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 Boris
Skurkovich, MD
Boris Skurkovich, MD, is an expert in evaluating health issues
related to international adoptions. As director of the International
Adoption Clinic at Hasbro Children's Hospital, Skurkovich provides
pre-adoption consultations and assessments, and post-adoption treatment
and referrals. He is trained in pediatric infectious diseases, and
frequently assesses children for diseases such as HIV/AIDS, hepatitis,
and tuberculosis.
Born and educated in Moscow, Skurkovich's work focuses on providing
parents who are contemplating international adoption, particularly
from Russia and other Russian-speaking countries. With his personal
expertise and knowledge of the Russian medical system, he is able
to directly communicate with Russian medical professionals, translate
medical records and analyze videos of children ready for adoption
to assess the possible medical issues surrounding the child's health
and development. Once the child arrives in the United States, Skurkovich
follows up with the families and continues to be a resource for
parents after the adoption, consulting with pediatric sub-specialists—such
as neurologists, cardiologists, geneticists and psychologists—as
needed.
His main area of expertise is in countries such as Russia, Kazakhstan,
Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Armenia, and other republics of the former
Soviet Union. However, he has also assisted in adoptions from the
rest of Eastern Europe as well as Central and South America, Southeast
Asia and Africa. In his primary care practice, he cares for children
from more than 50 different countries.
Skurkovich received his medical degree from Moscow State Medical
School and immigrated to the United States in 1979. He interned
and completed his residency in pediatrics at Georgetown University.
Before joining Hasbro Children's Hospital, he was a clinical and
research fellow in pediatric infectious diseases at Maxwell Finland
Laboratory for Infectious Diseases at Boston City Hospital and Boston
University. Today, he is an assistant physician in the departments
of pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases at Rhode Island
Hospital and a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at Brown
Medical School. He is a member of the Pediatric Infectious Disease
Society, the Infectious Disease Society of America, and the International
Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research.
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