Asher A. Tulsky MD
Emeritus Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine
75 E. Newton St | (617) 638-6500asher.tulsky@bmc.org
tulskyaa@bu.edu

Sections
General Internal Medicine
Biography
Asher A. Tulsky, MD, is Associate Professor of Medicine at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and associate chief for education in the Section of General Internal Medicine in the Department of Medicine. He is also Director of Resident Development at the internal medicine residency program at Boston Medical Center where he established and runs the professional development coaching program and directs the remediation program for residents in need. His passion is in the care of patients from vulnerable populations, enhancing the education of training physicians and mentoring and advocating for early and mid-career faculty. Other areas of involvement include supporting clinicians in optimizing their patients experience in care and communication skills training.
Education
Medicine, MD, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Publications
Uetz M, Ananthakrishnan S, Tulsky A, Demers LB, Noronha C. More specific feedback: why "confidence" in feedback is too ambiguous. Postgrad Med J. 2024 Jun 28; 100(1185):521-522. PMID: 37973406.
Published on 12/1/2012Tulsky A, Aultman JM, Zirwas MJ. Personality testing in resident selection. Virtual Mentor. 2012 Dec; 14(12):937-45. PMID: 23351940.
Published on 7/19/2012Morrell ED, Katz WE, Tulsky AA. Morbid obesity: obscuring the diagnosis of aortic stenosis in a patient with cardiogenic wheezing. J Gen Intern Med. 2013 Jan; 28(1):155-9. PMID: 22810357.
Published on 6/1/2007Williams BC, Weber V, Babbott SF, Kirk LM, Heflin MT, O'toole E, Schapira MM, Eckstrom E, Tulsky A, Wolf AM, Landefeld S. Faculty development for the 21st century: lessons from the Society of General Internal Medicine-Hartford Collaborative Centers for the Care of Older Adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 Jun; 55(6):941-7. PMID: 17537098.
Published on 7/1/2002Tannery NH, Foust JE, Gregg AL, Hartman LM, Kuller AB, Worona P, Tulsky AA. Use of Web-based library resources by medical students in community and ambulatory settings. J Med Libr Assoc. 2002 Jul; 90(3):305-9. PMID: 12113515.
Published on 10/1/2001Barnard K, Elnicki DM, Lescisin DA, Tulsky A, Armistead N. Students' perceptions of the effectiveness of interns' teaching during the internal medicine clerkship. Acad Med. 2001 Oct; 76(10 Suppl):S8-10. PMID: 11597858.
Published on 1/1/1999Chodosh J, Tulsky A, Naumburg E, Branca L, Frankel RM, McCann RM, Katz PR, Hall WJ. What residents want to know about geriatrics: an approach to curriculum development. Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 1999; 20(2):19-35.
Published on 7/1/1998deLahunta EA, Tulsky A. Resistance to adding curricula about domestic violence. Acad Med. 1998 Jul; 73(7):726-7. PMID: 9679459.
Published on 6/1/1998Tulsky AA, Kouides RW. Abstract presentations: what do SGIM presenters prefer? Society of General Internal Medicine. J Gen Intern Med. 1998 Jun; 13(6):417-8. PMID: 9669572.
Published on 6/26/1996deLahunta EA, Tulsky AA. Personal exposure of faculty and medical students to family violence. JAMA. 1996 Jun 26; 275(24):1903-6. PMID: 8648871.