Welcome to BMC/BU RAD-AID, the RAD-AID Chapter of Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, and Boston University

BMC/BU RAD-AID is a RAD-AID chapter of Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston University. It was started by an interested group of radiology residents, faculty, sonographers and technologists within the Department of Radiology at Boston Medical Center. We encourage participation from all individuals within the Boston University community with an interest in image based global health outreach.

BMC /BU RAD-AID’s philosophy mirrors the mission of RAD-AID as well as Boston Medical Center: Exceptional Care, Without Exception. We are interested in finding sustainable solutions to improve global access to medical imaging thru academic excellence, research and service to others in developing countries.

Chapter president: Karen Buch, M.D., Boston Medical Center Radiology Resident 

Faculty advisor: Alda Cossi, M.D., Director of Ultrasound, Radiology Department, Boston Medical Center, Associate Professor of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine 

Recent resident /faculty participation includes:

Ongoing partnership with the Gorkha Foundation. See website http://gorkhafoundation.org 

Boston University Radiology Associates, Boston, MA USA and Indian Imaging Association, Karnataka Chapter, Bangalore, India. Advances in Radiologic Imaging Symposium.  February 9 and February 10, 2013

Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Katmandu, Nepal 2011.(BMC Radiology residents Kevin O’Connor, M.D. and Margaret Chapman, M.D. BMC Radiology Faculty Ali Guermazi, M.D. and Boston VA Radiology Faculty Pedram Parva, M.D.) 

Dr. Alexander Norbash, chairman of the BMC Radiology Department, has made at least 5 trips to Iran including teaching, offering workshops and lecturing at various hospitals in Tehran and Shiraz; guest speaker at the Iranian Congress of Radiology; serving as an advisor for both a comprehensive stroke center and national stroke network; advisor to the neuroscience institute at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences; serving as an editor for the Iranian Journal of Radiology. 

Dr. Alda Cossi, M.D. has a longstanding collaboration with Radiology Mammography International. See website www.radiologymammography.org

For more information or to make a donation, please contact alda.cossi@bmc.org