Pulmonary Medicine

Thomas F. Boat, MD

Title

Executive Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Former BK Rachford Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; Former Director, Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation

Appointment

Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Email

thomas.boat@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-4588

Fax

513-636-1657

Bio

Thomas F. Boat is immediate past director of the Children’s Hospital Research Foundation and past Chairman of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics. He also was physician-in-chief of Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati. He now serves as Executive Associate Dean for the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and CEO of UC Physicians. A current focus is creating high value systems of care at Cincinnati Children’s and the College of Medicine that are more responsive to the individual needs of patients and families. He earned an M.D. at the University of Iowa.

A pediatric pulmonologist by training, Dr. Boat worked early in his career to define the pathophysiology of airway dysfunction and more effective therapies for chronic lung diseases of childhood, such as cystic fibrosis. More recently he has worked at local and national levels to improve research efforts, subspecialty training and clinical care in pediatrics. He has a special interest in issues posed by children’s mental health for pediatric care and training. Dr. Boat joined Cincinnati Children’s in 1993, after serving as chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Previously, he was co-director of the Cystic Fibrosis Center at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland.

He is a member of the Institute of Medicine and serves as co-chair of the IOM Forum on the Science of Health Care Quality Improvement and Implementation, as well the IOM Committee on the Prevention of Mental Disorders and Substance Abuse Among Children, Youth, and Young Adults. Dr. Boat has been a member of the AAHRPP Board of Directors since 2004, and is currently Board President. He has served as Chair of the American Board of Pediatrics, and President of the Society for Pediatric Research, as well as, the American Pediatric Society.

Credentials

MD: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 1966
Residency: Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis, MN
Fellowship: Pediatric Pulmonology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Certification: Pediatrics, 1971; Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, 1995.

Awards and Honors

Recipient of the St. Geme Award from the Federation of Pediatric Organizations.

Recipient of the Daniel Drake Medal from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

Recipient of the Global Ronald McDonald House Charities Award of Excellence.

Research

Tracheobronchial secretions
Mucous glycoprotein biosynthesis, structure
Pathophysiology of lung disease in cystic fibrosis
Effect of infection on developing airways

Publications, Most Recent

Boat TF, Chao SM, O'Neill PH. From waste to value in health care.JAMA 2008;299(5):568-71.

Boat TF. The Future of Pediatric Research. Supplement to The Journal of Pediatrics: The Future of Pediatrics: A Festschrift for M. Douglas Jones, Jr, MD. J Pediatr. 2007;151:S21-7.

Balistreri WF, Jobe A, Boat TF. Pediatric Subspeciality Training Fellowships at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.J Pediatr 2005;147:277-8.

Cripe TP, Thomson B, Boat TF, Williams DA. Promoting Translational Research in Academic Health Centers: Navigating the Roadmap.Acad Med 2005;80:1012-8.

Motley WW, Augsburger JJ, Hutchins RK, Schneider S, Boat TF. Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Endogenous Endophthalmitis with Choroidal Abscess in a Patient with Cystic Fibrosis. Retina 2005;25:202-7.