News & Updates
Medicine Faculty Members Promoted to Full Professorships
The Department of Medicine recently had the following faculty members promoted to faculty professorships: Tuhina Neogi, MD Daniel Alford, MD Robin Ingalls, MD Michael Paasche Orlow, MD Flora Sam, MD Congratulations!!! Read more: http://www.bu.edu/today/2017/medical-campus-full-professorships/
Sondra Crosby, MD, Named a 2017 Community Clinician of the Year
Sondra Crosby, MD, Associate Professor in the Section of General Internal Medicine, was named as a 2017 Community Clinician of the Year by her physician peers of the Suffolk District Medical Society. Read more http://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/2017/03/23/sondra-crosby-named-a-2017-community-clinician-of-the-year/
Joshua Safer MD, honored by Massachusetts Medical Society
Joshua D. Safer, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Section of Endocrinology, has been honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society as the 2017 recipient of the society’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health Award. This honor recognizes individuals that have made outstanding contributions to LGBT health. Dr. Safer will receive... More
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/
Joanne Murabito, MD, ScM named Co-PI of Framingham Heart Study
Joanne Murabito, MD, ScM, became Co-PI of the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) on Jan. 1, 2017. She joins Dr. Vasan Ramachandran’s (FHS Director and PI) team along with Dr. Martin Larson (also Co-PI) at FHS.
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... More
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- More
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... More