Eileen Costello, MD, Named Chief of Ambulatory Pediatrics

Eileen Costello, MD, has been named Chief of Ambulatory Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center.

A Boston pediatrician for more than 25 years, Costello has been active in the neighborhood health center network. She began her career at the Dorchester House Health Center and for the past 12 years has contributed to the growth of the pediatric practice at the Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center. She specializes in the primary care of children with neuro-developmental disorders, including autism, as well as children with psychiatric disease.

An accomplished author, Costello is well known for her book, “Quirky Kids: Understanding and Helping Your Child Who Doesn’t Fit In,” which highlights her creative and innovative approaches to both clinical care and specifically to children with neuro-developmental challenges.

Eileen has been honored multiple times throughout her career, and previously has received the Thayer Academy Humanitarian Award for Community Service, the Portraits of Inspiration Award by the Asperger’s Association of New England, a Boston Children’s Hospital Excellence in Community Pediatrics Award, and has twice been honored by Partners Healthcare with the Partners in Excellence Award.

“We are extraordinarily happy to have recruited Eileen to our Department as the Chief of Ambulatory Pediatrics,” said Bob Vinci, MD, chief of Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center and chair of Pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine. “She not only will direct our clinical practice and continuity clinic program but we also will rely on her expertise to lead our Patient-Centered Medical Home initiative, which will emphasize the full integration of behavioral health into our practice.”

A Boston native and Harvard graduate, Costello received her medical degree from the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and completed her pediatric training at Boston City Hospital where she served as Chief Resident from 1989-1990.