## About

Katharine (“Katie”) B. Hutchinson, MSN, DrPH, CNM, is a certified nurse-midwife (CNM) and public health researcher at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. She is also an Associate Professor of the Practice at the Boston College Connell School of Nursing, where she directs the ...  Midwifery and Women’s Health Program.

Katie holds an undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. She earned her Master of Science in Nursing from Yale School of Nursing in New Haven, Connecticut, and subsequently completed a Doctorate in Public Health (DrPH) at Boston University School of Public Health. Her research focuses on access to maternity care, promoting dignified and respectful care during childbirth, and quality-of-care assessment.

Katie has extensive clinical experience, having worked as a nurse-midwife for over 15 years. In addition to providing care in the Labor, Delivery, and Postpartum Care unit at BMC, she sees patients at BMC’s Refugee Women’s Health Clinic (RWHC) and has a strong interest in refugee care and advocacy, reproductive health, and primary care.

In addition to English, Katie is proficient in French.

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- ### Departments
    
    [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), [Refugee Women’s Health Clinic](/departments/obstetrics-and-gynecology/refugee-womens-health-clinic)
- ### Specialties
    
    Advocacy; global health; public health; refugee care
- ### Languages
    
    French
- ### Pronouns
    
    She/Her
 
 

- ### Contact
    
     [617.414.2000](tel:617.414.2000)
- ### Primary Location
    
    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)
 
 

 



 

 

- ### Administrative Title
    
    Associate Professor of the Practice and Program Director, Midwifery and Women’s Health, Boston College Connell School of Nursing; Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
    
    [View Boston College Connell School of Nursing profile »](https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/cson/faculty-research/faculty-directory/katharine-hutchinson.html)
- ### Education
    
    DrPH, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 2016
    
    MSN, Yale School of Nursing, New Haven, CT, 2005
    
    BA, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
- ### Board Certifications
    
    Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM), American Midwifery Certification Board
 
 

 

 ## Affiliations

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

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  ###  ![Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/Busm%20from%20BMC.jpeg?itok=oBelzJKj) 

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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/Katharine.Hutchinson)

 

  ###  ![Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine](https://www.bmc.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-04/Busm%20from%20BMC.jpeg?itok=oBelzJKj) 

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