News & Updates
DoM in the Media: First Referral Guide Issued for Axial Spondyloarthritis
SAN DIEGO — The Spondyloarthritis Research and Treatment Network (SPARTAN) has created the first referral recommendations for axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). The draft recommendations use a points scoring system, with the goal that at least 1 in 3 patients referred would be diagnosed with axSpA, an inflammatory arthritis that affects the central skeleton and... More
DoM Faculty Promotions!
Clinical Associate Professor Gopala Yadavalli, MD, Infectious Diseases, is a clinician-educator focused on the care of inpatients. He splits his clinical time at Boston Medical Center (BMC) between attending on inpatient infectious diseases ward and consult services. Shortly after joining the faculty in 2011, Dr. Yadavalli co-created BMC’s inpatient infectious diseases ward... More
DoM’s Mark Logue, PhD: They Served Their Country. Now, They’re Serving Their Fellow Veterans
James Whitworth traces the path to his military service in simple terms: “I heard the call, and I answered,” says the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine assistant professor of psychiatry. It was just after the attacks on September 11, 2001, Whitworth recalls, and he enlisted in the... More
Dr. Gopal Yadavalli Receives Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Yadavalli on being a 2024 recipient of the Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award!
37th Annual Evans Days Symposium Highlights Extensive, Important Research
Tablet in hand, David Salant, MD, the Robert Dawson Evans Distinguished Professor of Medicine, paused briefly in his judging of the 160 poster presentations at the annual Department of Medicine Evans Days, to answer a question on what had changed over the 37-year history of the two-day symposium. “The volume and quality... More
Congratulations to This Year’s Evans Days Awardees!
Evans Days Poster & Presentation Winners Clinical Poster Winners: 1st Place: Samantha Malatesta, PhD Candidate 2nd Place: Adriana Flores, MD 3rd Place: Alex Werekuu, MPH Basic Science Poster Winners: 1st Place: Gwen Beacham, PhD 2nd Place: Burcu Erdogan, PhD 3rd Place: Lorraine Soares De Oliveira, PhD Clinical Oral Presentation Winners: 1st Place: Lauren Kearney, MD 2nd Place: Victoria Overbeck, MPH 3rd Place: Breanne Biondi, MPH Basic Oral Science Presentation Winners: 1st Place: Lucien Garo, More
CReM Celebrates 10th Anniversary as Pioneering Center for Stem Cell Research
Professor of Medicine Gustavo Mostoslavsky, MD, PhD, recalled fellow Argentinian scientist and Nobel Prize winner Cesar Milstein telling him that as young scientist you are presented with a ball full of knots and that you keep untying them, one knot at a time, and, maybe, 20 years later you might have... More
Call for DEIA Week Volunteers – Apply Here!
The Department of Medicine will hold its first annual Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Week the week of March 18, 2024. We are looking for members of our faculty, staff, and trainees to take part in the planning and implementation of this event. In the DoM, we are dedicated to fostering a... More
Dr. Frederick Ruberg Named Next Section Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine
The Department of Medicine is very pleased to announce that Dr. Frederick L. Ruberg will become the next Section Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine, effective December 1, 2023. Dr. Ruberg will also be appointed as the Thomas J. Ryan Professor of Medicine. As you all know, he has served Boston Medical... More
DoM Seeking Applicants for the Evans Junior Faculty Research Merit Award
Since the 2008-9 academic year, the Department of Medicine has made annual awards to recognize and assist outstanding junior faculty investigators through the Evans Junior Faculty Research Merit Award. We are pleased to announce that we are now seeking applications for AY 24-25. The award provides two years of support at up... More