## About

Katherine R. Standish, MD, MS, NABBLM-C, is a board-certified family medicine physician and breastfeeding and lactation medicine specialist and researcher at Boston Medical Center (BMC), where she co-directs the Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine Center. She is also an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.

Dr. Standish is focused on clinical interventions to ...  improve breastfeeding outcomes and support families in achieving their infant feeding plans. In 2021, with colleagues in Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Nursing, she founded the Breastfeeding Equity Center (now the [Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine Center at BMC](/node/176906 "The Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine Center | Boston Medical Center (bmc.org)")), which focuses on training, research, and clinical services for breastfeeding dyads.

Dr. Standish earned her medical degree from Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, and also holds a master’s degree in epidemiology from the Boston University School of Public Health. She completed her family medicine residency as well as a research fellowship at Boston University Medical Center and subsequently completed a Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine fellowship through the University of Rochester in New York.

In addition to her board certification in Family Medicine, Dr. Standish is certified in breastfeeding and lactation medicine by the North American Board of Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine (NABBLM-C).

Dr. Standish lived for many years in Nicaragua and Mexico and speaks Spanish fluently.

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- ### Departments
    
    [Family Medicine](/departments/family-medicine), [Obstetrics and Gynecology](/departments/obstetrics-and-gynecology)
- ### Specialties
    
    Breastfeeding/chestfeeding and lactation medicine; family medicine
- ### Languages
    
    Spanish
- ### Pronouns
    
    She/Her
 
 

- ### Contact
    
     [617.638.8000](tel:617.638.8000)
- ### Primary Location
    
    BMC, Dowling Building  
    [850 Harrison Ave.  
    5th Floor  
    Boston, MA 02118](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?q=850+Harrison+Ave.%2C+Boston%2C+MA+02118)
 
 

 



 

 

- ### Administrative Title
    
    Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
    
    [The Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine Center at BMC](/departments/obstetrics-and-gynecology/obstetrics/resources-patients/breastfeeding-and-lactation-medicine-center)
- ### Residency
    
    Family Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2016–2019
- ### Fellowship
    
    Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
- ### Board Certifications
    
    Family Medicine, American Board of Family Medicine
    
    Certified by the North American Board of Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine (NABBLM-C)
- ### Research Interests
    
    Women’s health; prenatal and mother–baby (dyadic) perinatal care; breastfeeding/chestfeeding and lactation medicine; community-engaged research; substance use disorder
- ### Education
    
     Medical School: Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 2016
 
 

 

 ## 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/Katherine.Standish)

 

  ###  ![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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  ## My Publications

1. [Paying attention: Boston hospital helps breastfeeding Black moms, babies thrive](https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/09/12/opinion/paying-attention-boston-hospital-helps-breastfeeding-black-moms-babies-thrive/)
    
     The Boston Globe, September 12, 2022