News & Updates
Shoumita Dasgupta, PhD, Elected to Association of Professors of Human and Medical Genetics
Congratulations to Shoumita Dasgupta, PhD, Associate Professor in the Section of Biomedical Genetics, who was recently elected as the president-elect of the Association of Professors of Human and Medical Genetics (APHMG). Dr. Dasgupta, who also serves in the capacity of assistant dean of admissions, will serve as president-elect from 2018-2020 and... More
David Center, MD, Named Treasurer of Association for Clinical and Translational Science
Congratulations to David Center, MD, Section Chief of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep and Critical Care Medicine and Professor of Medicine, for being named as treasurer of the Board of Directors for The Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) in 2018-19. The Association for Clinical and Translational Science focuses on four realms: research, More
Faculty Members Promoted to Associate Professors
Congratulations to the following DOM faculty members that have recently been promoted to Associate Professors: Vipul Chitalia, MED, Medicine (Nephrology), is an emerging national and international physician scientist in the field of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Focusing on cardiovascular manifestations in patients with CKD and using thrombosis as a disease model, More
Craig Noronha, MD, Named As A 2018 Faculty Selection For Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA)
Congratulations to Craig Noronha, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, who was announced as a 2018 faculty selection for Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA). Alpha Omega Alpha is the only national honor medical society in the world, and is organized solely for educational purposes. The goals of the society are the promotion of... More
Ryan Chippendale, MD, Receives Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
Congratulations to Ryan Chippendale, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Section of Geriatrics, who has been chosen as the recipient of the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, which is presented by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. The award is presented to faculty that best demonstrate the foundation’s ideals of... More
Jude Deeney, PhD, and Darrell Kotton, MD, Honored as 2018 BUSM Educators of the Year
Congratulations to Jude Deeney, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Section of Endocrinology, and Darrell Kotton, MD, David C. Seldin Professor of Medicine in the Section of Pulmonary, for being honored as BUSM Educators of the Year by the Committee on Faculty Affairs (CFA). They were honored as BUSM Educators of the Year... More
March 18 Faculty Appointments/Promotions
Congratulations to the following DOM Faculty Members on their initial appointments and promotions at Boston University School of Medicine: Initial Appointments: Abu S. Abdullah, M.B., B.S, Ph.D., M.P.H. – Research Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine Jocelyn Keehner, M.D. – Instructor of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine Kathleen E. Quintin, M.S.N., N.P. – Instructor of... More
Yang Jin, MD, PhD and Xiaoling Zhang, MD, PhD Named Recipients of the 2018 Wing Tat Lee Awards
Congratulations to Yang Jin, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine in Pulmonary, and Xiaoling Zhang, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine in Biomedical Genetics, who were selected to receive the 2018 Wing Tat Lee Awards. The awards were created to establish cooperative research programs between BUSM and Chinese universities, with... More
February 18 Faculty Appointments/Promotions
Congratulations to the following DOM Faculty Members on their initial appointments and promotions at Boston University School of Medicine: Initial Appointments Philip Lederer, M.D. – Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases Timothy Wymer, M.D. – Instructor of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine Promotions Jai G. Marathe, M.B., B.S., M.S. – Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Infectious... More
Joseph Kaserman, MD, receives John W. Walsh Translational Research Award in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
Joseph Kaserman, MD, Instructor in the Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep and Critical Care, received the inaugural John W. Walsh Translational Research Award in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. The award is named in honor of John W. Walsh, the co founder of the Alpha-1 Foundation, who dedicated his life to finding a... More