Helen Boucher, M.D.
Contributor
- Director, Tufts Center for Integrated Management of Antimicrobial Resistance (CIMAR)
- Director, Heart Transplant and Ventricular Assist Device Infectious Diseases Program
- Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program, Tufts Medical Center
- Professor of Medicine, Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Areas of Special Interest
- Infections in immunocompromised patients
- S. aureus infections
- Development of new anti-infective agents
Professional Recognition & Appointments
- Treasurer, Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Voting Member, Presidential Advisory Council on Combatting Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
- Board of Trustees of the Physicians of Tufts Medical Center and The College of the Holy Cross
- IDSA Society Citation Award (2015)
- Editor, ID Clinics of North America
- Editor, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Treasurer, Infectious Diseases Society of America
Publication Highlights
Numerous peer-reviewed scientific articles, textbook chapters, reviews and scientific abstracts including:
- The Infectious Diseases Society of America's 10 x '20 Initiative (Ten New Systemic Antibacterial Agents FDA-approved by 2020): Is 20 x '20 a Possibility? Clin Infect Dis - 2019
- Partial Oral Therapy for Osteomyelitis and Endocarditis - Is It Time? N Engl J Med - 2019
- Effect of Algorithm-Based Therapy vs Usual Care on Clinical Success and Serious Adverse Events in Patients with Staphylococcal Bacteremia A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA - 2018
- Good Studies Evaluate the Disease While Great Studies Evaluate the Patient: Development and Application of a Desirability of Outcome Ranking Endpoint for Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection. Clin Infect Dis - 2018
- White Paper: Developing Antimicrobial Drugs for Resistant Pathogens, Narrow-spectrum Indications, and Unmet Needs. JID - 2017
- Once-Weekly Dalbavancin versus Daily Conventional Therapy for Skin Infection. N Engl J Med - 2014
- 10 x ‘20 Progress: Development of New Drugs Active against Gram-negative Bacilli - An Update from the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis - 2013
Education
- College of the Holy Cross (B.A.)
- University of Texas Medical School at Houston (M.D.)
- Deaconess Hospital (Residency, Chief Resident)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Fellowship)
Disclosures
- Nothing to disclose