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Session Recap from A Day of Collective Engagement
Opening Remarks and Opening Plenary "Until we each understand how an Africa-American student or a Latino staff member sees and experiences our actions and words, we will be forever on the outside of the cycle of racism that afflicts us. We must aspire to be the Boston University deserving of the... More
Appointments & Promotions – June ’20
Professor(s): Renda Wiener, MD Clinical Professor(s): Christine Reardon, MD Assistant Professors: Navid Alavi, MD Hussein Assi, MD Nabila Azad, MD Nicholas Bosch, MD Kathryn Fantasia, MD Jean Liew, MD Nicole Mushero, MD
Appointments & Promotions – May ’20
Professor(s): Alan Moss, MD Assistant Professors: Polly Dhond, PhD Albert Nadjaria, MD Jennifer Palmer, MD Purva Ranchal, MD Angela Reffel, PA-C Haihua Zhang, MD Instructors: Sarah Khan, MD Lauren Kearney, MD Ryan Knodle, MD Justin Peterson, MD Tashia Prince-Lacombe, NP Samantha Rawlins-Pilgrim, MD Olivia Rowse, MD Stephen Russell, MD Melinda Tonelli, MD Judy Tran, NP
Dr. Carl Streed receives Outstanding Recent Graduate Award from Johns Hopkins Alumni Association
Dr. Carl Streed is recognized with the Outstanding Recent Graduate Award for exemplifying the Johns Hopkins tradition excellence through outstanding achievements in his professional life. He will be recognized along with fellow award recipients at an in-person celebration when normal operations resume. Carl Streed is an Assistant Professor in the section... More
Support IM Residents COVID-19 Relief Fund
As Boston Medical Center cares for the second largest volume of COVID-19 patients in Boston, our internal medicine trainees, as well as all our hospital personnel, have demonstrated a level of dedication and professionalism every step of the way. Help support them while they are on the frontlines by making... More
Appointments & Promotions – April ’20
Welcome to the Department of Medicine! Appointments Gaelle Cottan-Brun, MD, Instructor General Internal Medicine Ian Downs, MD, Instructor General Internal Medicine Sadie Elisseou, MD, Adjunct Instructor General Internal Medicine Sarah Phillips, MD, Instructor Geriatrics
Perspectives From the Frontlines
As the largest safety-net hospital in New England, Boston Medical Center cares for the most vulnerable and often under-served communities in Boston and is currently caring for the second highest number of COVID-19 patients in the city.Drs. James Hudspeth and Sarah Kimball of the Department’s Section of General Internal Medicine... More
Dr. Kevin Wilson Among Expert U.S. Panel that Developed NIH COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines
Kevin Wilson, MD, professor of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine, is among a panel of 30 U.S. physicians, statisticians and other experts which has developed treatment guidelines for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).These guidelines, intended for healthcare providers, are based on published and preliminary data and the clinical expertise... More
DOM Faculty Insights on COVID-19
Joshua Barocas, MD KISS 108 Matty in the Morning | Dr. Joshua Barocas Calls In Huffington Post | Social Distancing: Can You Hang Out With Friends If You Stay 6 Feet Apart? STAT | The coronavirus pandemic could transform our health care system — for the better WBUR | Hospitals Seeing Rise In Coronavirus Cases A Week... More
GIM’s Debra Paarz Awarded BU’s 2020 Perkins Award
BU’s 2020 Perkins Awards for Distinguished Service Announced Awardees Colin Riley, Kim Richards, Debra Paarz will be honored at a ceremony held later Congratulations to Debra Paarz A quarter-century BU veteran, Paarz has spent most of the last two decades with MED’s 120-instructor general internal medicine section, currently serving as its administrator—which now... More