David Boyce, MD
David Boyce, MD
Instructor, Harvard Medical School
About David Boyce, MD
Dr. David B. Boyce is an Anesthesiologist and Interventional Pain Medicine specialist who uses state-of-the-art ultrasound-guided techniques and a personal approach to improve health by providing exceptional, safe, timely and cost-effective care. At this time, Dr. Boyce is not accepting chronic pain patients.
Dr. Boyce is the Medical Director of the Mass General Waltham Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC). Dr. Boyce attended Cornell University and Tufts University School of Medicine. Since 2013, he has worked as a Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School and Attending Physician in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Boyce brings strong leadership skills and experience in operating room operations and management, having served as one of a small core team of anesthesiologists-in-charge of the main operating room at BWH. He is focused on the needs of the patients as well as the surgical teams, and these priorities have guided thoughtful daily management, in addition to effective process improvement over time. He has been an active member of the BWH faculty board for BWH Anesthesia and the Mass General Brigham 2.0 Anesthesia Asset Management Committee. He brings a broad background of clinical excellence, teaching and engagement to his new role.
Dr. Boyce is a skilled clinician, both in the OR and in the outpatient pain setting, where his specialty has been post-operative pain and non-opioid alternatives to managing chronic pain. He is an authentic, supportive, solution-oriented and thoughtful clinician who will build effective working relationships across surgical services, GI and IR to support the next phase of growth and development for Mass General Waltham Surgery. Dr. Boyce is a genuine and thoughtful leader who values working relationships and a team approach, and is committed to maintaining and growing a successful ASC at Mass General Waltham.
Clinical Interests:
- Airway management
- Anesthesia for ambulatory surgery
- Anesthesia for general surgery
- Anesthesia for orthopedic surgery
- Anesthesia for GI procedures
- Anesthesia for gynecologic surgery
- Anesthesia for urologic surgery
- Chronic pain
- Operating Room Management
- Pain medicine
- Procedural sedation
- Quality Improvement
- Treatment of chronic pain, both medical and interventional.
- Ultrasound guided regional anesthesia
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Waltham
52 Second Avenue
Green Building, Suite 200
Waltham, MA 02451
Phone: 781-487-2900
Medical Education
- MD, Tufts University School of Medicine
- Residency, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Pain Medicine, American Board of Anesthesiology
- Anesthesiology, American Board of Anesthesiology
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna Health Inc.
- AllWays Health (NHP) - ACD
- AllWays Health (NHP) - PBO
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Care 65
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Managed Care
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Partners Plus
- BMC HealthNet Mass Health MCO/ACO
- Cigna (PAL #'s)
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Fallon Community HealthCare
- Great-West Healthcare (formally One Health Plan)
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - ACD
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - PBO
- Health Care Value Management (HCVM)
- Humana/Choice Care PPO
- Maine Community Health Options (MCHO)
- MassHealth
- Medicare
- Medicare - ACD
- OSW - Connecticut
- OSW - Maine
- OSW - New Hampshire
- OSW - Rhode Island
- OSW - Vermont
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Unicare
- United Healthcare (non-HMO) - ACD
- United Healthcare (non-HMO) - PBO
- Well Sense Pediatrics
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Publications
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Select publications:
- Costelloe, C, Boyce, DB. Spinal Cord Surgery. Scientific American Anesthesiology. Decker Intellectual Properties, expected publication, 2018.
- Boyce, DB. Opioid Prescribing for Non-Cancer Pain. Amplifire Project, Mass General Brigham Healthcare Network, May, 2017. Designed case-based learning module about opioids for non-cancer pain to education clinicians across Mass General Brigham.
- Quick, JS, King, SA, Nguyen, M, Boyce, DB, Narang, S. Surgery for Pain Management: Operations in Surgical Pain Management. Chapter 5: Implantable Drug Delivery System for Spasticity, Malignant Pain, and Non-malignant Pain. Feb, 2015.
- McNicol, ED, Boyce, DB, Schumann, R, Carr, DB. Mu-Opioid Antagonists and Partial Mu Agonists for Opioid-Induced Constipation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 1, 2009.
- McNichol E, Boyce DB, Schumann R, Carr DB. Efficacy and Safety of Mu-Opioid Antagonists in the Treatment of Opioid-Induced Bowel Dysfunction: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Pain Medicine 2008, Volume 9, Number 6, pp. 634-659(26).
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