NEJM Editorial by Dr. George O’Connor featured in New York Times

Featured in the New York Times article “E-Cigarettes Are Effective at Helping Smokers Quit, a Study Says”, the New England Journal of Medicine editorial by BU pulmonologist  Dr. George O’Connor and Dr. Belinda Borrelli, a behavioral health expert, “noted that 80 percent of the study participants who had quit by using e-cigarettes were still vaping at one […]

Dr. Tuhina Neogi is new Chief of Rheumatology

We are delighted to announce that Tuhina Neogi, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medicine, has accepted our offer to become Chief of the Rheumatology Section effective January 1, 2019. Dr. Neogi received her M.D. from the University of Toronto and Ph.D. from the Boston University School of Public Health. She leads an internationally known research […]

AY18 Research Accomplishments

  The Department of Medicine would like to recognize the following research accomplishments that occurred during FY18. Congratulations to all the faculty members for their innovative, ground breaking research!   Published Studies Receiving Mainstream and Science Media Attention: Bindu Kalesan’s study in the Journal of Affective Disorders found that the average profile of an American using […]

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, […]

May 17 Faculty Appointments/Promotions

Congratulations to the following DOM Faculty Members on their initial appointments/promotions at Boston University School of Medicine: Initial Appointments Deborah Afezolli M.D. – Instructor of Medicine in General Internal Medicine Daniel Belz M.D., M.P.H. – Instructor of Medicine in General Internal Medicine Hugo Carmona M.D. – Instructor of Medicine in General Internal Medicine Raagini Jawa […]

April 17 Faculty Appointments/Promotions

  Congratulations to the following DOM Faculty Members on their initial appointments/promotions at Boston University School of Medicine: Initial Appointments Asher Tulsky, MD- Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine Stephanie Foley, MSN, FNP-C- Instructor of Medicine, Section of Cardiology Miren Guenechea Sola, MD- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary Marcin Trojanowski, […]

Steven Borkan, MD, selected for Alpha Omega Alpha 2017

Steven Borkan, MD, Professor in the Section of Nephrology, was selected for Alpha Omega Alpha, the only national honor medical society in the world. Read more: http://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/2017/03/07/aoa-announces-2017-faculty-selections/    

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 […]