## About

Alicia C. Fonseca, MSN, WHNP-BC, CNM, is a certified nurse-midwife (CNM) and women’s health care nurse practitioner (WHNP-BC) at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and an Instructor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.

Alicia earned her Master of Science in Nursing degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, DC.

In addition to providing ...  care at BMC in both Labor & Delivery and the Postpartum Unit, Alicia provides prenatal and gynecologic health care at NeighborHealth in East Boston and DotHouse Health in Dorchester. She has a strong commitment to health equity, equality, and shared decision-making, and her interests include family planning, Health at Every Size (HAES), and perinatal (before and after childbirth) mental health.

In addition to English, Alicia is fluent in Spanish.

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- ### Departments
    
    [Gynecology](/departments/obstetrics-and-gynecology/gynecology), [Labor, Delivery, and Postpartum Care](/departments/obstetrics-and-gynecology/obstetrics/labor-delivery-and-postpartum-care), [Midwives](/departments/obstetrics-and-gynecology/obstetrics/midwives), [Obstetrics](/departments/obstetrics-and-gynecology/obstetrics), [Obstetrics and Gynecology](/departments/obstetrics-and-gynecology)
- ### Specialties
    
    Family planning; Health at Every Size (HAES); health equity and equality; perinatal mental health; shared decision-making
- ### Languages
    
    Spanish
- ### Pronouns
    
    She/Her
 
 

- ### Contact
    
     [617.414.2000](tel:617.414.2000)
- ### Primary Location
    
    BMC, Yawkey Center  
    [850 Harrison Ave.  
    4th Floor  
    Boston, MA 02118](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?q=850+Harrison+Ave.%2C+Boston%2C+MA+02118)
    
       
    BMC, Shapiro Center  
    [725 Albany St.  
    5th Floor  
    Boston, MA 02118](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?q=725+Albany+St.%2C+Boston%2C+MA+02118)
    
       
    NeighborHealth  
    [20 Maverick Sq.  
    East Boston, MA 02128](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?q=20+Maverick+Sq.%2C+East+Boston%2C+MA+02128)
    
       
    DotHouse Health  
    [1353 Dorchester Ave.  
    Dorchester, MA 02122](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?q=1353+Dorchester+Ave.%0D%0ADorchester%2C+MA+02122)
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- ### Administrative Title
    
    Instructor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
- ### Education
    
    MSN, Georgetown University, Washington DC, 2023
    
    BSN, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
- ### Board Certifications
    
    Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM)
    
    Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner (WHNP-BC)
 
 

 

 ## Affiliations

  ###  ![Boston University](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/busm-new.jpg?itok=gJTsGGU9) 

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  ## Affiliations

  ###  ![Boston University](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/busm-new.jpg?itok=gJTsGGU9) 

  [View profile](https://profiles.bu.edu/Alicia.Fonseca)