
Dr. Cynthia Melinda Boyd M.D.
Geriatrician | Geriatric Medicine
4940 Eastern Ave Baltimore MD, 21224About
Dr. Cynthia Boyd practices Geriatric Medicine in Baltimore, MD. Geriatricians prevent, manage, and develop care plans that address the special health problems of the elderly. Dr. Boyd works as part of a team with other healthcare providers, to address the natural aging that goes on within the body and to manage multiple medical problems and ensure social support.
Education and Training
Duke University School of Medicine 1997
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Geriatric Medicine- 2012
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The Johns Hopkins Geriatric Summer Scholars Program: a model to increase diversity in geriatric medicine.
- Morbidity and older persons' perceptions of the quality of their primary care.
- Clinical features of high-risk older persons identified by predictive modeling.
- Quality of care for older patients with diabetes mellitus with comorbidity.
- Debate on DEBATE.
- Patterns of prevalent major chronic disease among older adults in the United States.
- Guided care for multimorbid older adults.
- A pilot test of the effect of guided care on the quality of primary care experiences for multimorbid older adults.
- Guided care: cost and utilization outcomes in a pilot study.
- Early effects of "Guided Care" on the quality of health care for multimorbid older persons: a cluster-randomized controlled trial.
- Medicare home health patients' transitions through acute and post-acute care
- Will running the numbers first violate the principles of patient-centered care?
- Guided care and the cost of complex healthcare: a preliminary report.
- Effects of guided care on family caregivers.
- The effects of guided care on the perceived quality of health care for multi-morbid older persons: 18-month outcomes from a cluster-randomized controlled trial.
Awards
- 1988 U.S. Presidential Scholar, New Jersey
- American Heart Association 1990 Summer Fellowship
- North Carolina 1995 Albert C. Schweitzer Fellow
- Duke University School of Medicine 1995 Pathology Honor Society
- Department of Medicine Annual Retreat, Johns Hopkins University 2001 Clinical Research Fellow Award
- 2001-2002, 2001 Presidential Poster Session, Annual Meeting of the American Geriatric
- John A. Hartford Foundation 2001 Geriatric Medicine Fellow
- 2003 Presidential Poster Award: Clinical Practice Guidelines and Older Adu
- 2005 Best Epidemiology Paper, Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics So
- Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society 2007 American Geriatric Society New Investigator Award
- American Geriatric Society 2010 Outstanding Scientific Achievement for Clinical Investigation Award
Treatments
- General Care, Preventive Care, Consultation And More
Fellowships
- Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center / Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology 2002
Dr. Cynthia Melinda Boyd M.D.'s Practice location
Practice At 4940 Eastern Ave
4940 Eastern Ave -Baltimore, MD 21224Get Direction
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5200 Eastern Ave Mason F Lord Bldg West Tower 5 -Baltimore, MD 21224Get Direction
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5505 Hopkins Bayview Cir -Baltimore, MD 21224Get Direction
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Nearest Hospitals
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707 NORTH BROADWAY BALTIMORE MD 21205JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL, THEl
600 NORTH WOLFE STREET BALTIMORE MD 21287JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTERl
4940 EASTERN AVENUE BALTIMORE MD 21224KENNEDY KREIGER INSTITUTEl
707 NORTH BROADWAY BALTIMORE MD 21205JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL, THEl
600 NORTH WOLFE STREET BALTIMORE MD 21287JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTERl
4940 EASTERN AVENUE BALTIMORE MD 21224KENNEDY KREIGER INSTITUTEl
707 NORTH BROADWAY BALTIMORE MD 21205