Robert J. Boyle

Professor Emeritus at Medicine, University of Virginia0 Followers

Robert J. Boyle is a distinguished Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at the Medicine University of Virginia, Charlottesville, where he also serves as Co-Chair of the Medical Center Ethics Committee at the Center for Health Humanities and Ethics. With a profound commitment to the field of medical ethics, Dr. Boyle has dedicated his career to advancing the understanding and practice of neonatal and perinatal ethics. Dr. Boyle earned his M.D. from the prestigious Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where he laid the foundation for his illustrious career in pediatrics. He further honed his expertise during his residency and fellowship training at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital and Women's and Infants Hospital, respectively. Since joining the faculty at UVA in 1983, Dr. Boyle has been a pivotal figure in the academic and clinical community, contributing significantly to the literature on perinatal and neonatal ethics. Throughout his career, Dr. Boyle has held numerous leadership positions that underscore his influence and dedication to pediatric care and ethics. He has served on the Pediatric AIDS Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics, where he played a crucial role in shaping policies and guidelines. Additionally, his involvement with the Board of Directors of the Virginia Birth-related Neurological Injury Program highlights his commitment to improving outcomes for vulnerable populations. Dr. Boyle's expertise is further recognized through his membership in the Data Safety and Monitoring Committee of the Perinatal Network at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). His contributions to the field have not gone unnoticed, as he has been honored as one of America's Top Doctors, included in the Best Doctors in America list, and featured in the Guide to America's Top Pediatricians. In addition to his professional achievements, Dr. Boyle is a prolific author, having published extensively on topics related to neonatal and perinatal ethics. His work continues to influence practitioners and policymakers, ensuring that ethical considerations remain at the forefront of pediatric care. Dr. Boyle's legacy is one of dedication, leadership, and a steadfast commitment to the ethical treatment of the youngest and most vulnerable patients.

Research Interests

Neonatal ethics Perinatal ethics Pediatric ethics Medical ethics Pediatric AIDS Neurological injury Health humanities Ethics in pediatrics

Publications

1 - I. A paper of the Honourable Robert Boyl's, deposited with the secretaries of the Royal Society, Octob. 14. 1680. and opened since his death; being an account of his making the phosphorus, etc,Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

, 583-584, 1693-01-01

2 - Short memoirs for the natural experimental history of mineral waters: by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Fellow of the Royal Society. London. 1685; Octavo,Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

, 1063-1066, 1685-06-22

3 - New pneumatical experiments about respiration. - Those experiments, made by that indefatigable benefactour to philosophy, the Honourable Robert Boyle. in order to bring some more light to the doctrine of respiration, as well as to minister occasion to inquisitive naturalists to make farther researches into the same, were by their noble author communicated to the publisher of these papers; who esteem'd it more convenient to make them a part of these tracts (they taking up the room but of a few sheets),Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

, 2011-2031, 1670-08-08

4 - An accompt of some books. - I. An essay about the origine and vertues of gems; by the Honourable Robert Boyl Esquire, Fellow of the R. Society. printed at London, 1672. in 80. - II. Johannis Swammerdami M. D. uteri muliebris fabrica; unà cum methodo nova cavitates corporis ita præparandi, ut suam semper genuinam faciem servent. Lugduni Batav. 1672. in 4º. - III. Three letters of Jo. Dominicus Cassinus, concerning his hypothesis of the suns motion, and his doctrine of refractions; printed at Bononia in 4º. -,Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

, 4095-5002, 1672-06-17

5 - Robert Boyle: A Free Enquiry into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature,

, 1996-11-07

6 - New experiments about the weaken'd spring and some un-observ'd effects of the air: Made and communicated by the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq,Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

, 467-476, 1675-12-27

7 - New experiments made and communicated by the Honourable Robert Boyie Esquire, about the superficial figures of fluids, especially of liquors contiguous to other liquors: likely to conduce much to the physical theory of the grand system of the world,Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

, 775-787, 1677-01-29

8 - A letter of the Honorable Robert Boyle of Sept. 13. 1673. to the publisher, concerning amber greece, and its being a vegetable production.,Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

, 6113-6115, 1673-10-06

9 - Some observations about shining flesh, made by the Honourable Robert Boyle; Febr. 15. 1671/72. and by way of letter addressed to the publisher, and presented to the R. Society,Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

, 5108-5116, 1672-12-16

10 - Experiments and considerations about the Porosity of Bodies, in two essays by the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq; Fellow of the Royal Society Lond. in 8˚ 1684,Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

, 702-710, 1684-08-20

11 - A continuation of Mr. Boyle’s experiments, published in the the next foregoing tract, about fluids contiguous to other fluids,Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

, 799-808, 1677-01-29

12 - A conjecture concerning the bladders of air that are found in fishes, communicated by A. I; and illustrated by an experiment suggested by the Honorable Robert Boyle,Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

, 310-311, 1675-05-24

13 - An historical account of a strangely self-moving liquor.,Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

, 1188-1192, 1685-11-26

14 - Medicina hydrostatica, or hydrostaticks applied to the materia medica, shewing how by the weight that divers bodies used in physick have in water, one may discover whether they be gennine or adulterate. By the Honourable Robert Boyle Fellow of the Royal Society, London, 8ˇ° 1690. Printed for Sam. Smith,Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

, 488-490, 1691-02-01

15 - II. An account of the Honourable Robert Boyle's way of examining waters as to freshness and saltness,Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

, 627-641, 1693-02-01

16 - An account of the two sorts of the Helmontian Laudanum, communicated to the publisher by the Honourable Robert Boyle, together with the way of the Noble Baron F. M. van Helmont (son to the famous Johannes Baptista,) of preparing his Laudanum,Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

, 147-149, 1674-10-26

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