CAMED Alums

Happy Pride Month to everyone! If you're local to the Boston area, join in on the Pride celebrations with the annual Pride Parade from Copley Square to Boston Common starting at 11AM on Saturday, June 6. The festivities will continue with a block party at Copley Square and a festival at Boston Common after the parade is complete. We hope to see you there!

Congratulations to our newest alumni: the Class of 2026. We are so excited to see your continued journeys into your fields of study and we can't wait to meet you again!

The month of May is Mental Health Awareness Month, promoting mental wellness, providing education about mental health and combatting stigma. We spoke to BU’s Rachel Levy-Bell, PsyD, Program Director and Clinical Associate Professor in the Mental Health Counseling & Behavioral Medicine (MHCBM) Program about her role and the intricacies of the MHCBM program.
To read the interview, visit our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYFnTMJlJfA/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

The Alumni Association is proud to announce our 2026 Alumni Award winners who will be honored at our Alumni Weekend celebration this September. Thank you for your nominations! To learn more, click the link here: https://bit.ly/495XKR8. Stay tuned for more information about this year's awardees this month!

April is Parkinson's Awareness Month, drawing greater awareness to this disease that affects millions. We spoke with Steve Han, MD, MBA (CAMED'18), an associate professor of neurology at our school as well as the director for BMC's Deep Brain Stimulation Program (DBS), about his experiences treating Parkinson's disease and what it is like working in the field of movement disorders. To learn more about the BU Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center as well as BMC's DBS program, click the links here:

BU PD & Movement Disorders Center faculty: https://www.bumc.bu.edu/parkinsonsdisease/faculty/

BMC DBS Program: https://www.bumc.bu.edu/parkinsonsdisease/brain-stimulation/

Today is Giving Day! During this special fundraising event, Sasha Chudnovsky, MD'01, president of the Alumni Board, shares about why giving back to the school is so important. With each donation, our institution can do more for our future physicians during their medical school training. To donate, click the link here: https://bit.ly/BUGivingDay2026

Giving Day 2026 is just one week away. Sasha Chudnovsky, MD ’01, President of the Alumni Board explains why strengthening his bond with BU feels essential after graduation and the funds he champions. To learn more or make an early donation, click the link here: https://bit.ly/47ziTT7

Today we are celebrating National Doctors' Day! BU is proud to have alumni who have gone forth from their time in medical school to serve their communities, through patient care, research and beyond. Happy National Doctors' Day!

What an exciting and amazing match day we experienced today! Congratulations to our soon-to-be MD graduates on their matches. We’re proud of all you’ve accomplished and excited to see what’s ahead! 🎉

With 20 days until , Sasha Chudnovsky, MD '01, president of our Alumni Board, emphasizes the importance of engaging with BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, and what BU means to him.