The Yawkey building entrance is now closed.

As of April 29, BMC’s Yawkey building doors are closed as an entrance. All patients and visitors on our main campus must enter the hospital via the Shapiro, Menino, or Moakley buildings, where they will be greeted by team members at a new centralized check-in desk. Learn more.

About

Barbara L. Philipp, MD, is a board-certified pediatrician at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and a professor of pediatrics and newborn medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. After receiving her medical degree, Dr. Philipp completed pediatrics residencies at Boston Children's Hospital/BMC and Brown University. Her work as co-chair of BMC's Baby-Friendly Task Force allowed the hospital to be designated baby-friendly in 1999 and re-designated in 2007 and 2014. Dr. Philipp is also a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine.

  • Specialties

    Pediatrics, newborn medicine, breastfeeding medicine

  • Administrative Title

    Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

  • Residency

    Pediatrics, Children's Hospital/Boston Medical Center, 1982-1984; Pediatrics, Brown University, 1981-1982; Pediatrics, Children's Hospital/Boston Medical Center, 1979-1981
  • Education

    SUNY Upstate Medical University, 1979
  • Board Certifications

    Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics

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