Thomas R. Ostrander, MD

Thomas R. Ostrander, MD, is a board-certified hospitalist at Boston Medical Center (BMC), where he serves as the Director of General Internal Medicine Inpatient Services, Assistant Program Director of the residency program focusing on the preliminary intern program, and Associate Clinical Director of Internal Medicine at the Alan D. Solomont & Susan Lewis Solomont Clinical Simulation & Nursing Education Center. He is also Assistant Professor of Medicine in General Internal Medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.

Dr. Ostrander completed a Masters of Public Health at Tufts University in 2003, then later returned to Tufts and received his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine in 2010. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at BMC in 2013 and stayed on as a hospitalist, where he has fostered his passion for clinician education, bedside procedures, and clinical excellence.

Dr. Ostrander’s areas of interest at the Solomont Center are geared towards high-quality, safe patient care, including bedside procedures, team training in various clinical scenarios, and code training. He also helps to facilitate numerous programs addressing communication skills among trainees, aimed at improving the quality of patient encounters and addressing patient satisfaction. He is an active participant in the emerging point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) program at BMC, focusing on inpatient training of Internal Medicine residents.