News & Updates
Ryan Chippendale, MD, Receives Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
Congratulations to Ryan Chippendale, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Section of Geriatrics, who has been chosen as the recipient of the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, which is presented by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. The award is presented to faculty that best demonstrate the foundation’s ideals of... More
Jude Deeney, PhD, and Darrell Kotton, MD, Honored as 2018 BUSM Educators of the Year
Congratulations to Jude Deeney, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Section of Endocrinology, and Darrell Kotton, MD, David C. Seldin Professor of Medicine in the Section of Pulmonary, for being honored as BUSM Educators of the Year by the Committee on Faculty Affairs (CFA). They were honored as BUSM Educators of the Year... More
March 18 Faculty Appointments/Promotions
Congratulations to the following DOM Faculty Members on their initial appointments and promotions at Boston University School of Medicine: Initial Appointments: Abu S. Abdullah, M.B., B.S, Ph.D., M.P.H. – Research Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine Jocelyn Keehner, M.D. – Instructor of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine Kathleen E. Quintin, M.S.N., N.P. – Instructor of... More
Yang Jin, MD, PhD and Xiaoling Zhang, MD, PhD Named Recipients of the 2018 Wing Tat Lee Awards
Congratulations to Yang Jin, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine in Pulmonary, and Xiaoling Zhang, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine in Biomedical Genetics, who were selected to receive the 2018 Wing Tat Lee Awards. The awards were created to establish cooperative research programs between BUSM and Chinese universities, with... More
February 18 Faculty Appointments/Promotions
Congratulations to the following DOM Faculty Members on their initial appointments and promotions at Boston University School of Medicine: Initial Appointments Philip Lederer, M.D. – Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases Timothy Wymer, M.D. – Instructor of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine Promotions Jai G. Marathe, M.B., B.S., M.S. – Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Infectious... More
Joseph Kaserman, MD, receives John W. Walsh Translational Research Award in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
Joseph Kaserman, MD, Instructor in the Section of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep and Critical Care, received the inaugural John W. Walsh Translational Research Award in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. The award is named in honor of John W. Walsh, the co founder of the Alpha-1 Foundation, who dedicated his life to finding a... More
Flora Sam, MD, Appointed Interim Director of the Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute
Flora Sam, MD, Professor in the Section of Cardiology, has been appointed the Interim Director of the Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, effective February 1. She is replacing Kenneth Walsh, PhD, who has accepted a position at the University of Virginia. Dr. Sam serves as an advanced heart failure cardiologist and her research... More
January 18 Faculty Appointments/Promotions
Congratulations to the following DOM Faculty Members on their initial appointments and promotions at Boston University School of Medicine: Initial Appointments Luis M. Agosto Vazquez, Ph.D. – Research Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases Alexa Diranian, PA-C – Instructor of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine Marie F. Guerrier, M.S.N., ANP – Instructor of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics Nicole... More
David Salant, M.D. named as next Vice Chair of Research
David Salant, M.D., has been named as the next Vice Chair of Research effective March 1, 2018. Dr. Salant is the Norman Levinsky Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Section of Nephrology, and has had a very distinguished career as a physician investigator, academic leader, and mentor. His group’s sentinel... More
Robert Witzburg, MD, named the 2017 recipient of the Jerome Klein Award for Physician Excellence
Congratulations to Dr. Robert Witzburg, Professor of Medicine in the Section of General Internal Medicine, for being named the 2017 recipient of the Jerome Klein Award for Physician Excellence. This award was established in 2010 to commemorate Jerome Klein’s 50 years of service to BUSM/BMC and is presented annually to... More