  ## About

Kathryn (“Kate”) M. Hartshorne, MSN, CNM, IBCLC, is a certified nurse-midwife (CNM) and International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) in the Department of Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology at Boston Medical Center (BMC), and an Instructor of Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology at the Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine.

Kate earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from the College of Our ...  Lady of the Elms (Elms College) in Chicopee, Massachusetts, and her Master of Science in Nursing degree from Frontier Nursing University in Versailles, Kentucky.

Kate has been working with birthing families for over 20 years and is passionate about helping people achieve their reproductive goals with dignity and respect. In addition to seeing patients at BMC for regular prenatal care and for labor, delivery, and postpartum care, she travels to neighborhoods around Boston for home visits as part of BMC’s [Curbside Care](/node/177294 "Department of Pediatrics: Curbside Care Program | Boston Medical Center (bmc.org)") community health program for new parents and their newborns.

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- ### Departments
    
    [Curbside Care Program](/departments/pediatric-primary-care/curbside-care-program), [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)
- ### 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)
    
       
    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)
 
 
- ### Administrative Title
    
    Instructor of Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology, Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine
- ### Education
    
    MSN, Frontier Nursing University, Versailles, KY
    
    BSN, College of Our Lady of the Elms (Elms College), Chicopee, MA
- ### Board Certifications
    
    Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM), American Midwifery Certification Board
    
    International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners
- ### Research Interests
    
    Chest/breastfeeding; contraception and family planning; lactation medicine; women’s health
 
 
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  ## Affiliations

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