News & Updates
DoM Faculty Appointments and Promotions – May 2024
Congratulations to the following Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine faculty on their recent appointment or promotion. Associate Professor Christopher Heaphy, PhD, Medicine/Hematology & Medical Oncology, focuses on cancer biomarker discovery and validation with the aim to utilize novel tissue-based biomarkers to improve individualized prevention, detection and treatment strategies. In particular, he... More
2024 DoM Evans Days Abstract Submission is Open!
Nominate A Staff Member for a DoM Annual Staff Award – Deadline June 10, 2024!
Submissions are now open through June 10th for our two Annual DOM Staff Awards! See details and links to submit below. The David "Aaron" Freed Compassion & Excellence Award Nomination Criteria Nominee should be a non-faculty member of the Department of Medicine for at least one year who demonstrates the following qualities: Dedication... More
Hollis D. Day, MD, MS, MHPE, Delivers Distinguished Professor in Geriatrics Keynote Lecture
Hollis D. Day, MD, MS, MHPE, associate professor of medicine, delivered the Distinguished Professor in Geriatrics (DPG) keynote lecture at the annual Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) meeting held recently in Boston. Day, who also is chief of geriatrics at Boston Medical Center (BMC), discussed the future of geriatrics... More
DoM Faculty Appointments and Promotions – April 2024
Congratulations to the following Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine faculty on their recent appointment or promotion! Associate Professor Maureen Dubreuil, MD, MSc, Medicine/Rheumatology, specializes in spondyloarthritis, including the pharmacoepidemiology of spondyloarthritis. Her work has shown protective effects of medications on disease outcomes and comorbidities. She recently led a national project to... More
Karen Antman Stepping Down as BU’s Medical School Dean and Medical Campus Provost
Original Post Karen Antman, who led two transformative decades for Boston University’s Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine as dean of the school and provost of the Medical Campus, has announced plans to step down from those roles and return to the faculty at the BU medical school as a professor... More
DoM STARDoM May Awardee!
Join us in congratulating this month's STARDoM Awardee, Ve Troung!! Ve Truong is a Senior Research Manager in General Internal Medicine. "Ve Truong truly is a STAR employee. Her SERVICE is consistently exceptional – from expertly managing the start-up, transition and implementation of an NIH clinical trial from one international setting... More
Tony Hollenberg, MD, John Wade Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine, has been appointed President of Boston Medical Center
As we continue to reimagine how we deliver expert and equitable care to our patients and members as a fully integrated health system, we are excited to share that the BMC Board of Directors has voted to appoint Anthony “Tony” Hollenberg, MD, as President of Boston Medical Center. Dr. Hollenberg... More
DoM Nurse Receives Nurses Week Provider Partner of the Year Award
Congratulations to DoM's Dr. Christopher Huang for winning one of this year's Nurses Week Provider Partner of the Year Awards, given to providers who are great partners to us in caring for our patients here at BMC! Quotes from nomination letters are below. "Dr. Huang is the first to recognize exceptional... More
DOM Faculty Receives DEIA Recognition Awards
Assistant Professor of Medicine Ricardo Cruz, MD, MPH, MA is one of two to receive the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility (DEIA) of the Year Award. The award recognizes those who have done an extraordinary job at addressing and improving diversity and fostering a culture of inclusion, equity and accessibility throughout... More