheral arterial ischemia, and the diagnosis and treatment of Raynaud’s phenomenon. His wife Louise was a former BUMC nurse and an active member of the Boston University Women’s Auxiliary. Dr. Coffman was a consummate clinician and mentor who inspired his trainees and colleagues. He was an outstanding clinical investigator and used his understanding of vascular disease to help hundreds of patients and clinicians.
Ramachandran joined BUSM as an associate professor of Medicine in 1998 and was promoted to professor in 2006. He was appointed professor of Epidemiology at BU School of Public Health in 2013. Currently, he serves as Chief of the Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology in the Department of Medicine, Principal Investigator of the renowned Framingham Heart Study, with which he has been affiliated for the past 17 years, and Editor of Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics.
He received his medical degree from, and completed his residency in, internal medicine and fellowship in cardiology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. He is the recipient of many RO1 awards from the National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute and a mid-career clinical investigator award (K24).
Over the last 23 years, Ramachandran has made major contributions to the genetic and non-genetic epidemiology of congestive heart failure; population-based vascular testing, echocardiography and exercise testing; the genetic and non-genetic epidemiology of high blood pressure; and cardiovascular disease risk prediction models. His many awards and honors include the Department of Medicine’s Evans Scholar and Outstanding Mentor awards in 2010; Outstanding Mentor, American Heart Association (AHA) Council on Epidemiology Prevention in 2012; and the AHA’s prestigious Population Science Award in 2014.
Tracy Battaglia, MD appointed as Board Chair of the American Cancer Society
Tracy Battaglia, MD, Associate Professor in the Section of General Internal Medicine, has been appointed to a one-year term as Board Chair of the American Cancer Society (ACS) New England Division. https://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/2016/12/15/tracy-battaglia-american-cancer-society/
Darrell Kotton named David C. Seldin, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine
Darrell Kotton, MD, Professor in the Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep and Critical Care, was named David C. Seldin, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine at a ceremony and reception on Monday, October 31, 2016. The professorship honors Dr. Seldin, who died June 27, 2015. Dr. Seldin was the Section Chief of Hematology/Oncology and served as a course director for the Graduate Program in Molecular and Translational Medicine. An accomplished investigator, clinician and teacher, Dr. Seldin was a beacon of hope for his patients, a source of inspiration for his trainees and greatly admired by his colleagues.http://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/2016/10/19/darrell-kotton-to-receive-david-c-seldin-professorship/
Emelia Benjamin awarded Population Research Prize from American Heart Association
The American Heart Association (AHA) awarded its Population Research Prize for 2016 to Emelia Benjamin, MD, ScM. She was recognized “for highly relevant research findings contributing to a fuller understanding of the epidemiology, genetic basis, risk factors and prognosis of cardiovascular diseases, particularly inflammation, vascular function and atrial fibrillation.”
Benjamin, professor of medicine and epidemiology at Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health and senior investigator at the Framingham Heart Study, received the prize during the opening of the AHA’s Scientific Sessions 2016 on Sunday, Nov. 13, in New Orleans. AHA President Steven Houser, PhD, of Temple University in Philadelphia awarded the prize, a citation and $5,000 honorarium for outstanding achievement in population science.
Houser said Benjamin is a widely cited investigator who has co-authored 450 scientific reports spanning multiple areas of cardiovascular epidemiology in leading scientific journals. AHA’s president said she “is perhaps most noted for her contributions expanding knowledge of atrial fibrillation, its epidemiology, risk factors, genetic basis and prognosis.”
“It is evident that Dr. Benjamin’s investigative career has been remarkably successful and significant,” Houser said as he presented the AHA award.
Sheila Chapman M.D. and Sabrina Assoumou MD Named Associate Chairs for Under Represented Minority Faculty Development
Congratulations to Drs. Sheila Chapman and Sabrina Assoumou for being named Associate Chairs for Under-Represented Minority Faculty Development.
The goal of the Under-Represented Minority in Medicine (URM) Post-Graduate and Faculty Development Program is to increase the recruitment, retention, advancement, vitality, and visibility of URM trainees and faculty in the Department of Medicine (DOM). We also seek to foster a sense of community and create an inclusive environment that enables us to have discussions about race, and the role of social determinants of health on the Boston University Medical Campus.
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Faculty Awards
Emelia Benjamin, MD, received the Gold Heart Award from the American Heart Association (AHA)
Jeffrey Samet, MD, received AMERSA’s John P. McGovern Award for 2016. The award is given to an individual who has made significant contributions to substance use education and research
Tom Perls, MD, received Gerontological Society’s Joseph T. Freeman Award. This distinguished award is a lectureship in geriatrics and is awarded to a prominent physician in the field of aging, both in research and practice. The Freeman Lecture is one of the highlights of the Society's Annual Scientific Meeting.
Katya Ravid, DSc, PhD, was selected by the Pharmaceutical Company Pharmaxis for 2016-2017 Grant Award to be used for testing modalities for controlling bone marrow myelofibrosis.
Katrina Traber, MD, PhD, received a K08 award titled The Role of Oncostatin M in Pneumonia from the NIH, designed to transition her physician-scientist career to the role of principal investigator and to elucidate immune signaling pathways important to defending the lung against infection. Nahid Bhadelia has been recognized by two awards from Tufts: The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy’s Women’s Leadership Award (FWLA) which honors outstanding women graduates who are making a meaningful impact in the world in the private, public and NGO sectors. And Tufts Alumni Active Citizenship and Service Award- This award is presented to an individual alumna/us or an alumni group that develops and implements and/or participates in a program, event, or special outreach effort that contributes to improving the lives of others. Karen Jacobson has been awarded a new RO1 “The Impact of Alcoholism on TB Treatment Outcomes” which expands her research in the Western Cape Joshua Campbell, PhD, has been chosen for the Ralph Edwards Career Development Professorship at Boston University