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Tisha Boston, M.D.
Title: | Vice Chair, Clinical Operations Clinical Professor |
Department: | Family and Preventive Medicine School of Medicine Columbia |
Email: | Tisha.Boston@uscmed.sc.edu |
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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.