## About

Kristin L. Koo, MSN, WHNP-BC, CNM, is a certified nurse-midwife (CNM) and women’s health care nurse practitioner (WHNP-BC) at Boston Medical Center (BMC), where she directs the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology’s [CenteringPregnancy Prenatal Education Program](/node/176682 "Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology: Division of Obstetrics: CenteringPregnancy | Boston Medical Center (bmc.org)"). She is also an Assistant Professor ...  of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.

Kristin holds an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Before pursuing nursing as a profession, she served as a Peace Corps volunteer in both El Salvador and Zambia, working on projects focusing on nutrition and health promotion for adolescent girls and women. She subsequently earned both Bachelor and Master of Science in Nursing degrees from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Before joining BMC, Kristin worked as a nurse at NYU Langone Health in New York City and as a midwife at Capital Health in Trenton, New Jersey.

In addition to her work in the Labor, Delivery, and Postpartum Care unit at BMC, Kristin provides prenatal and reproductive health care at Yawkey OB/GYN Associates, the BMC Refugee Women’s Health Clinic (RWHC), and at NeighborHealth in East Boston.

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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
    
    Culturally competent care
- ### 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)
    
       
    NeighborHealth  
    [20 Maverick Sq.  
    East Boston, MA 02128](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?q=20+Maverick+Sq.%2C+East+Boston%2C+MA+02128)
 
 

 



 

 

- ### Administrative Title
    
    Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
- ### Education
    
    MSN, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, 2019
    
    BS, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA
    
    BA, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
- ### Board Certifications
    
    Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM), American Midwifery Certification Board
    
    Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner (WHNP-BC), National Certification Corporation
 
 

 

 ## 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) 

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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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