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Bruce A. Boston, M.D.

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  • Miracle Aisles Professor of Pediatric Diabetes
  • Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology, School of Medicine

Expertise

  • Endocrinology and diabetes
  • Pediatric Endocrinology

Locations and contact

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About me

Dr. Boston specializes in caring for infants, children and adolescents with endocrine or hormone problems. These include problems with growth, puberty, thyroid, adrenal and any other disorder related to the hormone glands. Dr. Boston also treats both type 1 and type 2 diabetes in children. As a specialist in pediatric diabetes, Dr. Boston takes a developmental and family centered approach to the care of diabetes in children and adolescents. This approach requires multiple diabetes team members specially trained in the care of kids with diabetes. These pediatric diabetes team members are all available at the Harold Schnitzer Diabetes Health Center. Dr. Boston is also very involved with the Gales Creek Camp for Children with Diabetes that offers a summer camping experience for children with type 1 diabetes and their families.

In his spare time, Dr. Boston enjoys spending time staying in shape with a weekly soccer game. He also enjoys traveling with his family and getting away to the gorgeous outdoors we are all blessed with in the Pacific Northwest. And when he really wants to get away for some quality time, he spends time sailing land yachts on the Alvord Desert in Southwest Oregon or on his fishing boat out of Newport. No cell phones allowed.

Languages spoken

  • English

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • M.D., 1988, Oregon Health and Science University

  • Residency

    • Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, 1991

  • Fellowship

    • Pediatric endocrinology, Oregon Health & Science University, 1995

  • Certifications

    • American Board of Pediatrics, 1991

Memberships and associations:

  • Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society
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Ratings and reviews

Overall: 4.9 out of 5 (97 Ratings, 26 Reviews)

The patient ratings score is an average of all responses to the question "How likely would you be to recommend this provider to your family and friends (on a scale of 0 to 10)" on our nationally-recognized NRC patient surveys.

  1. I just wanted to say Dr. Boston answered all of our questions, was extremely informative, well versed in his practice, and also his partner that was helping was also very knowledgeable, and definitely gave us peace of mind, and we appreciate both of them, and we're excited to have a team like that working, and helping us out with our daughter.

  2. Dr. Boston is an amazing doc and always treat my child with respect. He never makes her feel bad about her diabetes management. Which helps her take better control of her diabetes. Thank you Dr. Boston!

  3. Dr Boston is a great doctor who tells it like it is. He's very helpful when moving to this new stage of life with college and such

  4. Always great chatting with Dr Boston. Explained things to us simply and it made perfect sense.

  5. Extremely personable and great at interacting with my son in a respectful manner to explain aspects of treatment. We have always had a positive interaction with Dr. Boston and staff in the clinic.

  6. Dr. Boston has been my doctor since I was seven. He is intelligent, understanding, has great ideas and has a great bedside manner. He is amazing!

  7. Dr. Boston is very personable, explains our daughters condition in ways we can understand, and helps us to figure out the best way to take care of her. He is a phenomenal doctor and we are lucky he is her endocrinologist

  8. Dr. Boston is amazing. He is great at explaining the issues in a manner for my daughter to understand and doesn't make her feel like she is being shamed. He is validating to her.

  9. We want to thank Dr. Boston, so very informative with our daughter, asked every question that we thought needed to be asked and answered, and give him a 10 out of 10.

  10. My daughter was very happy with her doctor's appointment and really enjoys Dr. Boston. Thank you so much.

  11. Great experience. Friendly, and spoke at my son instead of just myself. Made him feel comfortable during everything, and answered any questions he had.

  12. Dr. Bruce Boston is always very patient, never rushes you through the appointment, answers every question and the appointment isn't over until you are satisfied and well taken care of. I highly recommend Dr. Bruce Boston.

  13. Hi, we are patients of Dr. Bruce Boston. He is a wonderful provider. However for our appointment we set in the exam room for over an hour waiting for him to be seen and no one came to let us know he was running behind.