Katharine E. Boyle, MD
- Academic Title: Assistant Professor
- Primary Appointment: Pediatrics
- Email: katharine.boyle@som.umaryland.edu
Education and Training
Dr. Katharine E. Boyle is a pediatric intensivist at the University of Maryland Golisano Children's Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. She received her medical degree in 2012 from Weill Cornell Medical College. In 205, she completed residency training in Pediatrics at the University of Washington and completed a fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine in 2018 at Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Boyle is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in both General Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. (ABMS®)
Biosketch
Dr. Boyle is a medical educator and is a core faculty member for the Pediatrics Clerkship at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She also serves as a Faculty Mentor in the Mario Garcia Palmieri House within the medical school's mentoring system. Dr. Boyle is passionate about humanistic approaches to patient care and fostering professional development for medical students and residents. She has extensive training in quality improvement methods and communication strategies and has used these skills to mentor numerous student, resident and fellow academic projects.
Research/Clinical Keywords
Medical Education, Humanism in Medicine, Communication Skills, Ambiguity, Professional Development, High Value Healthcare
Highlighted Publications
Sick-Samuels AC, Woods-Hill CZ, Kelly DP, Koontz DW, Elhaissouni N, Kumar U, Xie A, Richardson T, Dutta S, Marsteller JA, Colantuoni E, Milstone AM; BrighT STAR Respiratory Authorship Group; Aldewereld Z, Auth MJ, Banerjee R, Blumenthal JA, Boyle K, et al. Diagnostic Stewardship of Respiratory Cultures Using Clinical Decision Support in the PICU. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Jul 1;9(7):e2626547.
MarronA, Totapally A, Weatherly A, De S, Barber M, Lifsey A, Boyle K. Pediatric Health Assessment Tracker: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Obtain Weights Consistently and Appropriately in a Tertiary Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Pediatric Quality and Safety. 2025 Jan 16; 10(1):e791.
Sick-Samuels AC, Koontz DW, Xie A, Kelly D, Woods-Hill CZ, Aneja A, et al, and the BrighT STAR Authorship Group. A Survey of PICU Clinician Practices and Perceptions Regarding Respiratory Cultures in the Evaluation of Ventilator-Associated Infections in the BrighT STAR Collaborative. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2024 Jan 1; 25(1):e20-e30.
Boyle K and Wellons JC. Full Court Press. JAMA Neurol. 2023 Oct 1; 80(10):1017-1018. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.2584.