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Anne Boston Parish
Anne Boston Parish is a family nurse practitioner who resides in Coronado, California. Anne is a graduate of Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia. After raising her children...view moreAnne Boston Parish is a family nurse practitioner who resides in Coronado, California. Anne is a graduate of Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia. After raising her children, she used her personal funds to build a clinic for the medically uninsured. Anne has made a considerable contribution to her community for the medically uninsured. She was named in 2002 as a Washingtonian Award recipient. Anne has earned the following degrees:
• Associate Degree in Applied Science, 1972
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 1988
• Masters of Science in Nursing, 1989
• Post-Masters Certificate, Family Nurse Practitioner, 1995
• Doctor of Nursing Practice (Candidate), 2011
Anne has been featured in local and national newspapers, as well as in nursing journals, including the following:
• The Washington Post
• Old Town Crier
• Alexandria Gazette Packet and The Alexandria Journal
• The Alexandria Chamber of Commerce, Chamber Currents
• Nursing Spectrum
• Nurse Practitioner World News
• Advance for Nurses and the American Journal of Nursing
• MU Today, The Magazine for Marymount University
• Alexandria Times
• Del Ray Sun
Washington, DC’s ABC affiliate, Channel 7 News and Toyota honored her by presenting her with a Tribute to the Working Women Award in 2004. CNN and ABC affiliate Channel 7 News in Washington, DC, have also interviewed her. Both Anne and the clinic have received much praise from both her peers and various organizations. The Queen Street Clinic was featured in a DVD for the annual conference of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners in July 2005. Additionally, Anne has consulted for a number of organizations, including a teleconference with VHA in Irving, Texas, to implement a community-based clinic for the medically uninsured, and a national consumer-focused healthcare company that was building walk-in clinics in supermarkets. She is on the faculty of local universities and has been published in various nursing journals.
In 2007 Anne was nominated to receive a Living Legend Award for the difference she has made in the Alexandria Community. The Queen Street Clinic is able to provide health care to those less fortunate and who are medically uninsured. In addition to working as the sole medical provider at the Queen Street Clinic, Anne is available for consultation either for long-term projects or short-term profiles.
In 2008 one of her proudest achievements was the publication of her first book: Confronting America’s Health Care Crisis: Establishing a Clinic for the Medically Uninsured. Most recently Anne was acknowledged by the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) for her efforts in the delivery of health care. Anne’s unique delivery of health care and the Queen Street Clinic saved the city of Alexandria $10.6 million in the seven years since she opened the clinic door. Queen Street Clinic is now included in the Raise the Voice Campaign and was presented the accolade of an Edge Runner Profile.
In 2008 Anne received Marymount’s Alumni Achievement Award, and in 2011 the City of Alexandria presented her the Flora Krause Casey Public Health Award, the highest public health service award presented for the delivery of public health care for the less fortunate or those without medical insurance.
Since Anne has opened the Queen Street Clinic she has had over 23,000 patient visits for family practice medicine, and her follow-up rate is 60 percent.view less