Cardiology • December 3, 2025
Older Americans face significant barriers to advanced cardiovascular imaging, with cardiac CT, MRI, and PET scanners concentrated in large urban hospitals. A new nationwide study of over 64 million older U.S. Medicare patients has found that, despite a slight increase in the number of cardiovascular imaging centers between 2018 and 2021, access to advanced heart imaging remains limited, particularly for patients outside major metropolitan areas. Click the header to read more.
About • December 1, 2025
Hadine Joffe, MD, MSc, has joined Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and its physician organization, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at BIDMC (HMFP), as Chair of the Department of Psychiatry. In this role, Joffe will lead the department’s broad range of clinical services, research and education programs. “Our BIDMC and HMFP communities will benefit greatly from Dr. Joffe’s wealth of experience as a leader, mentor and researcher,” said Alexa B. Kimball, MD, MPH, President and CEO of HMFP. “Dr. Joffe will be an integral part of our clinical leadership team, enhancing the high-quality psychiatric care we provide to our patients.” Click the header to read more.
News • November 24, 2025
On Nov. 17, 2025, the HMFP Service Milestone Celebration honored the more than 300 physicians who are marking 5 - 50 years with our organization. It was the perfect time of year to get together to celebrate their service, as well as connect in person and enjoy conversations with our colleagues. With all the milestones we have achieved in the past year, it is an exciting time to be part of HMFP
Medicine • November 19, 2025
Peruse original medical-related submissions of poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, photography, and visual art by BIDMC physicians and staff in the new issue of Caducean Lights. The literary magazine is produced by the Katherine Swan Ginsburg Humanism in Medicine Program at BIDMC, led by Jon Crocker, MD, a hospitalist.
Anesthesia • November 19, 2025
Victor Polshin, MD, has been selected as our next Director of Orthopedic Anesthesia. Dr. Polshin, who joined BIDMC in 2019, has been a floor manager at our main campus and also managed our clinical site at 1 Brookline Place. As director, he will standardize care for orthopedic surgery across our network, help integrate our expanding educational presence at New England Baptist Hospital, and collaborate with orthopedic surgeons to ensure that we continue to provide cutting edge care to these patients. Dr. Polshin received his MD at Boston University School of Medicine. He did his anesthesia residency at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, and a fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center in New York.
Pathology • November 5, 2025
Learn more about research projects with world-renowned faculty experts in pathology and related disciplines.
