Benjamin Wolozin, MD, PhD receives Jack Spivack Excellence in Neurosciences Award 2017

Benjamin Wolozin, MD, PhD, is the recipient of the Jack Spivack Excellence in Neurosciences Award for 2017. The award was established in 2013 to recognize and support the research of an outstanding faculty member conducting clinical or basic research in Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, and other neurological disorders. Wolozin’s discovery of the essential role […]

Joseph P. Mizgerd, ScD receives 2017 Wing Tat Lee award

  Joseph P. Mizgerd, ScD, Director of the Pulmonary Center, Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, and Biochemistry, will study Rhinovirus C, a recently discovered respiratory virus that may be an important cause of pneumonia and may exacerbate asthma, especially in children.

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- […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]