Annie Ferris, MD
Congratulations Dr. Ferris for your new role as associate director of the Vascular Neurology Fellowship Program.
"It is my pleasure to announce Dr. Ferris new role as the new associate director of the UMass Chan Medical School and affiliated UMass Memorial Medical Center ACGME accredited Vascular Neurology Program," shares Majaz Moonis, MD, director of the Vascular Neurology Fellowhsip Program.
Ferris shares, "I feel very privileged to have the opportunity to recruit and mentor stroke fellows in our program. Being an alumna of our vascular neurology fellowship myself, I know what great training and exposure they will get here, and am proud to carry on that tradition."
Andrea Husereau
Ambulatory Operations Manager
Andrea was awarded the Chief's Appreciation Award on August 23, 2024, for her outstanding leadership and inspiration in the outpatient clinic, and in evaluation all of our Neurology patient care.
Congratulations Andrea! We appreciate your dedicationto our team.
Kara Smith, MD
Kara Smith, MD, associate professor of neurology, delivered a lecture for the Benedict CME Conference Series focused on the collaborative roles of neurologists and primary care physicians in the care of patients with Parkinson’s disease. The Department of Medicine sponsored conference was held on June 19, 2024.
Lan Qin, MD, PhD
The Healthcare Delivery Institute’s Physician Leadership Development Program (PLDP), a collaboration program between UMass Memorial Medical Center and Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), has nominated Lan Qin, MD, professor of neurology, and director of the neurology Clinical Strategic Initiatives (CSI), Neurodiagnostics Center, and the Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship program, to participate in the upcoming 2024 leadership course.
Dr. Qin has accepted the invitation to design and strengthen her leadership and management skills alongside other physician leaders working in healthcare. Dr. Qin joined the UMass community as a neurology resident before attending the fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology. She transitioned into a role as a faculty physician in 2004. Over the past twenty years, Dr. Qin has supported the department in various roles including as one of our former neurology clerkship directors.
We are excited Dr. Qin will participate in this nine-month course beginning this fall, and we look forward to her continued role of mentoring our future medical leaders through clinical practice and expertise in the department’s fellowship program.