Bach-MaiKatherineVu-BoastMD

Assistant Professor; Associate Clinical Director of Diabetes

Dr. Vu-Boast is on Doximity

As a Doximity member you'll join over two million verified healthcare professionals in a private, secure network.

Gain access to free telehealth tools, such as our “call shielding” and one-way patient texting.
Connect with colleagues in the same hospital or clinic.
Read the latest clinical news, personalized to your specialty.

Office
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
4401 Penn Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
Phone+1 412-692-5170

Board-certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Endocrinology, Dr. Vu-Boast is passionate about providing compassionate, evidence-based, family-centered care in a variety of areas including diabetes, thyroid dysfunction, pituitary disease, growth disorders, pubertal disorders, and general pediatric endocrinology. Her particular interest in the psychological and sociological determinants of health outcomes has led her to participate in and lead a number of initiatives to improve the quality of health care delivery in the hospital, in the outpatient clinic, and in the community setting. She has served as medical staff at children's diabetes camps in several states. She also considers it a privilege to teach medical students, residents, and fellows.

Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Pediatric Endocrinology, 2012 - 2015
University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 2009 - 2012
McGovern Medical School at UTHealthClass of 2009
Stanford UniversityB.A., Human Biology, 2001 - 2005

ENDO Early Career Forum & Travel Grant Endocrine Society, 2014
AMSA Local Project Grant American Medical Student Association, 2006
Women’s Faculty Caucus Award, Most Distinguished Summer Undergraduate Research University of Texas Medical Branch (Galveston, TX), 2004
UTMB Graduate Student Organization Award, for Best Research Poster Presentation University of Texas Medical Branch, 2003
James W. McLaughlin Recruitment Award, in Recognition of the Most Outstanding Undergraduate Research Project University of Texas Medical Branch, 2003-2004
Join now to see all

PubMed

9 citations
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome: Management Considerations from Infancy to Adulthood.
Chen Mj, Vu Bm, Marni E. Axelrad, Jennifer E. Dietrich, Gargollo P
Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews. 2015-06-01

Abstracts/Posters

A unique case of neonatal diabetes with sickle cell trait. Oral Presentation
Bach-Mai Vu, MD; Meenal Mendiratta, MD, Pediatric Endocrine Society of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas Annual Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK, 1/25/2014
Complete androgen insensitivity: medical and ethical considerations in timing of gonadectomy.
Bach-Mai Vu, MD; Roshanak Mansouri, MD; Jennifer Dietrich, MD, MSc; Sheila Gunn, MD; Lefkothea Karaviti, MD, PhD; Laurence McCullough, PhD, Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 1/23/2014
A unique case of neonatal diabetes with sickle cell trait. Poster Presentation
Bach-Mai Vu, MD; Meenal Mendiratta, MD, Pediatric Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, 1/3/2014
Goiter: an unusual presentation of Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Poster Presentation
Bach-Mai Vu, MD; George Jeha, MD, Baylor Pediatric Fellows’ Research Symposium, Houston, TX, 1/1/2013
Join now to see all