News Archive
Dr. Andrea Havasi Promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine
Congratulations to Dr. Andrea Havasi who was promoted in November, 2021 to Associate Professor of Medicine at BUMC! Dr. Havasi specializes in the kidney complications of amyloidosis. Her earliest post-doctoral studies focused on ischemic renal tubular cell injury that led to subsequent studies on the harmful effects of proteinuria on... More
BU Study Finds Novel Pathway, Enzyme Responsible for Thrombosis in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Identification provides opportunity to reduce vascular complications associated with procedures in these patients Researchers have identified a potential new signaling pathway and enzyme that may help further the understanding of blood clot formation in chronic kidney disease patients and ultimately be targeted for therapeutic purposes. Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD)... More
Dr. Jean Francis Awarded NFK Honor for Excellence in Transplant and Nephrology
Congratulations to Dr. Jean Francis, Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of Kidney Transplantation at BUMC, who has been awarded an honor in Excellence in Transplant and Nephrology by the National Kidney Foundation New England on behalf of his numerous clinical, teaching, and research accomplishments! Dr. Francis obtained his medical... More
Dr. Ashish Upadhyay Receives 2021 Program Leadership Award
Dr. Ashish Upadhyay, the nephrology fellowship program director, has been awarded the 2021 Program Leadership Award by Boston Medical Center (BMC). This award recognizes Dr. Upadhyay’s leadership, creativity and innovation in enhancing graduate medical education at BMC. Dr. Upadhyay took on the role of nephrology fellowship program director in 2018. Since... More
Membranous Nephropathy Review by Dr. Laurence Beck Published in Nature Reviews Disease Primers Series
Congratulations to Dr. Laurence Beck and all authors of the review article, "Membranous Nephropathy," on being published in the prestigious Nature Reviews Disease Primers series! Read the article here. Ronco, P., Beck, L., Debiec, H. et al. Membranous nephropathy. Nat Rev Dis Primers 7, 69 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41572-021-00303-z
Dr. Laurence Beck and Lab Awarded R01 Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Laurence Beck and his lab for being awarded a new R01 grant entitled, "Investigating the functional capacity of autoantibodies in primary membranous nephropathy." Read more about the Beck/Salant lab here.
Dr. Aala Jaberi Awarded BUMG Clinical Excellence Award
Congratulations to Aala Jaberi, MD of Boston University & Boston Medical Center's Section of Nephrology who was awarded a 2021 Boston University Medical Group Clinical Excellence Award for New Faculty Excellence! A virtual award ceremony will be held on Wednesday, October 27th from 12pm-1pm. Register here.
AHA Center Grant Awarded to Dr. Chitalia and Dr. Ravid for Thrombosis ARC
THROMBOSIS ARC: Boston University School of Medicine in collaboration with Boston Medical Center receives over $2.8M from the American Heart Association to Address Disparities that Intersect Heart Disease, Cancer. The American Heart Association recently awarded a center grant to BU/BMC to examine the influence of health disparity in cardiovascular complications... More
Faculty Spotlight Series – Sushrut Waikar, MD
What do you like most about BMC? The people at BMC are some of the most passionate advocates for their patients I have ever met. Everyone at BMC is proud of what the institution does and what the institution stands for. In the highly competitive elite academic environment... More
Fellow Spotlight Series – Aileen Zhen, DO
Congratulations to Dr. Aileen Zhen, DO, who recently graduated from Boston University and Boston Medical Center’s Nephrology Fellowship Training Program! A Boston native, Aileen joined BMC’s Nephrology Fellowship family in 2019. She was attracted to many features of the program, including the “subspecialty clinics (lupus, amyloid, transplant), expertise in subspecialty... More