BUSM  This Week     
June 17, 2018
News news
Priya Garg Named Associate Dean ad interim of Academic Affairs

Dr. Garg has served as Director of Medical Education and Assistant Dean in Academic Affairs since her arrival at BUSM in January 2017.
Debjani Sahni Installed as Dr. G. Robert Baler Junior Faculty Professor of Dermatology

Dr. Sahni joined BUSM in 2011 and is the first to be named to the Professorship.
Christopher Manasseh Named Interim Chair of Family Medicine

Since joining BUSM in 2011, Dr. Manasseh has a strong record of accomplishment as an outstanding educator, clinician and hospital leader in clinical operations.
Emelia Benjamin to Lead New AHA-funded Center on AFib

This is part of a $28 million grant to six institutions in the AHA research network and is the first grant of this type for BU. 
BUSM Student Selected by NIH for Medical Research Scholars Program

Nick Thoreson is one of 37 students selected for the program , which allows students to conduct basic, clinical or translational research on the NIH campus in Maryland.
Third-year Student Wins Mass. Medical Society Information Technology Award

Jackson Steinkamp's project,"MySafeRx,"  is a multi-component technological platform designed to address challenges in the delivery of Buprenorphine-naloxone.  
In the Media inthemedia
Reuters

Andrew Budson, MD
Smithsonian Magazine

Emanuela Binello, MD, PhD
UPI

Jessica Fetterman, PhD
EventsEvents

Tuesday, June 19
Noon-1 p.m.
Instructional Building, Heibert Lounge

Schwartz Center Rounds offers all members of the health care team with an opportunity to share their experiences, thoughts, and feelings about difficult cases. By creating the space and the opportunity for these conversations, Schwartz Center Rounds supports us in providing more compassionate care and helps us take care of ourselves and each other.

Please visit the  calendar  for a full listing of grand rounds, lectures and events for this week.
Save the Datesavethedate
with  Dr. Rod Hochman ,  MED'79
Thursday, June 28
3-4 p.m.
Instructional Building, L112

Health Systems are going through major change brought on by different market entrants and disruptors. Significant changes in regulation and policy at the state and national levels have added to the complexity. Join guest speaker Dr. Rod Hochman, MED'79 to hear how these changes are happening amid an industry that is being digitized and focused on the consumer .
 
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