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Campus NewsBUSM Development Office NewsGMS Welcomes New Graduate StudentsClass of 2017 ParentsHosted at ReceptionOn September 3, the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences (GMS) welcomed new students to itsmany programs with a lively barbecue in the Hiebert Lounge cosponsored by the BUSM AlumniAssociation. Students enjoyed a great meal and met faculty and staff to help ease their transitionto graduate studies. GMS Associate Provost Linda Hyman, PhD, helped serve the meal with TimFitzgerald, assistant director of the BUSM Alumni Association.On August 5, the School of Medicine held awelcome reception prior to the White CoatCeremony for parents and guests of the BUSMClass of 2017. Dean Karen Antman, MD, spokeof how important family support is for first-yearmedical students, and how the new MedicalStudent Residence (MSR) not only providessafe and affordable housing on campus, but alsohelps foster collegiality and friendship amongstudents. She also highlighted the recentlyconstructed “field of dreams” behind theMSR, an outdoor athletic and gardening spacegenerously donated by a BUSM graduate.Karen Ann Engelbourg, previouslyassociate dean for development,is now senior associate vice presi dent, working with the Schools ofMedicine, Law, and Management,and the Global Leadership team.Lawrence Crimmins, previously asenior member of the School’s fund raising team, has been promotedto assistant dean for development.An experienced relationship-builderand fundraiser at BUSM, BostonChildren’s Hospital, and Brigham andWomen’s Hospital, Lawrence willlead the School’s development team.Kate DeForest, previously seniorleadership gift officer, will serve asdirector of advancement. Kate willdraw on her relationship-building andoperations management experienceat BUSM, Brigham and Women’sHospital, and the Boston Latin SchoolAssociation to advance the missionof the Development office.Hee-Young Park, PhD, GMS assistant dean and dermatology andbiochemistry faculty member, withTim Fitzgerald, assistant directorof the BUSM Alumni Association.New to the Medical Campus, GMS students enjoy the barbecue and get toknow each other.The development team looks for ward to our continued collaborationwith the BUSM community to raisecritical support for the School’sfundraising campaign and philan thropic priorities.Frank CurranAppointments4Campus & Alumni News BOSTON UNIVERSITY School of MedicineAssistant Dean for Academic AffairsAnna DePold Hohler, MD, FAAN (MED’88),has been named assistant dean for academic affairs. In her new role, she will focuson clinical site development for medical students and faculty development.Dr. Hohler is an associate professor ofneurology at BUSM. A 1998 graduate ofthe BUSM Seven-Year Accelerated MedicalProgram, she completed her neurologyresidency with the US Army at the MadiganArmy Medical Center in Tacoma, WA. Afterattaining the rank of major, she completeda movement disorders fellowship at BostonMedical Center and subsequently was recruited as staff.She serves as the director of neurology medical student education andis a course director for the second-year preclinical Neurology Module of theDisease and Therapy course and the third-year neurology clerkship director. She also serves as the faculty advisor to the student interest group inneurology and as a field-specific advisor for students interested in a careerin neurology.Dr. Hohler has been recognized with two American Academy ofNeurology Teacher Recognition Awards. She also received the BUSMStanley L. Robbins Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2012.She is the current president of the Massachusetts NeurologicalAssociation and serves as cochair of the Patient Safety Subcommittee of theAmerican Academy of Neurology.Dr. Hohler joined the Academic Affairs office as assistant dean on July 1.Assistant Deans for Clinical AffairsN. Joseph Espat, MD, chair of theDepartment of Surgery and chief of surgical oncology at Roger Williams MedicalCenter (RWMC), is responsible for providing clinical and academic leadership to theDepartment of Surgery with an emphasison sustaining quality; directing physicianrecruitment; identifying needed improvements in technology; and stimulatinggrowth in academic presence, medical education, and research. He was named professor of surgery at BUSM in 2007.Dr. Espat has authored more than 250articles, chapters, and abstracts. He is onthe editorial board of four journals and wasan invited reviewer on 22 others. He completed a surgical oncology/hepatobiliaryfellowship at the Memorial Sloan-KetteringCancer Center in New York and is a graduate of the University of Florida College ofMedicine, where he served as chief residentin general surgery.Steven Sepe, MD (MED’82, GRS’83), chairof the Department of Medicine at RWMC,is responsible for leading the Departmentof Medicine, including overseeing clinicalaffairs, quality, and program development.Winter 2013 www.bumc.bu.edu5

Campus NewsAppointmentsHe has more than 20 years of experience in clinical care, research, and teaching and has also held a number of leadership positions in a variety of healthcare settings. He was named clinical professor of medicine at BUSM in 2011.Dr. Sepe is a 1982 cum laude graduate of BUSM, where he also receivedhis PhD in Immunopathology.Barbara A. Gilchrest Professor ofDermatologyVincent Falanga, MD, has been appointedthe Barbara A. Gilchrest Professor ofDermatology as well as the director andvice chair of research in the Departmentof Dermatology. He is a professor ofbiochemistry and the director of theDermatology Residency Program andan attending dermatologist at BMC.After completing his undergraduatedegree in chemistry at the College of theHoly Cross, he earned his medical degreefrom Harvard Medical School. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Jackson Memorial Hospitalat the University of Miami and is board-certified in internal medicine.He also completed a residency in dermatology at the University ofPennsylvania, where he was clinical research chief resident. In 2005,Falanga completed his dermatopathology fellowship at RWMC.Dr. Falanga has been a professor of dermatology and biochemistryat BUSM for 15 years. He also served as the assistant dean of clinical andfaculty affairs for RWMC and director of their Boston University MedicalStudents Ambulatory Medical Clerkship. His previous research involved thefirst-ever use of a recombinant growth factor in human chronic wounds andgaining Food and Drug Administration approval of living bioengineered skinfor venous and diabetic ulcers.He will direct BUSM’s Good Manufacturing Practice facility (currentlyunder construction), where he will oversee groundbreaking research anddevelop treatments that harness the power of stem cells to treat patientswith chronic wounds—particularly in the lower extremities—caused by disorders such as diabetes, autoimmune disease, infection, or other types ofvascular insufficiencies.In his new role, Dr. Falanga will also coordinate many of the researchactivities related to tissue injury and repair in the department of dermatology. He spearheaded the effort to deliver bone marrow-derived autologous mesenchymal stem cells to human chronic wounds, and developed aspecial fibrin spray delivery system that his team may have been the firstin the world to use.He has received numerous honors, including being named one of the“Best Doctors in America” and “Top 12 Authors Cited in Dermatology.” Hehas been involved in a number of professional and scientific societies andcommittees focused on dermatology, including serving as president of theWound Healing Society. The author of more than 350 publications and 70books and book chapters, Dr. Falanga has received more than 35 million inNational Institutes of Health grants since 1990.Chair of OB/GYNAviva Lee-Parritz, MD, has been appointedchair of the BUSM Department ofObstetrics & Gynecology and chief ofobstetrics and gynecology at BMC.Dr. Lee-Parritz received a BS inNursing from Columbia University andan MD from Tufts University School ofMedicine. She completed a residencyin obstetrics and gynecology at TuftsUniversity Affiliated Hospitals, Boston,and a fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in6Campus & Alumni News BOSTON UNIVERSITY School of MedicineBoston. She was an attending obstetrician-gynecologist at Brigham andWomen’s Hospital from 1994 until she was recruited to Boston MedicalCenter in 2003. From 2003 until 2007, she served as the vice chair forobstetrics and in 2007 was named vice chair for clinical affairs for theDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology. In 2004, she was appointedprogram director of the Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency TrainingProgram at BMC and became medical director of the BMC OB/GYNambulatory practice in 2006.Dr. Lee-Parritz is a fellow of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine andof the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She is currently serving as president of the Obstetrical Society of Boston.Deeply committed to mentoring residents and junior faculty, shehas received numerous awards for outstanding teaching, including the2011 American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists District 1Mentor of the Year Award and the 2011 Council on Resident Educationin Obstetrics and Gynecology National Faculty Teaching Award. Sheis also committed to excellence and leadership throughout BMC andBUSM. She chairs the BUSM Discipline Oversight Committee andserves on the BMC Faculty Practice Foundation Clinical OperationsCommittee as well as the BMC Graduate Medical EducationCommittee.Her research interests include diabetes in pregnancy, cervical incompetence, and maternal complications in pregnancy. She currently runs amultidisciplinary program for diabetes in pregnancy in conjunction with theDivision of Endocrinology at BMC. An author of numerous peer-reviewedarticles, chapters, and abstracts, she is also a member of the Boston PublicHealth Commission’s Task Force on Improved Perinatal Clinical Care and theMassachusetts Department of Public Health Work Group on GestationalDiabetes Guidelines.Vice Chair of SurgeryDavid McAneny, MD, associate professorof surgery at BUSM and associate chair forclinical quality and safety at BMC, has beennamed vice chair of the department of surgery at BUSM and BMC. In this role, he willserve as division chief of general surgery andsection chief of surgical oncology.A graduate of Georgetown UniversitySchool of Medicine, Dr. McAneny completedhis residency at Boston City Hospital, nowBMC, and a fellowship in gastrointestinal(GI) surgery at the Lahey Hospital & MedicalCenter.His research interests include surgical oncology and endocrine and general surgery; he specializes in GI surgery. His surgical expertise is in tumorsand other diseases of the endocrine organs, GI tract, pancreas, hepatobiliarysystem, and spleen. He is experienced in laparoscopic surgery for gallbladder disease, splenectomy, adrenalectomy, bowel resection, gastroesophageal diseases, and tumor staging.Dr. McAneny received the 2005 Grant V. Rodkey Award from theMassachusetts Medical Society for outstanding contributions to medicaleducation and medical students. He is the 2008 Boston University facultyselection for Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), as well as the Councilor of theAOA chapter at BUSM. He received the 2008–2009 Erwin F. Hirsch, MD,Teaching Award from the graduating surgery chief residents, the 2010Stanley L. Robbins Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the 2013 Educatorof the Year Award in Clinical Sciences.He is a member of the Board of Governors of the American College ofSurgeons and an active member of the American Association of EndocrineSurgeons, the Society of Surgical Oncology, the New England SurgicalSociety, and the Boston Surgical Society. Dr. McAneny served as past president of the medical-dental staff at BMC and the Massachusetts Chapter ofthe American College of Surgeons and was the former Massachusetts statechairman of the Commission on Cancer.Joel Alpert, MD,Joins Dean’sAdvisory BoardJoel Alpert, MD, former professor and chair ofthe BUSM Department of Pediatrics and current assistant dean for student affairs, is thenewest member of the BUSM Dean’s AdvisoryBoard (DAB).DAB members serve three-year, renewable terms actively participating in medicalschool strategic planning and external relations initiatives. They are leaders in medicine,technology, business, and other sectors ofsociety. They share a passion for basic science, clinical research, and supporting BUSM.Board members are uniquely positioned tohelp advance the School and its students, scientists, and clinicians.“The Dean’s Advisory Board offers thoseof us who have a long-standing relationshipwith Boston University School of Medicinethe opportunity to provide Dean Antman withadvice on issues of importance to the School,”says Alpert. “My 42 years at BUSM have beenboth a joy and a privilege. I trust that my experience and knowledge, especially of pediatrics,will allow me to continue to be a valuable contributor to our medical school community.“I have enormous admiration for whatthe School of Medicine represents historically including, from its inception, the admission of women and minorities, as well as theSchool’s outstanding educational programthat prepares students for careers in privatepractice and academic medicine. The School’sexcellence today is evident in the wonderfullydiverse student body and outstanding faculty under the incredible leadership of DeanAntman and the people around her.”A graduate of Yale College and HarvardMedical School, Dr. Alpert completed hisresidency at Boston Children's Hospital andjoined the Harvard faculty in 1961. He becameprofessor and chair of the Department ofPediatrics at Boston University School ofMedicine and Boston City Hospital in 1972.Under his leadership, the department thrived.He pioneered pediatric primary care training,including continuity clinic sites at community health centers and the development ofa curriculum that emphasized child development, advocacy, and community care. BUSM’spediatric resident training in primary carefor health centers was among the first in theUnited States.Dr. Alpert served as president of theAmerican Academy of Pediatrics (AAP),where he received the AAP Job Lewis SmithAward in Community Pediatrics in 1994. Healso served as president of the AmbulatoryPediatric Association (APA) and receivedthe APA George Armstrong Award in 1992,the APA Lifetime Career AchievementAward in 2000, and the APA Public Policyand Advocacy Award in 2002. In 1992, theMassachusetts Poison Control System presented Dr. Alpert with a Lifetime AchievementAward and in 1998, he received the prestigious Pew Foundation Award for Achievementin Primary Care—Education.“My 42 years at BUSMhave been both a joyand a privilege. I trustthat my experience andknowledge, especiallyof pediatrics, will allowme to continue to be avaluable contributorto our medical schoolcommunity.”A member of the Institute of Medicine ofthe National Academy of Sciences (IOM),Dr. Alpert served on the IOM GoverningCouncil and was the pediatric clinician on theIOM Task Force on the Future of Primary Care.He is a member of the Society for PediatricResearch, Alpha Omega Alpha (BostonUniversity), and the American PediatricSociety, and an Honorary Fellow of the RoyalCollege of Paediatrics and Child Health(London, UK).He has authored numerous publications,including The Education of Physicians for PrimaryCare (1974), which included the definition ofprimary care adopted by the Bureau of HealthProfessions for Title VII training in generalmedicine, family medicine, and pediatrics.In 2000, Dr. Alpert and his wife Barbaraestablished the Joel and Barbara AlpertProfessorship in Pediatrics at BUSM with thesupport of the Alpert family, the Departmentof Pediatrics, and their colleagues and friends.The professorship is held by the chair of theDepartment of Pediatrics. The first incumbentwas Barry Zuckerman, MD, from 2000 to 2013.Robert Vinci, MD, was installed as the secondAlpert Professor in June. (See page 8.)The Alperts also established the Childrenof the City Fund at Boston Medical Centerin 2000 to support early-career pediatricresearchers who study issues of importanceto inner-city children served by the hospital.The more than 800,000 disbursed by thefund has supported 127 projects, which Alpertbelieves has resulted in more than 20 millionof additional research funding to help children.A graduate of Connecticut College,Barbara Alpert received her MPH in the firstgraduating class of the BU School of PublicHealth. For more than 20 years, she was thecoordinator for the Boston City Hospital, nowBMC, Department of Medicine’s continuing medical education programs and medicalstudent teaching program. The Alperts havethree children including son Mark, who is onstaff in the BUMC facilities department, andeight grandchildren.“Dr. Alpert’s distinguished career as aleader in the field of pediatrics and his experience in academic medicine at the School ofMedicine is a tremendous resource that as amember of the Dean’s Advisory Board will helpadvance the School’s goals and initiatives,” saysDean Karen Antman, MD. “We are exceedinglypleased that he has joined the board offeringthe opportunity to further utilize his expertise.”Winter 2013 www.bumc.bu.edu7

Campus NewsBiomedical ForensicSciences’sKayleigh RowanReceives NationalScholarship AwardRobert Vinci Installed as Alpert Professor of PediatricsOn June 12, the School of Medicine installedRobert Vinci, MD, as the incumbent Joel andBarbara Alpert Professor of Pediatrics in aceremony attended by more than 200 people.Speakers included Dean Karen Antman, MD,Dr. Barbara Philipp, Dr. Frederick H. Lovejoy,Mrs. Barbara Alpert, and Dr. Joel Alpert.For the past 20 years, Vinci served as vicechair and clinical chief of the Department ofPediatrics, providing leadership for the significant expansion of pediatric clinical services.His central role in a number of initiativesreflects his commitment to the communityand patients. He cofounded the Kids Fundat Boston Medical Center (BMC), whichprovides assistance to meet children’s mostbasic needs and gives them a foundation for ahealthy and bright future. He also led the campaign to establish a window-fall preventionprogram for Boston children. In partnershipwith the Massachusetts Department of PublicHealth, he established the MassachusettsEmergency Medical Services Program forChildren, which created training protocolsand guidelines for children in the statewideEmergency Medical Services system.An innovative leader in medical residencyeducation throughout his career, he foundedthe fellowship program in Pediatric EmergencyMedicine on the Medical Campus in 1988 andhas directed pediatric residency training atBMC since 1989. In 1996, along with FrederickH. Lovejoy, MD, Vinci established the BostonCombined Residency Program in Pediatricsat BMC and Boston Children’s Hospital, oneof the nation’s leading pediatric residencyprograms. He has also championed researchactivities, global health training, and flexibletraining opportunities for pediatric residents.Vinci received his medical degree fromthe College of Medicine and Dentistry-RutgersMedical School, now known as the Robert WoodJohnson Medical School. He completed hispediatric residency at Boston City Hospital (nowBMC), serving as chief resident in 1983. He hasauthored more than 60 peer-reviewed papersand book chapters on the topics of pediatricemergency medicine and pediatric education.“Barbara and I are very proud that ourformer student, present colleague, and friendBob Vinci is now the Joel and Barbara AlpertProfessor of Pediatrics,” says Dr. Alpert. “BobBUSM on the RoadThis past year was a busy one for Dean Karen Antman, MD, whowas the featured speaker at Boston University events in Dallas, TX,Scottsdale, AZ, and Chicago, IL, where her talk, “Routine Checkup:What to Expect in US Healthcare in 2013” sparked conversationsamong graduates from BU’s 16 schools and colleges.Debra and Robert Vinci withJoel and Barbara Alpertis extremely well prepared to lead the department at a challenging time. He is an inspirational leader, a motivator of others, and wellrespected and admired both within our BUSMcommunity and nationally. He is especiallyskilled at developing partnerships with otherinstitutions at a time when collaboration withothers is as important as ever.“I am confident that the Vinci-led pediatric department will continue its groundbreaking teaching of medical students, pediatricresidents, and fellows with its emphasis onadvocacy and primary care and the supportof a committed and creative pediatric facultycarrying out research and delivering serviceswhich directly benefit our BMC community.”Dean Antman also attended School of Medicine events hostedby graduates and parents around the country. Regional gatherings are opportunities for a

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