Cayla Vila, MD, PGY3 Neurology resident, was inducted today into the School of Medicine’s Robert Russell, M.D. Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS), a national society recognizing and supporting humanistic exemplars in medicine. She has also been awarded The Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award, based on her commitment […]
Hugo J. Aparicio, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Neurology at Boston University School of Medicine and investigator in the Framingham Heart Study, and Joel Salinas, MD, MBA, Assistant Professor of Neurology at New York University, received a NIH R01 award to study the relationship between social networks, loneliness, and socioeconomic status with risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other […]
Michael D. Perloff, MD, PhD, assistant professor of neurology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has been selected to the Boston University Medical Group (BUMG) Clinical Excellence Society. This society was formed in 2017 to recognize and highlight the clinical contributions of BUMG faculty who exemplify the mission and values of the group through […]
Dr. K.H. Vincent Lau has just been named September’s Distinguished Faculty of the Month by the BU Faculty Affairs Office. Dr. Lau received his bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Toronto and his MD from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY. He completed a residency in neurology and was […]
David M. Greer, MD, MA, FCCM, FAHA, FNCS, FAAN, FANA, BUSM Chair of Neurology, will serve as Secretary of the Neurocritical Care Society (NCS) beginning October 2022. Dr. Greer has been Chairman of the Department of Neurology since 2017. His interests in neurocritical care include coma, neuroprognostication, brain death, and targeted temperature management in acute […]
We are delighted to announce that we have successfully matched 7 outstanding applicants. The following PGY-1 residents will be joining us in July 2022: Khadar Haroun – Morehouse School of Medicine Rose Healy – University of Massachusetts Medical School Annie Hien – University of Massachusetts Medical School Grigorios Kalaitzidis – Medical School Aristotle University of […]
Hugo J. Aparicio, MD, MPH, assistant professor of neurology, is the 2022 recipient of the Jack Spivack Neurosciences Pilot Award. Dr. Aparicio will work with investigators from the Slone Epidemiology Center’s Black Women’s Health Study and his colleagues in the Department of Neurology to understand the role of hypertension diagnosed in 10- to 30-year-olds in […]
Boston Magazine has published its list of “Top Docs,” and 111 of Boston Medical Center physicians – across a variety of fields and specialties – are included on the list. The care that they provide to our patients and our community is exceptional, and this recognition is well-deserved. Congratulations to Drs. Anna Cervantes-Arslanian, Steven Feske, David M. […]
David M. Greer, MD, MA, Professor and Chair of Neurology at Boston University Medical Center, has been awarded the 2022 A.B. Baker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Neurological Education by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). The award recognizes national accomplishment in the field of neurological education. The awardee not only demonstrates leadership and devotion to neurological […]
Congratulations to Stephanie L. Bissonnette, DO, MPH, a Movement Disorder specialist, who was awarded a Health Equity Pilot Grant (project: Developing Culturally Competent Educational Videos for Parkinson’s Disease). The Health Equity Pilot Grants are designed to address the root causes of racial health inequity as part of the newly launched Health Equity Accelerator which will […]