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Frank Henry
Boehm, M.D Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Vanderbilt University Hospital B-1100 Medical Center North Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2519 |
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| 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 |
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| Military Service | Todd Edward - January 30, 1967 Thomas Ludwig - June 10, 1968 Catherine Valerie - September 2, 1980 | |
| Education | ||
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1962
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B.A., Vanderbilt
University Nashville, Tennessee |
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1965
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M.D., Vanderbilt
University Nashville, Tennessee |
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| Pstgraduate Training | ||
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1965-1966
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Internship,
Surgery, Yale-New Haven Hospital New Haven, Connecticut |
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1966-1968
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Assistant
Resident, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale-New Haven Hospital New Haven, Connecticut |
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1968-1969
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Associate
Resident, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale-New Haven Hospital New Haven, Connecticut |
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1969-1970
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Resident,
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale-New Haven Hospital New Haven, Connecticut |
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July-Dec.
1969
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Fellowship,
Surgery and Oncology, City of Hope Duarte, California |
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| Lincensure and Certification | ||
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1965
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Tennessee | |
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1966
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National Medical Board Exam Certification | |
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1966
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Diplomate-National Board of Medical Examiners | |
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1973
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Diplomate-American Board of Obstetricians/Gynecologists | |
| Diplomate-American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Certificate of Special Competence in Maternal/Fetal Medicine 1976 | ||
| Academic Appointments | ||
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1966-1969
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Teaching
Assistant, Obstetrics and Gynecology Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut |
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1969-1970
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Instructor,
Obstetrics and Gynecology Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut |
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1970-1972
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Chief,
Obstetrics and Gynecology Bainbridge Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, Maryland |
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1972-1975
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Assistant
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee |
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1972-
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Director,
Fetal Intensive Care Unit Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee |
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1975-1981
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Associate
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee |
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1976-1991
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Associate Clinical Professor / Obstetrics and Gynecology Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee | |
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1978-1980
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Co-Director,
Maternal/Fetal Medicine Division Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee |
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1980-
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Director,
Maternal/Fetal Medicine Division Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee |
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1981-
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Professor,
Obstetrics and Gynecology Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee |
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1982-
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Associate
Professor, Radiology Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee |
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1991-
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Clinical
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee |
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| Hospital Appointments | ||
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1972-
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Vanderbilt
University Hospital Nashville, Tennessee |
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1972-1976
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Saint Thomas
Hospital, Medical Staff Nashville, Tennessee |
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1972-1992
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Nashville
General Hospital, Medical Staff Nashville, Tennessee |
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1972-
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State Consultant
to Perinatal Division of Public Health Department Nashville, Tennessee |
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1973-1978
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Obstetric
Consultant, Florence Crittenton Home for Unwed Mothers Nashville, Tennessee |
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1974-
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Baptist
Hospital, Medical Staff Nashville, Tennessee |
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1974-1982
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Consultant,
Veterans Administration Hospital Nashville, Tennessee |
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1983-1987
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Obstetric Consultant to Hospital Corporation of America | |
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1986-
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Clinical
& Research Associate.The Center for Clinical & Research Ethics Vanderbilt School of Medicine |
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1986-1992
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Active
Staff, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hubbard Hospital/Meharry Medical College Nashville, Tennessee |
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1995-2001
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Centennial
Hospital Nashville, Tennessee |
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1995-2001
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Saint Thomas
Hospital Nashville, Tennessee |
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Professional
Organizations
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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 | ||
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1972-
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Course
Instructor - "Human Sexuality" Vanderbilt University Medical School |
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1980-1989
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Chairman,
Third and Fourth Year Medical School Promotions Committee Vanderbilt University School of Medicine |
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1980-
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Fund Raiser,
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Division Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
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1981-1984
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Co-Director,
Genetic Center Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
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1983-1985
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Vanderbilt Hospital Board | |
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1984
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Continuing
Medical Education Committee Vanderbilt University Medical School |
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1986-1988
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Executive
Committee of the Hospital Medical Board Vanderbilt University Hospital |
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1985-
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Member, Medical Ethics Committee, Vanderbilt University Hospital | |
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1985-1992
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Proctor, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology written examination | |
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1987-
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Co-Chairman,
Perinatal Advisory Committee Vanderbilt University Hospital |
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1988-1991
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Member,
University Promotion and Tenure Review Committee Vanderbilt University Hospital |
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1990-1991
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Chairman,
Medical Center Faculty/Staff Campaign Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
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1990-1992
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Chairman,
Partners in Health Campaign, Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
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1990-
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Chairman,
Hospital Medical Ethics Committee Vanderbilt University Hospital |
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1990-1994
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Member,
Board of Directors, Canby Robinson Society Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
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1992-1993
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Member,
Academic Programs Committee Vanderbilt University School of Medicine |
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1992
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Member, United Way Committee, Vanderbilt University | |
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1993-1995
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Member, Networking Committee, Vanderbilt University Medical Center | |
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1993-
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Member, Board, Julia Hereford Society, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing | |
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1994
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Member, United Way Committee, Vanderbilt University Medical Center | |
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1995-1997
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Member, Cal Turner Ethics Scholar Search Committee | |
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1997
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Member, Vanderbilt Medical Group Marketing Committee | |
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1998
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Faculty
Advisory Council, Vanderbilt UniversityГ•s Cal Turner Program in Moral Leadership |
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2001
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Chairman of Search Committee for Stahlman Chair in Medical Ethics | |
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Extramural
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1975
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Perinatal Advisory Committee, State of Tennessee, Department of Health | |
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1975-1980
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Regionalization Coordinator, State of Tennessee | |
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1976-1977
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Board of Directors, The American Society for Psycho-Prophylaxis in Obstetrics, Inc., Nashville Chapter | |
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1976-1980
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Board of
Directors, March of Dimes, Music City Chapter Nashville, Tennessee |
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1978
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Chairman, Legislative Review Committee, Southern Perinatal Association | |
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1978-1979
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Chairman, Legislative Committee, National Perinatal Association | |
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1979-1989
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Staff, Maternal Mortality Committee, State of Tennessee | |
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1979
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Consensus
Development Workshop, Sickle Cell Disease Branch National Institutes of Health |
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1979-1981
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Feasibility
Study Committee on Sickle Cell Disease National Institutes of Health |
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1981
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Medical-Legal Expert Consultant | |
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1981-1983
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Tennessee Malpractice Review Board | |
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1982-1983
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Advisor-Symposia Medicus | |
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1982-1988
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Board of Directors, Tennessee Perinatal Association | |
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1984
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Board of Directors, Nashville Human Sexuality Council | |
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1984
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Grant Review
for Chorionic Villus Sampling National Institute of Child Health and Human Development |
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1985-1988
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American
College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Member, Committee on Obstetrics: Maternal and Fetal Medicine |
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1986-1987
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American
College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Member, American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Drugs |
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1987-1990
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Chairman, Legislative Committee of Society of Perinatal Obstetricians | |
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1986-1988
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Member, Pediatric Chairman Search Committee | |
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1986-1989
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Board of Directors, Society of Perinatal Obstetricians | |
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1987-1988
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Member, Legislative Workshop, Amer. College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists | |
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1994
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Member of International Advisory Committee First World Congress on Labor and Delivery, Jerusalem, Israel, July 3-7, 1994 | |
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1995
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Member, GovernorГ•s Appointed TennCare Roundtable | |
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1995
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Member, NICHD Task Force on Electronic Fetal Monitoring | |
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1995
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Member, GovernorГ•s Appointed Graduate Medical Education Task Force | |
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1996
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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 |
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В· Mead Johnson Award for Graduate Teaching. |
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В· Second Prize, Research Award, District VII, Amer. College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, 1973/1974. | |
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В· Named in The Best Doctors in America (Woodward-White, Inc., 1992-93, 1994-95, 1998-99 editions) based on national peer recommendations. | |
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В· Best Student Teacher, Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics. | |
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В· Honored at 1993 Roundtable Dinner for Outstanding Educators, Nashville, Tennessee. | |
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В· Named in The Best Doctors in America: Midwest Region 1996-97. | |
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В· Named in Best Internet Sites by The Nashville Scene: Doctors Cry, Too; http://dr-boehm.com. | |
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В· Named in Good Housekeeping magazine as one of the countryГ•s best doctors for women, Aug. 1997. | |
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В· Elected to Vanderbilt Chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha as an alumnus of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, October 1998. | |
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В· National CREOG Teaching Award, 1998. | |
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В· 1st Vanderbilt Medical Center Faculty Award for teaching medical students, residents, and/or fellows in the clinical setting, | |
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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. | |