Name

Office Address:
Frank Henry Boehm, M.D

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Vanderbilt University Hospital
B-1100 Medical Center North
Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2519
     
Office Phone (615) 322-2071
Date and Place of birth April 11, 1940 / Nashville, Tennessee
Marital Status Married - Julie Goldstein Boehm
Children Todd Edward - January 30, 1967
Thomas Ludwig - June 10, 1968
Catherine Valerie - September 2, 1980
Military Service Todd Edward - January 30, 1967 Thomas Ludwig - June 10, 1968 Catherine Valerie - September 2, 1980
Education
1962
B.A., Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
1965
M.D., Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
Pstgraduate Training
     
1965-1966
Internship, Surgery, Yale-New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut
1966-1968
Assistant Resident, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale-New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut
1968-1969
Associate Resident, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale-New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut
1969-1970
Resident, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale-New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut
July-Dec. 1969
Fellowship, Surgery and Oncology, City of Hope
Duarte, California
     
Lincensure and Certification
     
1965
Tennessee
1966
National Medical Board Exam Certification
1966
Diplomate-National Board of Medical Examiners
1973
Diplomate-American Board of Obstetricians/Gynecologists
Diplomate-American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Certificate of Special Competence in Maternal/Fetal Medicine 1976
     
Academic Appointments
1966-1969
Teaching Assistant, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut
1969-1970
Instructor, Obstetrics and Gynecology Yale-New Haven Hospital,
New Haven, Connecticut
1970-1972
Chief, Obstetrics and Gynecology Bainbridge Naval Training Center,
Bainbridge, Maryland
1972-1975
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology Vanderbilt University Hospital,
Nashville, Tennessee
1972-
Director, Fetal Intensive Care Unit Vanderbilt University Hospital,
Nashville, Tennessee
1975-1981
Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology Vanderbilt University Hospital,
Nashville, Tennessee
1976-1991
Associate Clinical Professor / Obstetrics and Gynecology Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee
1978-1980
Co-Director, Maternal/Fetal Medicine Division Vanderbilt University Hospital,
Nashville, Tennessee
1980-
Director, Maternal/Fetal Medicine Division Vanderbilt University Hospital,
Nashville, Tennessee
1981-
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology Vanderbilt University Hospital,
Nashville, Tennessee
1982-
Associate Professor, Radiology Vanderbilt University Hospital,
Nashville, Tennessee
1991-
Clinical Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology Meharry Medical College,
Nashville, Tennessee
     
Hospital Appointments
     
1972-
Vanderbilt University Hospital
Nashville, Tennessee
1972-1976
Saint Thomas Hospital, Medical Staff
Nashville, Tennessee
1972-1992
Nashville General Hospital, Medical Staff
Nashville, Tennessee
1972-
State Consultant to Perinatal Division of Public Health Department
Nashville, Tennessee
1973-1978
Obstetric Consultant, Florence Crittenton Home for Unwed Mothers
Nashville, Tennessee
1974-
Baptist Hospital, Medical Staff
Nashville, Tennessee
1974-1982
Consultant, Veterans Administration Hospital
Nashville, Tennessee
1983-1987
Obstetric Consultant to Hospital Corporation of America
1986-
Clinical & Research Associate.The Center for Clinical & Research Ethics
Vanderbilt School of Medicine
1986-1992
Active Staff, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Hubbard Hospital/Meharry Medical College
Nashville, Tennessee
1995-2001
Centennial Hospital
Nashville, Tennessee
1995-2001
Saint Thomas Hospital
Nashville, Tennessee
     
Professional Organizations
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Fellow / Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics / Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists / The Clinical Ethics Guild / Davidson County Foundation for Medical Care / Davidson County Medical Society / Nashville Academy of Medicine Society of Perinatal Obstetricians / Tennessee Obstetricians and Gynecologists Society / Tennessee Perinatal Association / American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine / Julia Hereford Society Board / The Lonnie Burnett Society
     
Offices Held
     
President Elect, Southern Perinatal Association
President, Southern Perinatal Association
     
Professional Activities
Intramural
1972-
Course Instructor - "Human Sexuality"
Vanderbilt University Medical School
1980-1989
Chairman, Third and Fourth Year Medical School Promotions Committee
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
1980-
Fund Raiser, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Division
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
1981-1984
Co-Director, Genetic Center
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
1983-1985
Vanderbilt Hospital Board
1984
Continuing Medical Education Committee
Vanderbilt University Medical School
1986-1988
Executive Committee of the Hospital Medical Board
Vanderbilt University Hospital
1985-
Member, Medical Ethics Committee, Vanderbilt University Hospital
1985-1992
Proctor, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology written examination
1987-
Co-Chairman, Perinatal Advisory Committee
Vanderbilt University Hospital
1988-1991
Member, University Promotion and Tenure Review Committee
Vanderbilt University Hospital
1990-1991
Chairman, Medical Center Faculty/Staff Campaign
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
1990-1992
Chairman, Partners in Health Campaign,
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
1990-
Chairman, Hospital Medical Ethics Committee
Vanderbilt University Hospital
1990-1994
Member, Board of Directors, Canby Robinson Society
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
1992-1993
Member, Academic Programs Committee
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
1992
Member, United Way Committee, Vanderbilt University
1993-1995
Member, Networking Committee, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
1993-
Member, Board, Julia Hereford Society, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
1994
Member, United Way Committee, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
1995-1997
Member, Cal Turner Ethics Scholar Search Committee
1997 -
Member, Vanderbilt Medical Group Marketing Committee
1998
Faculty Advisory Council,
Vanderbilt UniversityГ•s Cal Turner Program in Moral Leadership
2001
Chairman of Search Committee for Stahlman Chair in Medical Ethics
Extramural
1975
Perinatal Advisory Committee, State of Tennessee, Department of Health
1975-1980
Regionalization Coordinator, State of Tennessee
1976-1977
Board of Directors, The American Society for Psycho-Prophylaxis in Obstetrics, Inc., Nashville Chapter
1976-1980
Board of Directors, March of Dimes, Music City Chapter
Nashville, Tennessee
1978
Chairman, Legislative Review Committee, Southern Perinatal Association
1978-1979
Chairman, Legislative Committee, National Perinatal Association
1979-1989
Staff, Maternal Mortality Committee, State of Tennessee
1979
Consensus Development Workshop, Sickle Cell Disease Branch
National Institutes of Health
1979-1981
Feasibility Study Committee on Sickle Cell Disease
National Institutes of Health
1981 -
Medical-Legal Expert Consultant
1981-1983
Tennessee Malpractice Review Board
1982-1983
Advisor-Symposia Medicus
1982-1988
Board of Directors, Tennessee Perinatal Association
1984
Board of Directors, Nashville Human Sexuality Council
1984
Grant Review for Chorionic Villus Sampling
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
1985-1988
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Member, Committee on Obstetrics: Maternal and Fetal Medicine
1986-1987
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Member, American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Drugs
1987-1990
Chairman, Legislative Committee of Society of Perinatal Obstetricians
1986-1988
Member, Pediatric Chairman Search Committee
1986-1989
Board of Directors, Society of Perinatal Obstetricians
1987-1988
Member, Legislative Workshop, Amer. College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists
1994
Member of International Advisory Committee First World Congress on Labor and Delivery, Jerusalem, Israel, July 3-7, 1994
1995
Member, GovernorГ•s Appointed TennCare Roundtable
1995
Member, NICHD Task Force on Electronic Fetal Monitoring
1995
Member, GovernorГ•s Appointed Graduate Medical Education Task Force
1996
Chair, Tennessee State Task Force on 48 Hour Legislation
Editorial Consultant American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology /Journal of the American Medical Association / Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology / New England Journal of Medicine / Southern Medical Journal / Journal of Clinical Ethics / International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
Visiting Professorship July, 1983 Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Israel
Academic or Professional Honors
В· Mead Johnson Award for Graduate Teaching.
В· Second Prize, Research Award, District VII, Amer. College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, 1973/1974.
В· Named in The Best Doctors in America (Woodward-White, Inc., 1992-93, 1994-95, 1998-99 editions) based on national peer recommendations.
В· Best Student Teacher, Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
В· Honored at 1993 Roundtable Dinner for Outstanding Educators, Nashville, Tennessee.
В· Named in The Best Doctors in America: Midwest Region 1996-97.
В· Named in Best Internet Sites by The Nashville Scene: Doctors Cry, Too; http://dr-boehm.com.
В· Named in Good Housekeeping magazine as one of the countryГ•s best doctors for women, Aug. 1997.
В· Elected to Vanderbilt Chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha as an alumnus of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, October 1998.
В· National CREOG Teaching Award, 1998.
В· 1st Vanderbilt Medical Center Faculty Award for teaching medical students, residents, and/or fellows in the clinical setting,
В· Named in AmericaГ•s Top Doctors, 2001 edition, based on peer recommendations May, 2000.
Extra Curriculum Activities Member of The Jewish Temple and West End Synagogue / Religious School Teacher, 9th grade, 1980-85: "Jewish Debate and Dilemmas" / Fund Raiser - Jewish Welfare Fund / Board of Trustees, The Temple, Nashville, Tennessee / Chairman, Jewish Outreach Committee, The Temple, Nashville, Tennessee.
Currently authors column (since 1992) in the (Nashville) Tennessean, entitled "Healing words," presenting medical issues to the general public, Previously authored columns in the Boca News (Florida) and MD News (national magazine for physicians).
Chairman, Committee Relations Committee, Jewish Federation of Middle TN 1994-98 / Board of Directors, Jewish Federation of Middle Tennessee, 1994- / Board of Trust, Harpeth Hall GirlГ•s School of Nashville, 1995-01 / Southeast Regional Board Anti-Defamation League, 1996 / Senator Bill Frist Roundtable Advisor, Member / Executive Council Member, Council Jewish Public Affairs, 1996-02 / Board of Directors, Helios Medical, Inc., 1996-01 / Co-Chair, "Nashville Celebrates IsraelГ•s 50th Birthday" project of Jewish Federation, 1998 / President-Elect, Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, 1998-99 / Medical Director, Helios Medical Inc., 1998-01 / President, Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, 1999-02 / Board of Directors, Vanderbilt Hillel, 2001.
Other Honors
Man of the Year - CABLE (Business Women's Organization), 1980.
Research Program
Principal Investigator, Arthur Frank Fund to Vanderbilt University Medical Center to Establish Fetal Intensive Care Unit
Principal Investigator, Medical Program, High-Risk Obstetrics Project Nashville, Tennessee
Principal Investigator, Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company Grant Induction of Labor in Pregnant Women with Orally Administered Prostaglandins
Principal Investigator, Public Health Department, Research Grant to Study Obstetric Regionalization
Principal Investigator, March of Dimes - Middle TN Obstetric Education Grant
Principal Investigator, Syntex Pharmaceutical Company Grant Naproxen in the Treatment of Dysmenorrhea
Participant, National Collaborative Study of Electronic Fetal Stress Testing Long Beach, California
Principal Investigator, Middle Tennessee Obstetric Regionalization Project
Principal Investigator, Fetal Monitor Evaluation Litton Monitoring Company Grant Award
Principal Investigator, Tennessee Prenatal Program
Consultant, March of Dimes Prevention of Prematurity Study
Principal Investigator, Autocorrelation in Fetal Monitoring Hewlett Packard Company Grant Award
Principal Investigator, March of Dimes Prevention of Prematurity Study
Principal Investigator, Nellcor Multicenter Study: Pulse Oximeter Evaluation of Fetal Status
Principal Investigator, TennCare Study on Impediments to Pregnancy Care in Middle Tennessee
Current Research Topics:
Fetal Stress vs Distress
Fetal Pulse Oximetry: In Labor and During in utero fetal surgery
Publications Authored or co-authored over 125 medical publications
Book Chapters Wrote or co-wrote 26 chapters.
Books Graber AL, Christman BG, Rawlings VB, Boehm FH: Diabetes and Pregnancy, A Guide for the Prospective Mother with Diabetes. Nashville, Vanderbilt University Press, 1973.
Boehm FH: Collected Letters of The International Correspondence Society of Obstetric-ians and Gynecolog-ists. (Editor), 1981.
Eden R, Boehm FH: Fetal Assessment: Physiologic, Clinical, and Medicolegal Principles. Norwalk, CT, Appleton & Lange, 1990.
4. Boehm FH: Doctors Cry,Too: Essays from the Heart of a Physician. Hay House, 2001.
Public documents Tennessee Perinatal Care System - Guidelines for Regionalization, Hospital Care Levels, Staffing and Facilities." Prepared by Subcommittee on Regionalization, Care Levels, Staffing & Facilities of the Perinatal Advisory Committee. Tennessee Department of Public Health, Division of Maternal and Child Health, March, 1978, 1997.
"Tennessee Perinatal Care System - Outlines of Courses for Physicians." Prepared by Subcommittee on Regionalization Care Levels, Staffing, Facilities & Professional Education of the Perinatal Advisory Committee. Tennessee Department of Public Health, Division of Maternal and Child Health, May, 1982.
Guidelines for Perinatal Care - Second Edition." American Academy of Pediatrics and American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists. Prepared by AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn and the ACOG Committee on Obstetrics: Maternal & Fetal Medicine, 1988.
Guest Editorials Boehm FH: Physicians: Where Are We Going in the 1980's? Perinatal Press 5:39, 1981.
Boehm FH: Medicolegal Climate for Obstetrician-Gynecologists. Obstet Gynecol Surv 48:715, 1993.
Presentations Presentations throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and the Middle East available upon request.