Florida Atlantic University has named Phillip M. Boiselle, M.D., as the new dean of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine. Dr. Boiselle, who currently serves as associate dean for academic and clinical affairs, and professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School, and is a member of the cardiothoracic imaging division at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, will assume his role as dean effective in January 2017.
Dr. Boiselle graduated from the Duke University School of Medicine in 1990 and subsequently underwent radiology residency training at Yale University, where he also served as chief resident. He completed a fellowship in thoracic radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1996. Following his fellowship, he was appointed director of thoracic CT and assistant professor of radiology at Temple University. In 1999, he joined the staff at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center as the director of thoracic imaging and as an assistant professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School. In this role, he developed and led a nationally recognized division that also was highly valued locally for its emphasis on quality and safety. This emphasis led to his subsequent appointment as vice chair for quality and safety, a role in which he led a variety of initiatives to improve safety, productivity, quality and efficiency.
Dr. Boiselle’s educational leadership experience has been fostered by formal training as a Rabkin Fellow in Medical Education at Harvard Medical School. He has held a variety of local, regional and national educational leadership roles, including director of pre-clinical radiology education, radiology residency program co-director, thoracic imaging fellowship director, president of the New England Roentgen Ray Society, and president of the Society of Thoracic Radiology, among others.
In May 2012, Dr. Boiselle was appointed associate dean for academic and clinical affairs at Harvard Medical School. In this role, he has provided oversight of the school’s research and educational centers, faculty development and diversity initiatives, and affiliation agreements, among other activities. Dr. Boiselle is a fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and a member of the Society of Thoracic Radiology, the Fleischner Society, the Radiological Society of North America, and the American Roentgen Ray Society, among others.
