This Week at Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

April 21, 2024

Campus Announcements

Celebrating the ‘First Light’ of the New CryoEM

Alignment and testing of the Glacios-2 are continuing, and it is expected the facility will be ready for use in the near future.

Members of the Pharmacology, Physiology & Biophysics team gather together with Dean Antman during the “First Light” ceremony marking the inaugural electron beam from the new cryoEM.

W Building Construction Project Update

Week of April 22

Next week, crews will continue rebuilding Air Handler 3 and the Exhaust Air Handling Unit (EAHU). Additionally, crews will be running electrical conduit and making connections at the roof level for the EAHU, and continuing to weld piping for roof top connections. Crews also will continue to bring in equipment for the mechanical penthouse using the large freight elevator.

Advance Notice: On Tuesday, April 23, there will be workers on the east side of level 3 to install some equipment. The occupants of level three will receive an email with further details.

If you have questions, comments or concerns, please contact Dylan McIntosh.

Faculty Action

BUMG Clinical Excellence Awards

The BUMG Clinical Excellence Awards annually honor members who have made exceptional contributions to our clinical mission and who have exemplified our core values through outstanding clinical work. Recipients will become members of the BUMG Clinical Excellence Society. Awards will be given to honor accomplishments in the four categories listed below:

Advanced Practice Provider Excellence Award

Given to an Advanced Practice Provider (APP) who demonstrates excellence in collaboration and has made noteworthy contributions to promote patient wellness.

New Faculty Excellence Award

Given to a new clinician who demonstrates clinical excellence and has made exceptional contributions to the clinical mission of the organization during their first three years of service.

Excellence in Care Award

Given to an early or mid-career clinician who demonstrates clinical excellence and is an exceptional role model for applying the BUMG core values in their clinical work.

Excellence in Leadership Award

Given to a clinician who demonstrates exceptional clinical leadership, embodies the BUMG core values, and has made noteworthy contributions to enhancing clinical infrastructure and/or supporting excellence in patient care.

For more information and to submit a nomination, click here.

In the Media

American College of Surgeons

Artificial Intelligence: The Future Is What We Make It‌

Vivek Singh, ‘24

The Boston Globe

Debating sex and gender: Whose ‘biological reality’ is it anyway?

Carl Streed, MD, MPH

The Boston Globe

Health care system eats away at the doctor-patient relationship

Karl C. Kuban, MD

Healio

Q&A: How pediatricians can counsel patients and parents on overdose prevention

Sarah Bagley, MD

Medpage Today

The H5N1 Outbreak Is Not a Test Run, It's a Warning Shot

Nahid Bhadelia, MD, MALD

Medpage Today

Oral Antibiotics Alone Miss the Mark for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis

F. Thurston Drake, MD, MPH; Sabrina E. Sanchez, MD, MPH

The Washington Post

How to revive hair that thins, grays or gets out of control as you age

Nellam Vashi, MD

WHDH

Senators Make New Appeal To Steward Landlords

Edward Bernstein, MD

Events

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Visiting Professor Leadership Lecture | Amy Murtha, MD

Date: Thursday, April 25

Time: 1:30-2:15 p.m. (presentation) 2:15-2:30 p.m. (Q&A)

Location: Instructional Building, L112

“Leadership: Planning for the Future"

Amy Murtha, MD, an accomplished researcher and maternal-fetal medicine specialist, joined Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School as dean in August 2022. Her research and clinical work focus on caring for complicated pregnancies and on identifying the best ways to diagnose and care for patients at risk for preterm birth, particularly for pregnancies complicated by the premature rupture of fetal membranes.

As dean, Dr. Murtha leads the school’s commitment to excellence in patient care and community health, ensures comprehensive medical training for learners, promotes innovation in research across the school, and advances the equity and inclusion missions of the medical school.

Dr. Murtha served as professor and chair of the department of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences and chief medical officer of Women’s Health at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), before becoming dean. As chair, she increased support for faculty researchers, and during the COVID-19 pandemic led the rapid establishment of two national registries focused on COVID in pregnancy.

After earning her medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania, Dr. Murtha completed residency in obstetrics and gynecology and fellowship in maternal fetal medicine at Duke University. She joined the faculty at Duke where her career as a translational scientist focused on fetal membrane biology and its role in preterm premature rupture of membranes. During her tenure at Duke, Dr. Murtha assumed increasing leadership roles including founder and course director Duke Molecular Techniques Workshop (CRP 265); serving as interim chair of OB-GYN and vice chair for research; director of the Duke CTSI Research Career Development Harmonization Program; and program director for the NIH-funded K12 training grant Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH), among other leadership positions. She is a frequent invited speaker at national and international symposia and is the recipient of numerous awards recognizing her research and leadership accomplishments.

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