Krishna Aragam, MD, MS (University of Michigan Medical School, 2011; residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania), and Michael Osborne, MD (University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 2010; residency: BWH), have received American College of Cardiology/Merck Research Fellowships. Dr. Aragam, a clinical and research fellow in cardiology, was recognized for his research on the genetic determinants of physical activity and their association with cardiometabolic disease, and Dr. Osborne, a clinical and research fellow in cardiology and radiology, for his research on the neurobiological mechanisms linking chronic stress and metabolic disease.
Gabriela M. Andujar Vasquez, MD (Universidad Central del Caribe, 2011; residency: Mount Sinai Beth Israel), and Jennifer A. Blumenthal, MD (University of Alabama School of Medicine, 2012; residency, BCH), were among the first recipients of LEAP fellowships (Leadership in Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Stewardship, and Public Health) sponsored by the CDC. Dr. Vazquez is a physician and assistant professor at TUSM, and Dr. Blumenthal is a third-year fellow in infectious disease/critical care medicine at BCH.
Emal Lesha (Tufts University School of Medicine, class of 2020) has been selected as a TEDMED 2018 Research Scholar. Emal was chosen for his expertise in bioengineering, biotechnology, and health care, and will be evaluating individuals and topics nominated for the annual TEDMED Stage Program. He graduated from UMass Boston majoring in biology. Emal is an active student member of the MMS Norfolk South district and has served as a delegate and reference committee member at the House of Delegates.
Wendy L. Macías-Konstantopoulos, MD, MPH (University of Vermont College of Medicine, 2003; residency: MGH-BWH), was appointed inaugural incumbent of the MGH Endowed Scholar for Leadership in Emergency Medicine. Dr. Macías-Konstantopoulos is director of MGH’s Human Trafficking Initiative, founding medical and executive director of the MGH Freedom Clinic for trafficking survivors, and assistant professor of emergency medicine at HMS. (Photo: MGH.)
Calum A. MacRae, MD, PhD (University of Edinburgh, 1985; residency: BWH), received the One Brave Idea research award from the American Heart Association, Verily Life Sciences, and AstraZeneca for his research into coronary heart disease (CHD). As the largest single award to prevent and cure CHD, Dr. MacRae will receive $75 million over five years. Dr. MacRae is vice chair for scientific innovation in the department of medicine at BWH and associate professor of medicine at HMS.
Timothy E. McAlindon, MD, MPH (University of Southampton Medical School, 1982; residency: Southmead Hospital; fellowship: St Thomas’ Hospital, London), won the Clinical Research Forum’s Distinguished Clinical Research Achievement Award, which was presented in Washington, DC, in April. Dr. McAlindon, an arthritis expert, is chief of the division of rheumatology at Tufts Medical Center.
George A. Scangas, MD (Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 2012; residency: Mass. Eye and Ear, BWH), will in mid-July join the ENT practice of Ralph B. Metson, MD (University of California San Diego, 1979; residency: UCLA; fellowship: Mass. Eye and Ear), in Boston:
MetsonandScangasMD.com. Dr. Scangas is finishing his fellowship at HMS in rhinology and anterior skull base surgery; he will have clinical privileges at Mass. Eye and Ear. Dr. Metson is a professor in the department of otolaryngology at HMS and has been on staff at Mass. Eye and Ear since 1985.
Mawya Shocair, MD (Damascus University Faculty of Medicine, 1972; fellowship: BWH), past president of the Charles River District Medical Society, was elected to the National Kidney Foundation’s medical advisory board for the New England Region. Dr. Shocair, a specialist in nephrology and internal medicine, is medical director of the Dialysis Center at Waltham.
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