June 2025 DOM Faculty Promotions
Congratulations to the following BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine DOM faculty on their recent appointment or promotion!
Professor
Valerie Gouon-Evans, PhD, PharmD, Medicine/Gastroenterology, studies liver development and therapeutic strategies to alleviate liver diseases using human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) and innovative nanoparticle mRNA platforms. Earlier this year she was named the inaugural BMC Research Excellence Award winner. She has a track record for training postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and technicians who have remained in the research field either in academia or with industry/consulting firms. She also mentors junior and peer faculty members through her position as the director of the BU Liver Biologist (BULB) program, which provides intellectual and technical resources for peers in the liver field at a local and national level. In addition, she is associate director of the molecular and translational medicine PhD program.
Clinical Associate Professor
Dellara Terry, MD, MPH, Medicine/Geriatrics, specializes in geriatrics and performs cognitive assessments at Boston Medical Center’s (BMC) Geriatrics Memory Disorders Clinic. Her primary role is chief and vice president of Value Based Care for the BMC Health System, where she addresses opportunities to improve clinical care delivery and risk-based contractual performance using a data-driven approach. Dr. Terry brings 20+ years of experience working in large integrated healthcare systems, venture-backed companies and academic medicine to her current role.
Deborah Whalen, MSN, MBA, APRN, Medicine/Cardiovascular Medicine, is a clinician and leader whose career over the last 30 years epitomizes individual clinical excellence. She currently serves as the director of quality and patient safety for the department of medicine. Through her extensive accomplishments in championing methodologies of quality assessment and improvement (QA/QI), she has inspired generations of MD-trained clinicians and advanced practice providers in the cardiovascular medicine section and larger department of medicine to incorporate QI into their clinical practice. Ms. Whalen has played a leadership role in shaping the clinical environment through numerous contributions that have been recognized at local, national and international levels.