Richard Serrao

Dr. Serrao received undergraduate training in Biomedical Sciences and his medical degree from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA via the accelerated University of California UCR/UCLA 7 year premed-med program and received his diplomat in internal medicine from Cedars Sinai medical center in Los Angeles. He went on to infectious diseases fellowship training at Boston Medical Center with additional training in transplantation infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is currently Clinical Associate Professor in the sections of general internal medicine and infectious diseases and attends on many clinical rotations training students, residents and fellows (in infectious diseases) from BU, BIDMC and Brigham and Women’s programs at the VA Boston Healthcare System. He was the medical director for the popular Ambulatory Diagnostic Treatment Center (ADTC) at the JPVA and is an associate clerkship director for the internal medicine 3rd year core internal medicine rotation. He is a faculty member of the BUSM Academy of Medical Educators. His current projects focus on enhancing critical thinking in making clinical diagnoses as well as incorporating media into medical education.

Education

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (1992 — 1996)
• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) University of California, Riverside (1988 — 1992)

Companies

• Academy Medical Educator (AME) Boston University School of Medicine (2020)
• Clinical Associate Professor Of Medicine Boston University School of Medicine (2018)
• Adjunct Assistant Professor in Clinical Medicine New England College of Optometry (2015)
• Clinical Professor in the school of Physician Assistant Studies MCPHS University (2011)
• Associate Clerkship Director for Student Inpatient Internal Medicine Boston University School of Medicine (2010)
• Lecturer on Medicine Harvard Medical School (2010)
• Medical Director, Ambulatory Diagnostic and Treatment Center Department of Veterans Affairs (2007)
• Lecturer in Medicine Tufts University (2006)
• Filmmaker Undercurrent Films and Graphics (2006)