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Gender:

Male

Primary Hospital Affiliation:

Hasbro Children's Hospital

Also Associated With:

Rhode Island Hospital

Specialties:

Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Pediatrics

Education:

Residency: Georgetown University Medical School

Fellowship: Boston Medical Center

Medical School: Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy

Area of Expertise:

International adoptions

Website:

www.providencechc.org

Background

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.