Specialty: Pediatrics - Cardiovascular Institute - Surgery

Certification(s): Dr. Boston is a diplomate for the American Board of Surgery. He is also certified in Advanced Trauma Life Support.

Toll free appointment number: 1-866-278-4966

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Medical Degree: Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, D.C.

Residency: (Chief Resident, General Surgery) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Fellowship: (Cardiac Surgery Research Fellow) Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; (Pediatric Cardiac Surgery) University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; (Chief Resident, Cardiovascular/Thoracic Surgery) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Academic Title: Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis; Interim Division Chief, UT Medical Group, Inc. Pediatrics - Cardiovascular Institute - Surgery

Special Interest:

• Cardiopulmonary Bypass
• Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disease
• Pediatric Orthotopic Heart Transplantation
• Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery
• Neonatal/Infant Cardiac Surgery

Professional Memberships:

• American Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society
• American Medical Association
• Association for Academic Surgery
• Children's Heart Link
• Mayo Clinic Priestly Society
• Peripheral Vascular Surgical Society

Awards & Honors:

• Member of the Children's Heart Link Team to China, performing pediatric heart surgery in Lanzhou, China
• Co-author of many medical articles and presentations
• Roerig Pfizer / Fisher Scientific Award for excellence in Immunology, Medical Microbiology, and Infectious Disease
• Merck Manual Award - Highest Academic Achievement throughout four years of medical school
• Mayo Foundation Department of Surgery Award for Outstanding Research
• Dr. Lawrence A. Marshall Award - distinquished performance in Biochemistry