Christopher Boys, Ph.D., L.P.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics McNamara Alumni Center 200 Oak Street SE – Suite 160
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: (612) 626-3087 Fax: (612) 624-0997
boys0009@umn.edu
Dr. Boys is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics. He is a Pediatric Neuropsychologist who completed his PhD in Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota. He also completed his clinical internship and post-doctoral fellowship in Pediatric Neuropsychology at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
His current clinical interests include: neuropsychological assessment of learning disorders and neurodevelopmental disorders, psychological aspects of and adjustment to chronic medical illness (e.g.cystic fibrosis, diabetes, PKU); developing adherence and self-care in children/adolescents with chronic illness, consultation within health care settings; behavioral and developmental disorders (e.g., language impairments, dyslexia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder); and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Research interests include: neurodevelopmental outcome of high risk and premature neonates; investigating the neuropsychological profile of early and continuously treated phenylketonuria; investigating neurocognitive and executive functions in Muscular Dystrophy and Myotonic Dystrophy; and developing a novel model of coordinated school healthcare for medically fragile and chronically ill children.
Dr. Boys is a member of the American Psychological Association, the International Neuropsychological Society, the National Academy of Neuropsychology, and the National Association of School Psychologists. Dr. Boys is a member of the Training Committee for the University of Minnesota Medical School Psychology Internship Training program.
Dr. Boys is currently involved with the following clinics: KDWB Pediatric Family Center (McNamara Alumni Center) Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Follow-up Clinic Metabolic Disorders Follow-up Clinic Phenylketonuria (PKU) Follow-Up Clinic Lion’s Hearing Clinic (Cochlear Implant Evaluations) Diabetes Clinic Cystic Fibrosis Clinic Pediatric Weight Management Clinic
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