Education

B.S. Biological Sciences - Clemson University, 1994

M.D. - University of South Carolina School of Medicine, 1998

Residencies and Fellowships

Family Medicine Residency - Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital/University of South Carolina School of Medicine, 2001

Board Certifications

American Board of Family Medicine

Research Interests/Areas of Expertise

Quality Improvement
Patient Experience and Population Health
Improving Health Outcomes in Underserved and Vulnerable Populations

Biography

Since completing residency training at Palmetto Health Richland in 2001, Dr. Boston has practiced in the Midlands in various clinical settings and spent most of her career helping to educate learners as an adjunct clinical faculty member of the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine beginning in 2005.  She was awarded the American Academy of Family Physicians Degree of Fellow in 2017, and just prior to returning fulltime to the Prisma Health Department of Family and Preventive Medicine- Midlands in 2021 as Vice Chair of Operations and Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine, she served as the Ambulatory Care Residency Director at William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center. 

She was recognized nationally as a 2020 Veteran’s Health Administration Shark Tank semi-finalist for her project on improving quality and reducing lab costs at WJB Dorn VA Medical Center and was 1/20 inaugural members of the Veteran’s Health Administration’s National Primary Care Leadership Development Program.
 
Dr. Boston’s clinical interests include population health, quality improvement, preventive medicine, and healthcare disparities.