Aaron D. Boes, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics - Neurology
Introduction
Dr. Boes is a native Iowan and did his early training at the University of Iowa (B.S. 2003, MD, 2009, PhD 2009). He did residency in pediatrics at UC San Diego and pediatric neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He completed a fellowship in neuropsychiatry and noninvasive brain stimulation with Alvaro Pascual-Leone at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. In 2016 he joined the faculty at the University of Iowa.
Current Positions
- Professor of Pediatrics - Neurology
- Professor of Psychiatry
- Professor of Neurology
- Director, Pediatrics Neurology Division
- Director, Iowa Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation
- Roy J. Carver Associate Professorship of Neuroscience, Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Education
- BS in Health and Human Physiology, University of Iowa
- MD, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
- PhD in Neuroscience, University of Iowa Graduate College
- Resident in Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States
- Resident in Pediatric Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Chief Resident in Pediatric Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Fellow in Neuropsychiatry and Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Center, Program and Institute Affiliations
Research Interests
- Neuroimaging and Noninvasive Brain Stimulation
Licenses & Certifications
- Iowa Board of Medical Examiners, Iowa Board of Medical Examiners
- American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
Selected Publications
- Spitz NA, Ten Eyck P, Nizar K, Boes AD, Trapp NT. Similar Outcomes in Treating Major Depressive Disorder With 10 Hz Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) Versus Intermittent Theta Burst Stimulation (iTBS): A Naturalistic Observational Study. J Psychiatr Pract. 2022 Mar 3;28(2):98-107. doi: 10.1097/PRA.0000000000000611. PMID: 35238821.
- Bormann NL, Trapp NT, Narayanan NS, Boes AD. Developing Precision Invasive Neuromodulation for Psychiatry. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2021 Summer;33(3):201-209. doi: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20100268. Epub 2021 May 14. PMID: 33985346; PMCID: PMC8576850.
- Reber J, Hwang K, Bowren M, Bruss J, Mukherjee P, Tranel D, Boes AD. Cognitive impairment after focal brain lesions is better predicted by damage to structural than functional network hubs. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 May 11;118(19):e2018784118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2018784118. PMID: 33941692; PMCID: PMC8126860.
- Bowren M Jr, Adolphs R, Bruss J, Manzel K, Corbetta M, Tranel D, Boes AD. Multivariate Lesion-Behavior Mapping of General Cognitive Ability and Its Psychometric Constituents. J Neurosci. 2020 Nov 11;40(46):8924-8937. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1415-20.2020. Epub 2020 Oct 12. PMID: 33046547; PMCID: PMC7659456.
- Albazron FM, Bruss J, Jones RM, Yock TI, Pulsifer MB, Cohen AL, Nopoulos PC, Abrams AN, Sato M, Boes AD. Pediatric postoperative cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome follows outflow pathway lesions. Neurology. 2019 Oct 15;93(16):e1561-e1571. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000008326. Epub 2019 Sep 16. PMID: 31527284; PMCID: PMC6815203.
- Geerling, J. C. & Boes, A. D. (null). Reply to “Role of Thalamus in Sleep-Wake Cycle Regulation”. Annals of Neurology. DOI: 10.1002/ana.25448.
- Hindman, J., Bowren, M. D., Bruss, J., Wright, B., Geerling, J. C. & Boes, A. D. (2018). Thalamic Strokes that Severely Impair Arousal Extend into the Brainstem. Annals of neurology. DOI: 10.1002/ana.25377. PMID: 30421457.
- Fischer, D. B., Boes, A. D., Demertzi, A., Evrard, H. C., Laureys, S., Edlow, B. L., Liu, H., Saper, C. B., Pascual-Leone, A., Fox, M. D. & Geerling, J. C. (2016). A human brain network derived from coma-causing brainstem lesions. Neurology 87 (23) 2427-2434. DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000003404. PMID: 27815400.
- Kelly, M. S., Oliveira-Maia, A. J., Bernstein, M., Stern, A. P., Press, D. Z., Pascual-Leone, A. & Boes, A. D. (2016). Initial Response to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treatment for Depression Predicts Subsequent Response. The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences appineuropsych16100181. DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.16100181. PMID: 27899052.
- Stern, A. P., Boes, A. D., Haller, C. S., Bloomingdale, K., Pascual-Leone, A. & Press, D. Z. (2016). Psychiatrists' Attitudes Toward Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. (Vols. 80). (7), pp. e55-6. Biological psychiatry. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.07.027. PMID: 26435222.