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Theresa M. Boley, RN, MSN, FNP-CS
Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
E-mail: tboley@siumed.edu

 

Research Interests/Areas of Expertise:

  • Myocardial laser revascularization
  • Lung volume reduction surgery
  • Angiogenic growth factors for mycardial revascularization
  • Pain management after surgery

Brief Bio

Theresa Boley is an assistant professor of surgery in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. She obtained her bachelor of science in nursing degree at the University of Missouri in 1986 and her master's in nursing in the family nurse practitioner tract at the University of Missouri in Columbia in 1990. She is certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a family nurse practitioner. Her professional roles have included staff nurse, education coordinator, head nurse, director of nursing, research associate, and nursing and medical faculty.
Ms. Boley began conducting cardiothoracic research in 1981. Responsibilities in her current position include patient care, research, and medical student and nurse education. Research interests include myocardial laser revascularization, lung volume reduction surgery, angiogenic growth factors for myocardial revascularization, and pain management after surgery.
Her bibliography includes over 200 publications in medical and nursing journals. Ms. Boley is listed in multiple Who's Who publications and serves as a reviewer and consulting editor for numerous nursing journals, The New England Journal of Medicine and The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
She has presented numerous times on the national and international levels. She has received several professional awards, including the 2002 Licensed Professional Woman of Achievement Award from the Capitol City Chapter of Women in Management. Ms. Boley is a member of several organizations, including Sigma Theta Tau, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the American Nurses Association, the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and the Illinois Society of Advanced Practice Nurses.

For more information or to make an appointment with Ms. Boley, please call SIU Physicians and Surgeons at 217-545-7422.

Education

Trenton Junior College-Trenton, MO - A.D. Nursing 1973-1976
University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO - B.S. 1981-1986
University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO - M.S. 1986-1990

Training

1978-1980 Director of Nursing Services, St. Francis Hospital, Marceline, MO
1980-1981 Head Nurse Surgical Unit, University of Missouri Hospitals and Clinics, Columbia, MO
1981-1988 Research Assistant, Department of Surgery Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
1988-1993 Research Associate, Department of Surgery Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
1992-1993 Adjunct Faculty, University of Missouri School of Nursing, Columbia, MO
1993-1997 Instructor of Clinical Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Southern Illinois University, School of Medicine, Springfield, IL
1994-present Adjunct Clinical Instructor, University of Illinois-Peoria, Chicago, IL
1997-present Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Southern Illinois

Publications

  • Hazelrigg SR, Boley TM, Naunheim KS, Magee MJ, Lawyer C, Henkle JQ, Keller CN. Effect of bovine pericardial strips on air leak after stapled pulmonary resection. Ann Thorac Surg 1997;63:1573-5.
  • Landreneau RJ, Sugarbaker DJ, Mack MJ, Hazelrigg SR, Luketich JD, Fetterman L, Liptay MJ, Bartley S, Boley TM, Keenan RJ, Ferson PF, Weyant RJ, Naunheim KS. Wedge resection versus lobectomy for stage I (T1NOMO) non-small-cell lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997;113:691-700.
  • Hazelrigg SR, Boley TM, Weber D, Magee MJ, Naunheim KS. Incidence of lung nodules found in patients undergoing lung volume reduction. Ann Thorac Surg 1997;64:303-306.
  • Yim APC, Liu HP, Hazelrigg SR, Izzat MB, Fung ALK, Boley TM, Magee MJ. Thoracoscopic operations on reoperated chests. Ann Thorac Surg 1998;65:328-30.
  • Hazelrigg SR, Boley TM, Magee MJ, Lawyer CH, Henkle JQ. Comparison of staged thoracoscopy and median sternotomy for lung volume reduction. Ann Thorac Surg 1998;66:1134-9.
  • Landreneau RJ, Wiechmann RJ, Hazelrigg SR, Santucci TS, Boley TM, Magee MJ, Naunheim KS. Success of laparoscopic fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux disease. Ann Thorac Surg 1998;66:1886-93.
  • Hazelrigg SR, Boley TM, Cetindag IB, Magee MJ. Incidence and risk factors for postoperative gastrointestinal complications in patients with pulmonary emphysema. Chest 1998;114:350S.
  • Naunheim KS, Kaiser LR, Bavaria JE, Hazelrigg SR, Magee MJ, Landreneau RJ, Keenan RJ, Osterloh JF, Boley TM, Keller CA. Long-term survival following thoracoscopic lung volume reduction: a multi-institutional review. Ann Thorac Surg 1999;68:2026-32.
  • Cetindag IB, Boley TM, Magee MJ, Hazelrigg SR. Postoperative gastrointestinal complications after lung volume reduction operations. Ann Thorac Surg 1999;68:1029-33
  • Hazelrigg SR, Boley TM, Grasch A, Shawgo T. Surgical strategy for lung volume reduction surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999;16:S57-S60
  • Medrano C, Hazelrigg SR, Landreneau RJ, Boley TM, Shawgo T, Grasch A. Thoracoscopic resection of ectopic parathyroid glands. Ann Thorac Surg 2000;69:221-3.
  • Hazelrigg SR, Boley TM, Krasna MJ, Landreneau RJ, Yim AP. Thoracoscopic resection of posterior neurogenic tumors. Am Surg 1999;65:1129-1133.
  • Hazelrigg SR, Ho AA, Boley TM. Airleak prophylaxis in lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema patients: talc pleurodesis and bovine pericardial buttressing. Chest 1999;116(2):372S.
  • Lange TH, Magee MJ, Boley TM, Bell SW, Hazelrigg SR. Tracheobronchial glomus tumor. Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:292-295.
  • Boley TM, Henkle JQ, Hopkins-Price P, Verhulst S, Hazelrigg SR. Quality of Life Following Lung Volume Reduction Surgery. Chest 2000;118:103S.
  • Shawgo T, Boley TM, Hazelrigg SR. The utility of thoracoscopic lung biopsy for diagnosis and treatment. Chest 2000;118:114S-115S.
  • Aguirre F, Cetindag IB, Antezano E, Boley TM, Hazelrigg SR, Vandenberg B, Ligon R, Husain K. Assessment of catheter-based direct myocardial gene delivery on ventricular function in chronic ischemia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002;165:A42.
  • Hazelrigg, SR, Boley TM, Moulton KP, Trammell GL, Polancic J, Shawgo T. The efficacy of supplemental magnesium in reducing atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002;165:A790.
  • Husain K, Somani M, Boley, TM, Hazelrigg SR. Interaction of Physical Training and Chronic Nitroglycerin Treatment on Blood Pressure and Plasma Oxidant/Antioxidant System in Rats. Mol. Cell Biochem. 2003; 247 (1-2); 37-44.
  • Hazelrigg SR, Boley TM, Cetindag IB, Moulton KP, Trammell GL, Polancic JE, Shawgo TS, Quin JA, Verhulst S. The efficacy of supplemental magnesium in reducing atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting. Ann Thorac Surg (In Press).

 

 
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