Medicine • February 19, 2025
Richard Schwartzstein, MD, FACP, has been recognized with the Jane F. Desforges Distinguished Teacher Award from the American College of Physicians. Established in 1968, the award is bestowed upon a FACP or MACP who has demonstrated the ennobling qualities of a great teacher as judged by the accomplishments of former students.
Anesthesia • February 18, 2025
He spoke about his new role and his enthusiasm to get started on this exciting project: “The program provides an opportunity to work closely with the Journal Editorial Board, gaining insights into the editorial process while contributing to projects relevant to scholarly publishing. It is designed to support early-career researchers in developing their roles as educators, authors, and peer reviewers. I’m looking forward to learning from this experience and bringing back valuable insights to our department.” Click to learn more.
Pathology • February 13, 2025
Ramy Arnaout, MD, PhD, Associate Medical Director of Clinical Microbiology, and James Kirby, MD, Medical Director of Clinical Microbiology, two BIDMC Pathology physicians who are scientific co-founders of a company called AstraDx, Inc., are excited to share that Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X) will award AstraDx $3M to demonstrate feasibility ahead of development for a low-cost instrument to detect neonatal sepsis. “We believe this will be a major step forward in diagnostics that presumably has implications beyond neonates.” Read more.
“The largest contributor to preventable death from medical error is diagnostic error, not procedural or pharmaceutical error,” said Michael Laposata, MD, PhD, at the Grand Rounds of The BIDMC Department of Pathology. Clinical laboratory leaders, anatomic pathologists, and radiologists have an opportunity to fill this knowledge gap and cross what he called the “divide in medicine” between diagnostic experts and treatment experts. Read more.
News • February 11, 2025
HMFP is pleased to welcome Blair J. Wylie, MD, MPH, as the new chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology. An outstanding researcher, clinician, mentor, and educator, Dr. Wylie joins HMFP and BIDMC from Columbia University Medical Center, where she served as vice chair for faculty development and mentoring in the department of OB/GYN. Click to learn more.
News • February 4, 2025
Join colleagues across BIDMC on Friday, February 7, in wearing red to be seen, to be counted, and to raise awareness about heart disease on National Wear Red Day. Click to learn more.
