Careers • June 12, 2025
The Department of Surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) is seeking an academic clinician, leader and scholar to serve as Chief of the Division of Breast Surgery and Co-Director of the BreastCare Center at BIDMC. Candidates should be board certified in general surgery, fellowship trained in breast surgical oncology, and be eligible for a full Massachusetts medical license. Appointment as Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School will be commensurate with experience, training and achievements in addition to teaching activities. Click the header to learn more.
Anesthesia • June 11, 2025
Ameeka Pannu, MD, has been selected as Director of Cardiac Critical Care. This is a new position that reflects our department’s expanding role in the critical care capacities at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Department Chair Daniel Talmor, MD, MPH, spoke about the responsibilities of this new position: “This important new role was developed as the department takes on greater responsibility for critical care in the Coronary Care Unit and Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit. The new director will work under the Vice Chair for Critical Care, Todd Sarge, MD, to ensure that we continue to teach, learn, and innovate in this important area. Dr. Pannu already serves as the chair of the hospital code committee and has held leadership roles in our cardiac fellowship programs. This combination of experience will allow her to have an important positive impact on the care of all our patients with serious cardiovascular disease.”
Pathology • June 10, 2025
Paul A. VanderLaan, MD, PhD, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School and BIDMC, and director of Surgical Pathology, is the recipient of the Excellence in Education Award by the American Society of Cytopathology. The award recognizes a pathologist for their contributions to the field of education in cytopathology. He will receive this honor on November 8, 2025, during the ASC’s 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri. He is dedicated to advancing cytopathology, having published numerous significant research articles over the past year. He is also deeply committed to enhancing cytopathology knowledge by supporting the publications of others. Click the header to learn more.
Pathology • June 9, 2025
Congratulations to all the BIDMC Pathologists who recently participated in the 2025 Harvard Medical School Pathology Research Retreat, including presenters Winston Hide, PhD, and Alex Toker, PhD. The poster session included a dozen BIDMC Pathology submissions. Pictured, l-r: Samuel Smith; Divya Bhagirath, PhD; and Gyorgy Abel, MD, PhD. Click the header to learn more.
Cardiology • June 6, 2025
BIDMC cardiologist Dhruv Kazi, MD, is the recipient of the Ron Haddock International Impact Award. Dually trained in cardiovascular medicine and health economics, he has set himself an ambitious goal: to figure out how to provide the best care at the lowest cost for the most people. Dr. Kazi is an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, associate director of the Smith Center for Outcomes Research, and director of the BIDMC Cardiac Critical Care Unit. Click the header to read more.
Medicine • May 30, 2025
Check out highlights of our innovative approaches to care, research excellence, and leading education as we deliver Our Best, for Boston & Beyond. Despite historic shortages of support personnel and other disruptions to the healthcare system, we have continued to provide outstanding patient care, to educate the next generation of healthcare leaders, and to perform research of the highest impact. Click the header to learn more.
