
Emily Boss, MD, MPH
Otolaryngology
Pediatric Otolaryngology
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Emily Boss
Professional Titles
- Director, Pediatric Otolaryngology
- Medical Director, Revenue Cycle Performance Improvement, Johns Hopkins Medicine
- Physician Advisor, Clinical Resource Management and Care Coordination, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Primary Academic Title
Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Background
Emily Boss, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S. (nee Rudnick) is director of pediatric otolaryngology and a professor of otolaryngology, pediatrics, and health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Boss's clinical expertise includes pediatric sinus, ear, nose, neck, and throat conditions. Dr. Boss trained at the University of California Los Angeles, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Seattle Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Boss is dedicated to improving health outcomes through enhanced doctor-patient communication and organizational change. She is the Medical Director for Revenue Cycle Performance Improvement for Johns Hopkins Medicine and a Physician Advisor for Care Coordination and Clinical Resource Management at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Boss is also a clinician scientist with federally funded research focused on patient and family-centered communication, health disparities, and surgical utilization and outcomes. An established surgeon, physician leader, and researcher, she is passionate about performance improvement in healthcare delivery.
Centers and Institutes
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Recent News Articles and Media Coverage
Kids get Uneven Tonsil Care, Study Finds, NBC News (01/20/2014)
Additional Academic Titles
Professor of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Patient and family experience, health disparities, and surgical outcomes, clinician-family communication, healthcare disparities.
Lab Website
Research Summary
The Boss Lab's research focus is on patient experience, health disparities, and surgical outcomes and utilization. Studies include shared decision-making, communication, and patient/parent-reported outcomes for elective surgery in children; patient satisfaction metrics, outcomes, and health correlates in surgery and pediatrics; patient and family-centered care and communication in surgery and pediatrics; racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in pediatric surgical care utilization and outcomes; and quality and safety in pediatric surgical care
PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Boss%2C%20Emily%20F[Full%20Author%20Name]&cmd=DetailsSearch
Selected Publications
Boss EF, Marsteller JA, Simon AE. Outpatient tonsillectomy in children: demographic and geographic variation in the United States, 2006. J Pediatr. 2012 May;160(5):814-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.11.041. Epub 2011 Dec 17. PMID: 22183449
Callon W, Beach MC, Links AR, Wasserman C, Boss EF. An expanded framework to define and measure shared decision-making in dialogue: A 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' approach. Patient Educ Couns. 2018 Aug;101(8):1368-1377. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2018.03.014. Epub 2018 Mar 11. PMID: 29550295; PMCID: PMC6475620
Cramer JD, Meraj T, Lavin JM, Boss EF. Object-Related Aspiration Deaths in Children and Adolescents in the United States, 1968 to 2017. JAMA. 2019 Nov 26;322(20):2020-2022. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.15375. PMID: 31769817; PMCID: PMC6902204
Leu GR, Links AR, Tunkel DE, Walsh JM, Ryan MA, DiCarlo H, Jelin EB, Beach MC, Boss EF. Understanding Bias in Surgery: Perceived Cultural Similarity Between Surgeons and Patient Families. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021 Aug;165(2):282-289. doi: 10.1177/0194599820982639. Epub 2021 Jan 12. PMID: 33430701
Links AR, Callon W, Wasserman C, Walsh J, Beach MC, Boss EF. Surgeon use of medical jargon with parents in the outpatient setting. Patient Educ Couns. 2019 Jun;102(6):1111-1118. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2019.02.002. Epub 2019 Feb 3. PMID: 30744965; PMCID: PMC6525640
Honors
- Top Doctor - Pediatric Otolaryngology, Baltimore Magazine, 11/1/23
- Cochrane Scholar, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, 1/1/14
- Career Development Award, American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology, 1/1/14
Memberships
- American Academy of Otolaryngology
- American College of Surgeons
- American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology
Locations
- Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville
- 10803 Falls Road, Pavilion III STE 2300, Lutherville, MD 21093
- phone: 443-997-6467
- fax: 410-367-2244
Expertise
Education
Seattle Children's Hospital
Fellowship, Pediatric Otolaryngology, 2008Virginia Commonwealth University Health
Residency, Otolaryngology, 2007Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Medical Education, MD, 2002Board Certifications
Pediatric Otolaryngology
American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2021Otolaryngology
American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2008Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)