Jonathan Wilson Boyd

Biography

Jonathan Wilson Boyd, M.D., is Chief of Section: Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery at the Veterans Health Administration in Long Beach, California, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology, Step III at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center, where he serves as Site Program Director for the UCI/VA ENT programs in both Otolaryngology and Family Medicine. He received his Doctor of Medicine from Loma Linda School of Medicine in 2008 and completed his otolaryngology residency at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center in 2013.

Boyd has been a staff otolaryngologist at the Veterans Health Administration in Long Beach since 2014, where he participates in the Long Covid CURA Patient Task Force, Laser Safety Committee, and Radiation Oncology Head and Neck Tumor Board. He is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery and holds an active medical license with the Medical Board of California. His clinical and research interests include laser therapy for vascular lesions, minimally invasive surgical techniques, and optical coherence tomography applications in thyroid surgery.

Boyd was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha at Loma Linda University School of Medicine and received the Renaissance Scholar Prize and departmental valedictorian honors in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention from the University of Southern California. He has contributed a chapter on vascular lesions treated with laser therapy to Master Techniques in Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery and has presented his research at multiple national meetings including the Triological Society and the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

Education

• M.D., Loma Linda School of Medicine, 2008
• B.S. in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of Southern California, 2004

Distinctions

• Alpha Omega Alpha, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, 2008
• Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society, USC, 2004
• Health Care Hero VA Long Beach, 2020
• Outstanding Patient Care Surgical Health Care Group Award, 2023
• Family Medicine Volunteer Faculty of the Year, 2017
• Highest In-Service Examination Score, 2013
• Best Clinical Research Presentation: Foreign Body Ingestion, UC Irvine Annual Clinical Research Symposium, 2010
• Departmental Valedictorian, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, USC, 2004
• Renaissance Scholar Prize Winner, USC, 2004
• Order of Omega Greek Honors Society, USC, 2004