Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital

Ivy I. Boydstun, MD, graduated from the University of Texas Medical School. She completed a residency in pediatrics at Brown University / Rhode Island Hospital, as well as a fellowship in pediatric nephrology at Yale University School of Medicine, before becoming an assistant professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, practicing nephrology at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. Her research was funded by the National Institutes of Health, and she is a twotime recipient of the American Lung Association of Texas Research Award.

Prior to her post at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, Dr. Boydstun was an associate professor of clinical pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension at Stony Brook University Medical Center in New York. At Stony Brook, she directed the Pediatric Nephrology Training Program and participated in two multi-center studies conducted by the National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Boydstun is board certified pediatric nephrology, and she has published numerous abstracts, book chapters and articles over the years. Her professional memberships include the American Society of Nephrology, the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology and the International Pediatric Nephrology Association. Her clinical interests include kidney diseases of newborns, infants and children, with special interest in nephrotic syndrome, and renal involvement in systemic diseases including lupus, HIV infection, and diabetes.

Professional Affiliations

Dr. Boydstun’s professional memberships include the American Society of Nephrology, the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology and the International Pediatric Nephrology Association.

Publications

Original Articles:

Boydstun II: Acute renal failure. State of the Arts Review: Adolesc Med Clinics 16(1):1-9, 2005.

Boydstun II: Chronic kidney disease in adolescents. State of the Arts Review: Adolesc Med Clinics 16 (1): 185-199, 2005.

Gupta SK, Eustace JA, Winston JA, Boydstun II et al: Guidelines for management of chronic kidney disease in HIV-infected patients: recommendations of the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infectious Dis 40: 1559-85, 2005.

Gupta SK, Eustace JA, Winston JA, Boydstun II et al: Guidelines for management of chronic kidney disease in HIV-infected patients: recommendations of the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clinical Issues in HIV Medicine, 2005 compendium, Clin Infectious Dis (CME activity, October 2005).

Kacer M, Whyte D, Boydstun I, Witson TA: Congenital nephrotic syndrome and persistent hypothyroidism after bilateral nephrectomy. J Ped Endoc Metab 21 (6) 597-601, 2008.

Chapters and Books:

Seigel NJ, Van Why SK, Boydstun II, Devarajan P and Gaudio KM: Acute renal failure: A. Pathophysiology. In: MA Holiday, TM Barrat, ED Avner (eds), Pediatric Nephrology, 3rd Edition, Baltimore, Williams and Wilkins, 1993.

Seigel NJ, Van Why SK, Boydstun II, Devajaran P and Gaudio KM: Acute renal failure: B. Clinical. In: MA Holiday, TM Barrat, ED Avner (eds), Pediatric Nephrology, 3rd Edition, Baltimore, Williams and Wilkins, 1993.

Fine RN, Whyte DA, Boydstun II: Conservative Management of Chronic Renal Insufficiency In: Avner ED, Harmon WE, Niaudet P (eds), Pediatric Nephrology, 5th Edition, Baltimore, Williams and Wilkins, 2004.