News & Updates

Appointments & Promotions – June ’20

Professor(s): Renda Wiener, MD   Clinical Professor(s): Christine Reardon, MD   Assistant Professors: Navid Alavi, MD Hussein Assi, MD Nabila Azad, MD Nicholas Bosch, MD Kathryn Fantasia, MD Jean Liew, MD Nicole Mushero, MD

Appointments & Promotions – May ’20

Professor(s): Alan Moss, MD   Assistant Professors: Polly Dhond, PhD Albert Nadjaria, MD Jennifer Palmer, MD Purva Ranchal, MD Angela Reffel, PA-C Haihua Zhang, MD   Instructors: Sarah Khan, MD Lauren Kearney, MD Ryan Knodle, MD Justin Peterson, MD Tashia Prince-Lacombe, NP Samantha Rawlins-Pilgrim, MD Olivia Rowse, MD Stephen Russell, MD Melinda Tonelli, MD Judy Tran, NP

Support IM Residents COVID-19 Relief Fund

As Boston Medical Center cares for the second largest volume of COVID-19 patients in Boston, our internal medicine trainees, as well as all our hospital personnel, have demonstrated a level of dedication and professionalism every step of the way. Help support them while they are on the frontlines by making... More

Appointments & Promotions – April ’20

Welcome to the Department of Medicine! Appointments Gaelle Cottan-Brun, MD, Instructor General Internal Medicine Ian Downs, MD, Instructor General Internal Medicine Sadie Elisseou, MD, Adjunct Instructor General Internal Medicine Sarah Phillips, MD, Instructor Geriatrics

Perspectives From the Frontlines

As the largest safety-net hospital in New England, Boston Medical Center cares for the most vulnerable and often under-served communities in Boston and is currently caring for the second highest number of COVID-19 patients in the city.Drs. James Hudspeth and Sarah Kimball of the Department’s Section of General Internal Medicine... More

Dr. Kevin Wilson Among Expert U.S. Panel that Developed NIH COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines

Kevin Wilson, MD, professor of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine, is among a panel of 30 U.S. physicians, statisticians and other experts which has developed treatment guidelines for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).These guidelines, intended for healthcare providers, are based on published and preliminary data and the clinical expertise... More

DOM Faculty Insights on COVID-19

Joshua Barocas, MD KISS 108 Matty in the Morning | Dr. Joshua Barocas Calls In Huffington Post | Social Distancing: Can You Hang Out With Friends If You Stay 6 Feet Apart? STAT | The coronavirus pandemic could transform our health care system — for the better WBUR | Hospitals Seeing Rise In Coronavirus Cases A Week... More

GIM’s Debra Paarz Awarded BU’s 2020 Perkins Award

BU’s 2020 Perkins Awards for Distinguished Service Announced Awardees Colin Riley, Kim Richards, Debra Paarz will be honored at a ceremony held later Congratulations to Debra Paarz A quarter-century BU veteran, Paarz has spent most of the last two decades with MED’s 120-instructor general internal medicine section, currently serving as its administrator—which now... More

Appointments & Promotions – Spring ’20

Congratulations to all faculty recently promoted and welcome to all recent appointments! Promotions Fuzhong Qin, Professor Cardiovascular Medicine Nahid Bhadelia, Associate Professor Infectious Disease Karen Jacobson, Associate Professor Infectious Disease Hans Meier Ewert, Clinical Associate Professor Cardiovascular Medicine Liu Gang, Research Associate Professor Computational Biomedicine Kei Yasuda, Assistant Professor Nephrology Appointments Avik Chatterjee, Assistant Professor General Internal Medicine Simeon Kimmel, Assistant Professor General Internal Medicine Thomas Ku, Assistant Professor General... More