Utility Menu MyChart Women's Health INTERNAL MEDICINE Request an appointment Refer a patient 617.414.5951 Breadcrumb Home Search Internal Medicine The Women's Health Group at Boston Medical Center is located in the Shapiro Center. Established in 1985, it was one of the first in the nation to focus exclusively on the unique healthcare needs of women, with women caring for women, and actively seeking a doctor-patient relationship based on respect, trust, and understanding. In 1997, the US Department of Health and Human Services recognized the practice as a national Center of Excellence in Women's Health, a model for best practices in caring for women. BMC’s practice is one of only 21 in the nation, and among the first to be so recognized. The Women’s Health Group uses a multidisciplinary team approach emphasizing preventive care and emotional wellbeing. While the Group serves women of all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, it is focused especially on the needs of women in Boston's underserved communities. Each patient selects a primary care provider from the internists and nurse practitioners on site. These primary care providers all have demonstrated training beyond their traditional field of expertise, ensuring the incorporation of ambulatory, gynecologic care, mental health screening, and assessment for interpersonal violence, for example, into routine healthcare. Each primary care provider is supported by specialists in other relevant clinical fields. Mental health needs are addressed by two licensed clinical psychologists who practice in the same locale and provide consultation and promote ready coordination of mental and medical healthcare services. Similarly, gynecology consultation is available on a same day basis from members of the department of obstetrics and gynecology, either from within the Women's Health Group practice site or from the Gynecology department of BMC. Women's Health Contact Us Treatments & Services Our Team Provider Resources Research Overview Contact Us 725 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118 5th Floor, Suite A Shapiro Center 617.414.5951 Monday, Wednesday 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM Tuesday, Thursday Friday - 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Treatments & Services Bone Health Breast Health Comprehensive Gynecology Inpatient Care Menopause Mental Health Preventive Medicine Specialty Care Violence Against Women Our Team Women's Health Tracy A Battaglia, MD, MPH Associate Director, Belkin Breast Health Center Director, Women's Health Unit, General Internal Medicine Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine Special Interests Primary Care, Women's Health, Breast Health Jacqueline M Burgoyne, NP General Internal Medicine Provider Antonieta T Camara, NP Nurse Practitioner Instructor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine Special Interests Focus on women's healthcare to diverse population in the Boston area. Strong interest in providing contraceptive counseling and options. Certified and credentialed in placing long acting reversible contraception (LARC). Chava E Chapman, MB, BCh Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA Special Interests Internal Medicine, Primary Care, Breast Disease, Women's Health Amy L Fitzpatrick, MD General Internal Medicine Physician Special Interests Addiction Medicine, Women's Health, Primary Care Eunice J MacAllister, NP Clinical Instructor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA Special Interests Women's Health, Addiction Medicine, Mental Health Azadeh Nasseh, MD, MSc General Internal Medicine Physician Nicolette A Oleng, MD General Internal Medicine Physician Special Interests Women's Health, Refugee Health Show More Team Members Provider Resources For Medical Professionals Whether for treatment, a single consultation, second opinion or ongoing follow up, our physicians will keep the consulting physician fully informed of the patient's treatment plan and coordinate long term management. Research Overview The Women's Health Group Research The Women's Health Group integrates clinical care with innovative women's health research, using the findings of investigations to help inform the clinical and medical education missions of the Center of Excellence in Women’s Health. Investigators in the Center have developed and evaluated a number of clinical protocols in preventive medicine, including screening tools for eating disorders and domestic violence that are now used in the clinical intake form within the Center and across the country. Research demonstrating the role of physicians in the low rates for mammography and clinical breast examination in certain populations has led to the evaluation of innovative techniques to improve medical education in this critical area. The Program in Research on Women's Health at Boston Medical Center was launched in 1993 by Drs. Marianne N. Prout and Gail E. Sonenshein. The goal was to promote interdisciplinary research in women's health at the medical campus by bringing bench scientists, clinical investigators and public health researchers together to determine collaborative research directions and to help obtain funds for the research. Some of the key achievements were: The development of a monthly interdisciplinary seminar series. The concept was to focus on a particular disease each month and have speakers from each of the three different disciplines. Various members of the campus came together and sometimes met there for the first time. Seminars were held in the areas of breast cancer, obesity and diabetes, cardiovascular disease, arthritis and autoimmunity, bone health, etc. The seminar series, which is still ongoing, has helped lead to the development of the obesity center here, spawned many interdisciplinary grants and provided CME credits for continuing education. The development of working groups in areas of substantial interest, including the Breast Cancer Working Group, which still meets and includes members from the Boston University School of Public Health, the Goldman School of Dental Medicine, and from the Departments of Biochemistry, Geriatrics, Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery, Otolaryngology, Pathology Laboratory Medicine, Surgical Oncology, and the Cancer Center in the Boston University School of Medicine. Members of the Breast Cancer Working Group have received multiple research and training grants from the Department of Army and Susan Komen Foundation, as well as R01's and a Program Project grant on Signaling in Breast Carcinogenesis from the NIH. Awarding of a National Center of Excellence in Women's Health to Boston University by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 1997. The Center’s goals include expanding the research base in women's health, providing training at all levels and addressing community needs through outreach, research and clinical care. The Center has supported faculty in three schools, nine departments in the Boston University School of Medicine and BU faculty at the VA. Four junior faculty members received their first independent funding through the Center. Receipt of a K12 junior faculty-training award entitled BIRCWH (Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health). Dr. Rebecca Silliman is the Principal Investigator. This 5-year award is an interdisciplinary effort including the BU Schools of Medicine and Public Health and the Sargent School of Rehabilitation and has provided young investigators in five different departments with mentored support over 1-2 years to foster their development and ability to obtain independent research funding. In 2005, the Program in Research on Women's Health at Boston Medical Center was replaced by the Women's Health Interdisciplinary Research Center (WHIRC) which pursues the same goal: to promote women's health through research and training. Boston Medical Center (BMC) is a 514-bed academic medical center located in Boston's historic South End, providing medical care for infants, children, teens and adults. 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