Congratulations to Michelle Dalencour, Karla Damus and Brian Jack for publication of their manuscript entitled “The future of preconception care in the United States: multigenerational impact on reproductive outcomes” that describes possible epigenetic mechanisms for disproportionate health disparities in premature and low birth weight births among Black women. Click here to read the full article.
Brookline Resident Runs for Addiction Treatment Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett, a physician at Boston Medical Center, completed the Boston Triathlon this past weekend for Team BMC. BROOKLINE, MA – A Brookline doctor completed the Boston Triathlon over the weekend to raise money for substance abuse treatment […]
by John Weeks, Publisher/Editor of The Integrator Blog News and Reports Integrative health group visits was the topic of an April 28, 2016 grand-rounds webinar with the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health, the organization of 68 academic medical centers promoting the integrative model. The two speakers were Katherine Gergen-Barnett, MD (pictured right) with Boston Medical […]
Intimate Partner Violence Speaker: Elaine Alpert MD, MPH Tuesday May 24, 2016 12:00 – 1:00 PM Boston University School of Medicine 72 East Concord Street Room L110 first floor Attendees are cordially invited for lunch at 11:45 and Q & A discussion from 1-2 following the lecture Elaine Alpert MD, MPH, trained in internal medicine and […]
Danielle Dresner MPH, Katherine Gergen Barnett MD, Kirsten Resnick BS, Lance Laird ThD, Paula Gardiner MD, MPH Introduction Chronic pain is a pervasive and costly health issue in the United States today, affecting up to 100 million individual Americans, and costing up to $635 billion in health care dollars [1]. Even with the billions of dollars being spent, current medical treatments for chronic pain in primary care […]
Anything above 5% is a social inequity By Katherine Gergen Barnett AS THE BITTER COLD has returned to the streets of Boston, I have been driven into the warmth of the T more than once on my bike commute home from the hospital. The scene there is familiar – workers weary at the end of […]
Dear Brian, At BMC we believe all of our patients, regardless of their social or economic status, should have access to every available treatment. Gifts from our benefactors and other forms of much needed support from friends and colleagues helped create access to integrative care for the whole person, from hands-on therapies […]
“Medical residents seek to access prescription data” By: Felice J. Freyer “The patient at Boston Medical Center needed painkillers, but Dr. Sara Schlotterbeck had concerns: The medical record suggested past misuse of opioids by the man. She wanted to check the Prescription Monitoring Program, a state-run database of every prescription for controlled substances, to see […]
The HUFFPOST Healthy Living blog features Katherine Gergen-Barnett, M.D. and Intergrative Medicine in their “Top 10 for Policy and Action in Integrative Health and Medicine”. #3. Katherine Gergen-Barnett, M.D. and Integrative Medicine Group Visits atHealth Affairs “Meanwhile, at the safety net Boston Medical Center, Katherine Gergen-Barnett, M.D. (pictured), a researcher associated with Paula Gardiner, M.D., MPH’s […]
It is with great pleasure that I announce that Katherine Gergen Barnett MD has been named the Department of Family Medicine’s new Vice Chair for Primary Care Innovation and Transformation. In her new role, Dr. Gergen Barnett will oversee Family Medicine practice transformation initiatives in the department. She will lead the department’s quality improvement efforts, bring […]