Laura S. Boylan is a neurologist in New York City. [1] She is currently an adjunct professor of neurology at the New York University School of Medicine, an attending at Bellevue Hospital New York City Health + Hospitals and consulting neurologist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. [1] [2] [3]
Laura Boylan graduated and received a Bachelor of Arts from Barnard College and her medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. [4] She completed an internship at St Vincent's Hospital and finished her residency in neurology at the Neurological Institute at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. [4] Her passion to study neurology evolved from a desire to cure her family disease. [5]
Boylan began her research career at a job in the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Research at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. [5] Her advisor inspired her to go back to medical school. [5] She then went on to complete research in the psychiatric manifestation of neurologic disease, a focus of her current research. [5] [6] She has contributed to the scientific literature and published and spoken extensively for the general public on medicine, health care policy and reform. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Boylan started Locum Tenens work after leaving full-time academe at NYU; this work took her to smaller cities and rural areas in the US. [5] Boylan worked for years as a neurohospitalist in Duluth, Minnesota. [11] Boylan has also taught as an honorary assistant professor in formal didactics and clinical rounds in hospitals in Addis Ababa and Gondar in Ethiopia. [5]
Boylan grew up in New York City; she has an older brother of 2 years, Ross Boylan. [1] She was a mother when she started medical school. [5]
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