News & Updates
DoM Community Volunteer and Continued Learning Opportunities!
Volunteer and Continued Learning Opportunities FriendshipWorks FriendshipWorks provides support and companionship to seniors to deter and alleviate elder isolations. Connect with Ellen Duncan (eduncan@fw4elders.org) for more information. Boys and Girls Club of Boston - Volunteer Tutoring If anyone is looking for a recurring volunteer opportunity, BGCB is currently recruiting volunteer tutors across multiple sites. More
DoM Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Faculty Awards!
2026 Dahod Breast Cancer Research Awards Mollie Barnard, ScD, and Ruben Dries, PhD, both assistant professors of medicine/hematology & medical oncology, will test whether tumor samples from the Black Women’s Health Study can support high‑resolution mapping of immune cells in breast cancer. They will assess data quality and identify the most... More
DoM Evans Days Speakers Announced!
DoM Grand Rounds: “State of the Department” Presented by Vicki Jackson, MD, MPH
Join us for the Department of Medicine's Grand Rounds on Friday, February 6th at 12 PM in the Keefer Auditorium.
DoM Faculty Named to Boston Magazine Top Docs
Boston Magazine has published its annual list of “Top Docs,” and I’m pleased to share that many of our DOM BMC clinician-faculty – across a variety of fields and specialties – are included on the list. Please join me in congratulating them on this achievement and for providing exceptional care... More
2026 Antman Bair-Merritt Gender Equity Endowed Fund Award
We are pleased to announce DOM's Dr. Maya Abdallah was one of two recipients of the 2026 of the Antman Bair-Merritt Gender Equity Endowed Fund award. Created in 2021 through a donor gift and a $50,000 NIH prize, the fund supports BU faculty pursuing research or educational projects on gender... More
DOM Faculty Appointments and Promotions – December 2025
Congratulations to the following Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine DOM faculty on their recent appointment or promotion. Clinical Professor J. Mark Sloan, MD, Medicine/Hematology & Medical Oncology, is a hematologist at Boston Medical Center (BMC) with research interests in HTLV-1 associated adult leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL), AL amyloidosis, and Duffy-null associated neutrophil counts... More
January STARDoM Awardee!!
Join us in congratulating this month's STARDoM awardee!!! Patrick Brown, Operations Supervisor, General Internal Medicine "Patrick has been a huge asset to the GIM Ops team. He is constantly present on the floor, providing support to the entire clinic and making sure that things are working smoothly. I've noticed a change in... More
Home For Dinner: DOM’s Epic Coaching Program
Welcome to the Department of Medicine’s new Epic coaching program - Home For Dinner! Boost Your efficiency in Epic with Personalized One-on-One Coaching We are excited to offer our clinical faculty a unique opportunity to enhance efficiency and effectiveness with the Epic electronic medical record system. This personalized one-on-one coaching program is... More
DOM Faculty Appointments and Promotions – October 2025
Congratulations to the following DOM Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine faculty on their recent appointment or promotion! Clinical Professor Charles Tifft, MD’73, Medicine/GIM, specializes in the prevention and treatment of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. The clinician-educator has been a member of the BU/Boston Medical Center (BMC) community since he was a... More