Nathan A. Boggs, MD, PhD

Dr. Boggs is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, MD as well as staff Allergist Immunologist at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center since 2019. He developed an international clinical registry for Tricare beneficiaries known or suspected to have the myeloid neoplasm systemic mastocytosis. The registry is designed to reduce to the time to diagnosis and improve the care of those who are diagnosed. Dr. Boggs has developed clinical and research collaborations with ARUP labs and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center and helped Walter Reed obtain a Center of Excellence designation by the American Initiative in Mast Cell Diseases.  Dr. Boggs is principal investigator of multiple funded research studies including a whole genome sequencing study for patients with inborn errors of immunity and mastocytosis with a goal of improving genetic diagnosis rates compared to standard of care genetic testing.  

 Dr. Boggs completed Allergy Immunology fellowship at the NIH, Internal Medicine residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and earned an MD from the Uniformed Services University. Prior to medical school, he completed a PhD in plant molecular biology and genetics from Cornell and undergraduate degree from the University of Vermont.