FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, June 3, 2026
Contact: Gina DiGravio, 617-358-7838, ginad@bu.edu
(Boston)—Lauren Stern, MD, MPH, clinical associate professor of medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, has been honored with the Grant V. Rodkey, MD, Award for Outstanding Contributions to Medical Education by the Massachusetts Medical Society. The award recognizes a physician who has made significant contributions to medical students, both in the hospital and in organized medicine.
Stern has been active in medical student and medical resident education since 2011. She currently serves as the director of the Integrated Renal Physiology and Pathophysiolgy (PISCES) curriculum for first-year medical students. She also is a field-specific advisor for fourth-year medical students who are applying for residencies in internal medicine. She previously served as an associate clerkship director to third-year medical students in the Medicine 1 clerkship and as a core faculty member in the internal medicine residency program with a focus on curriculum innovation for residents.
Stern is a nephrologist at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and medical director of BMC's Home Dialysis Program, which provides peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis for patients with end-stage kidney disease. In addition, she attends on the renal consult service, dialysis and transplantation service, and sees patients in the general nephrology clinic. She has been teaching faculty in several national home dialysis courses and served on a number of committees through the American Society of Nephrology.
Stern received her MD from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and an MPH from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She completed her internal medicine residency, chief residency and nephrology fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. Stern received her undergraduate degree with honors in zoology from the University of Florida.
The Massachusetts Medical Society is the statewide professional association for physicians and medical students, supporting 23,000 members. They are dedicated to educating and advocating for the physicians of Massachusetts and patients locally and nationally. A leadership voice in health care, the MMS contributes physician and patient perspectives to influence health-related legislation at the state and federal levels, works in support of public health, provides expert advice on physician practice management and addresses issues of physician well-being.