| Helen Boucher | |
| Education: | College of the Holy Cross (BA) University of Texas (MD) |
| Office: | Dean of the Tufts University School of Medicine |
| Term Start: | July 1, 2022 |
| President: | Anthony Monaco Sunil Kumar |
| Predecessor: | Harris Berman |
Helen Boucher (born 1964) is an American physician and infectiologist who is the dean of the Tufts University School of Medicine and the Chief Academic Officer of Tufts Medicine, the parent health system for Tufts Medical Center in Boston.[1] She is the first woman to serve as the dean of the Tufts University School of Medicine.[2]
Boucher previously served as Chief of the Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Tufts Medical Center, a Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, and Director of the Stuart B. Levy Center for Integrated Management of Antimicrobial Resistance at Tufts.
Boucher graduated with an undergraduate degree in English from the College of the Holy Cross in 1986 before earning a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) in 1993 from the McGovern Medical School (formerly the University of Texas Medical School at Houston) in the Texas Medical Center.[3] From 1993 to 1997, she was a resident at Deaconess Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and was the hospital's chief resident in 1996–1997. Boucher then went on a clinical and research fellowship to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, remaining there until 2000.[4]
In October 2022, Boucher was named Dean of Tufts University School of Medicine. Boucher had served as the school’s dean ad interim since July 2021, when she was also named chief academic officer for Tufts Medicine, the parent health system for Tufts Medical Center in Boston.
Boucher has worked as a physician in the field of infectious diseases since the mid-1990s.[5] She is a professor at Tufts University and the founding co-director of the Center for Integrated Management of Antimicrobial Resistance along with Ralph Isberg.[6] She has also served as the Director of the Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program at the Tufts Medical Center,[7] and until assuming the deanship at Tufts University School of Medicine was Chief of the Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases.[8] As a scholar, her research focuses on drug-resistant medical infections.[9] She has also commented on public medical issues in publications including the Washington Post.[10]
Boucher is also a member of the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria,[11] [12] and is an associate editor of Infectious Diseases[13] and a member of the editorial board for Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.[14] Boucher is also treasurer of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.[15]
Boucher is married to Norm Boucher, whom she met while they were both undergraduates at the College of the Holy Cross. They have two daughters.[16]