Cynthia Boyd, MD

Professional Titles

• Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Medicine

Background

Centers and Institutes

• Aging and Health, Center on
• Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program
• Roger and Flo Lipitz Center to Advance Policy in Aging and Disability
• Transformative Geriatric Research, Center for

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

• For Healthy Aging, Stay Connected, Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health(May 7, 2024

Research Interests

Chronic Disease Care, Cognitive Decline, Deprescribing, Functional Recovery, Multiple Chronic Conditions, Older People, Polypharmacy, Quality of Life

Lab Website

Cynthia Boyd Lab

• Research in the Cynthia Boyd Lab concentrates on the clinical care of comorbid chronically ill and frail older adults, both chronically and during acute illnesses. Current projects focus on the treatment burden among older adults with multimorbidity, the importance of competing risks in decision-making for the elderly, the effects of guided care on the quality of care and the improvement of clinical practice guidelines for the elderly.

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Tx9tW2MAAAAJ&hl=en

PubMed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/cynthia.boyd.1/bibliography/public/

Selected Publications

• Boyd CM, Darer JD, Boult C, Fried LP, Boult L, Wu AW. Clinical practice guidelines and quality of care for older patients with multiple comorbid diseases: implications for pay for performance. JAMA. 2005 Aug 10;294(6):716-24.

• Boyd CM, Leff L, Bellantoni J, Rana N, Wolff JL, Roth DL, Carl K, Sheehan OC. Interactions between physicians and skilled home health care agencies in the certification of Medicare beneficiaries - Plan of care - Results of a nationally representative survey. Ann Intern Med. 2018 May 15;168(10):695-701. doi: 10.7326/M17-2219

• Bennett WL, Robbins CW, Bayliss EA, Wilson R, Tabano H, Boyd CM et al. Engaging stakeholders to inform clinical practice guidelines that address multiple chronic conditions. J Gen Intern Med. 2017 Aug;32(8):883-890.

• Reeve E, Wolff JL, Skehan M, Bayliss EA, Hilmer S, and Boyd CM. Attitudes towards deprescribing: results of a nationally representative sample of older adults in the United States. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Dec 1;178(12):1673-1680

• Steinman M, Boyd CM, Schmader K. Expanding evidence for clinical care of older adults: Beyond clinical trial traditions and finding new approaches. JAMA 2021 Aug 10;326(6):475-476. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.12134

Honors

• ASCI, American Society for Clinical Investigation, 4/30/21
• Outstanding Committee Service Award for the AGS Research Committee, 1/1/20
• Fellow, American Geriatric Society, 1/1/16
• Discovery Fund Synergy Award, Johns Hopkins, 1/1/14
• Fellow, American College of Physicians, 1/1/14
• Outstanding Scientific Achievement for Clinical Investigation Award, American Geriatric Society, 1/1/10
• Beeson Scholar, American Federation for Aging Research, 1/1/09
• Robert Wood Johnson Physician Faculty Scholar, 1/1/08
• Presidential Poster Session, Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society, 1/1/07
• American Geriatric Society New Investigator Award, Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society, 1/1/07
• Presidential Poster Session, Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society, 1/1/05
• Best Epidemiology Paper, Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society, 1/1/05
• Bayview Scholar, at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Center for Innovative Medicine, 1/1/05
• Presidential Poster Award: Clinical Practice Guidelines and Older Adults with Multiple Comorbid Conditions, Models of Geriatric Care, American Geriatric Society, 1/1/03
• Presidential Poster Session, Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society, 1/1/02
• Clinical Research Fellow Award, Department of Medicine Annual Retreat, Johns Hopkins University, 1/1/01
• Presidential Poster Session, Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society, 1/1/01
• Geriatric Medicine Fellow, John A. Hartford Foundation, 1/1/01
• Albert C. Schweitzer Fellow, North Carolina, 1/1/95
• Pathology Honor Society, Duke University School of Medicine, 1/1/95
• Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, Duke University School of Medicine, 1/1/95
• Summer Fellowship, American Heart Association, 1/1/90
• U.S. Presidential Scholar, New Jersey, 1/1/88

Memberships

• Agency for Health Care Research and Quality: Prevention Quality Indicators Clinical Expert Panel
• American Geriatrics Society (AGS), Junior Research Faculty Special Interest Group Steering Committee; Mentoring Program, Co-lead, 2005-2007; Research Committee Annual Meeting, 2005
• American Geriatrics Society Research Committees Sub Committee on Public Relations and the Foundation for Health in Aging
• American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, The Potential of Linking Quality of Medical Care with Payment Structures in the German and U.S. Health Care Systems
• Department of Health and Human Services, Multiple Chronic Conditions Expert Panel
• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) in COPD Meeting
• National Institute on Aging, Multiple Chronic Conditions Outcome Measures: Strategic Implementation Workgroup
• National Institute on Aging (NIA), Comorbidity Task Force
• National Institute on Aging Meeting on Outcome Measures for Older Persons with Multiple Chronic Conditions
• National Quality Forum: Steering Committee, Establishing a Measurement Framework for Multiple Chronic Conditions
• United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Technical Expert Panel, Methods to Assess Benefits and Harms for Preventative Services in Older Adults
• VA State of the Art Conference: Managing Complexity in Chronic Care, Member
• Fellow, American College of Physicians
• Fellow, American Geriatrics Society

Professional Activities

• American College of Physicians, Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee member, 1/1/15 - 1/1/17
• American Geriatrics Society Research Committee, Vice Chair, 1/1/19 - 1/1/21
• American Geriatrics Society's Expert Panel on the Care of Older Adults with Multimorbidity, Chairs: Cynthia Boyd and Matt McNabney, Co-chair, 1/1/12
• Annual Meeting Subcommittee of the American Geriatrics Society Research Committee, Chair, 1/1/20
• Bruyere Research Institute, Clinical Guidelines Committee member, 1/1/15 - 1/1/17
• Department of Health and Human Services, Multiple Chronic Conditions Expert Panel, Member, 1/1/11 - 1/1/12
• External Advisory Committee, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Promote Center, Co-Chair, 1/1/19
• National Institute on Aging, Comorbidity Task Force, 1/1/04 - 1/1/05
• National Institute on Aging, Multiple Chronic Conditions Outcome Measures: Strategic Implementation Workgroup, Workgroup member, 1/1/12
• National Quality Forum, Steering Committee, 1/1/11
• NIH/PCORI Meeting on Multiple Chronic Conditions in Context, Research Group Facilitator, 1/1/13
• Older American Independence Center, University of Maryland, External Advisory Committee, 1/1/19
• PCORI Project, Consumers United for Evidence-Based HealthCare, By Consumers, for Consumers: Building Capacity and Partnerships to Enhance Patient-centeredness, Advisory Committee member, 1/1/15 - 1/1/18
• Public Relations Subcommittee of the American Geriatrics Society Research Committee, Co-Chair, 1/1/17
• The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on The Health and Medical Dimensions of Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults, Committee Member, 1/1/18 - 1/1/20
• University of Massachusetts, R24 Advancing Geriatrics Infrastructure and Network Growth, External Advisory Committee member, 1/1/14